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05.09.2018
Latvijas Pasts releases the stamp Curonian Kings, which has a single design with the silver collector’s coin minted by the Bank of Latvia. The stamp is issued both as a separate philatelic release and as part of a special joint release with the Bank of Latvia, which also includes a special cover and a silver coin dedicated to Curonian Kings. The first day cancellation of the stamps is scheduled to take place in Riga post office No. 10 at 41/43 Elizabetes Street, Riga from 9 AM to 7 PM on Friday, the 7th of September 2018.
The silver collector’s coin and the stamp Curonian Kings share a single design, featuring the coat of arms of Ķoniņciems, as well as a woman and a man dressed in the stylised folk costume of Kurzeme (Courland). The print run of the stamp is 30,000 copies, and its face value is € 5.00, making it suitable for paying for various kinds of letter-post items with a weight grade above 500 grams.
In turn, the joint release, which contains a cover of an unconventional size with the first day postmark, accompanied by the stamp and the silver collector’s coin of the Bank of Latvia, has the print run of only 300 copies. The stamp, the cover, the postmark and the collector’s coin have been designed by the artist Arvīds Priedīte.
Curonian Kings were the descendants of Curonian noblemen and natives of Courland living in seven free villages of Ķoniņciems, Kalējciems, Pliķu ciems, Ziemeļciems in Turlava Parish, Dragūnciems in Rumba Parish, Viesalgciems in Snēpele Parish and Sausgaļciems in Padure Parish. As vassals they were granted land by the Livonian Order for their military service in the troops and also received various privileges, such as exemptions from socage and duties. Curonian Kings often fulfilled the duties of post riders.
The new stamp Curonian Kings can be seen here, and the special joint release with the silver coin of the Bank of Latvia is available for viewing here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 24th of September.
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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