Latvijas Pasts releases a special cover to mark the 90th anniversary of the Philatelic and Numismatic Department of the Riga Latvian Society, currently the Philatelic Society

03.05.2017

Latvijas Pasts has released a cover dedicated to the 90^th anniversary of the Philatelic and Numismatic Department of the Riga Latvian Society. The special cancellation of the new cover will take place in Riga post office No. 50 located in the shopping centre Origo, 2 Stacijas laukums, Riga, all day long, from 10 AM to 7 PM, on the 7^th of May 2017.

The print run of the cover is 1,000 copies, and it has been designed in collaboration with the Latvian Philatelic Society. The designer of the first day postmark is the artist Ģirts Grīva. 

The design of the new cover incorporates the outline of the map of Latvia, old postal philatelic releases and Latvian lats coins. 

The Philatelist and Numismatist Department of the Riga Latvian Society was founded on the 7^th of May 1927 and over time it was transformed into the Latvian Philatelic Society. Nowadays the Society plays an important role in both the creation of Latvian philatelic releases and the organisation of the social life of Latvian philatelists.

The new cover Philatelic and Numismatic Department of the Riga Latvian Society – 90 can be viewed here.

The next new philatelic release is scheduled for the 9^th of May 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-pasts: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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