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04.07.2018
Latvijas Pasts has released a special cover in honour of the XXVI Nationwide Latvian Song and XVI Dance Celebration. The special cancellation of the cover is scheduled to take place in Riga post office No. 50 located in the shopping centre Origo, 2 Stacijas laukums, Riga from 8 AM to 7 PM on the 6th of July 2018.
The XXVI Nationwide Latvian Song and XVI Dance Celebration is taking place in Riga from the 30th of June to the 8th of July 2018, and Latvijas Pasts has dedicated a special cover and a special postmark to commemoration of this celebration. The background image of the envelope features a fragment from a photo of the joint choir of the Song Celebration, and it also depicts the symbol of the centenary of the Latvian State and the symbol of the centenary Song and Dance Celebration.
The print run of the cover is 1,000 copies, and it has been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.
In addition to the special cover released in honour of the XXVI Nationwide Latvian Song and XVI Dance Celebrations, Latvijas Pasts has also dedicated three stamps in the series Republic of Latvia – 100 to the Song and Dance Celebration movement.
A total of 43,000 participants from 118 municipalities of Latvia, as well as other countries of the world where Latvians maintain and develop the tradition of the Song and Dance Celebration, have arrived in Riga for the festive week. During seven days they are taking part in more than 65 events, such as concert programmes featuring choirs, dance performances, wind bands, kokle (zither) players, folk musicians, vocal ensembles, folklore groups, etc., the Latvian national costume show, the applied folk art exhibition and amateur theatre performances. 500,000 celebration-goers will be able to attend various events during the festivities.
The new cover and the special postmark can be viewed here.
The stamps dedicated to the Song and Dance Celebration movement are available for viewing here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for the 13th of July.
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 around 4,000 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by Kantar TNS, 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 Kantar TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.
Additional information:
Gundega Vārpa | Head of External Communications
Phone: +371 67608505
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; gundega.varpa@pasts.lv
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