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16.07.2018
Latvijas Pasts has released the second stamp in the series History of Latvian Automobile Construction – Unique Exhibits of Riga Motor Museum, and it features Ford-Vairogs V8, the car model manufactured by Riga car factory Ford-Vairogs in 1939. The first day cancellation of the stamp is scheduled to take place in Riga post office No. 50 located in the shopping centre Origo, 2 Stacijas laukums, on the 13th of July 2018, from 8 AM to 7 PM.
The face value of the new stamp dedicated to the history of Latvian automobile construction is €1.39, which corresponds to the cost of sending a registered Class B letter within Latvia, and its print run is 100,000 copies. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special cover with a print run of 1,000 copies. The new philatelic releases have been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.
Ford-Vairogs was the largest automotive company in the Baltic states, and from September 1937 to 1940 it manufactured cars under the licence of Ford Motor Company in Riga. Ford-Vairogs V8, which can be viewed in the Riga Motor Museum collection, was made in 1939. It was purchased by a doctor from Dobele district before the Second World War.
The new stamp and the cover can be viewed here.
Both stamps released in the series History of Latvian Automobile Construction – Unique Exhibits of Riga Motor Museum are available for viewing here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 29th 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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