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13.12.2016
Latvijas Pasts has released a special cover in honour of the 150th anniversary of Mārtiņš Buclers, the founder of Latvian professional photography. The special cancellation of the cover will take place right on the photographer’s birthday, the 12th of December, in the Latvian Museum of Photography at 8 Mārstaļu Street, Riga, from 9 AM to 5 PM.
The print run of the new cover Mārtiņš Buclers – 150 is 1,000 copies, and it has been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva. The cover depicts a portrait of M.Buclers and a pocket camera with a text fragment from the textbook Fotogrāfija (Photography) published by the photographer.
M.Buclers (1866–1944) was a remarkable Latvian photographer, photo manufacturer and publisher, and he is considered the founding father of professional photography in Latvia. M.Buclers began his basic training in the trade of photography in 1894 and three years later he received his trade certificate, which allowed him to engage in photography. In 1897 he opened his own photography studio in Sigulda.
In 1904 Buclers also published the textbook Fotogrāfija, which was the first book about photography in Latvian. Later, in 1906, M.Buclers founded the Latvian Photographic Association and started publishing the magazine Stari (Rays), which was dedicated to literature and art and included a separate section allocated to photography.
Furthermore, M.Buclers issued postcards and engaged in folklore collection: he wrote down the texts and melodies of folk songs that were sent to Krišjānis Barons for the purposes of creating the Latvian folk songs edition Latvju dainas.
The special cover Mārtiņš Buclers – 150 can be viewed here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 13th of January 2017.
About SJSC Latvijas Pasts
Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a wholly State-owned company with more than 4,200 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by TNS Latvia, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the cross-border deliveries are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.
Additional information:
Vineta Danielsone
Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608504
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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