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12.10.2018
Latvijas Pasts has released a special cover and a postmark dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Jelgava History and Art Museum. 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 Monday, the 15th of October 2018.
The print run of the new cover Jelgava History and Art Museum – 200 is 1,000 copies, and it features the building of the museum. The cover and the postmark have been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.
Today Jelgava History and Art Museum continues the tradition of Kurzeme Province Museum founded in 1818. The museum provides insight into the cultural, political and economic developments of Jelgava city and municipality from a historical perspective, as well as interesting facts about the city of Jelgava ruined in the Second World War.
The new cover Jelgava History and Art Museum – 200 can be viewed here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 19th of October.
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:
Vineta Danielsone | Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608504
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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