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17.10.2018
Latvijas Pasts has released already the thirteenth stamp in the series Lighthouses of Latvia, and it depicts Ragaciems Lighthouse of Lapmežciems Parish, Engure Municipality, built in 1960. The first day cancellation of the new stamp is scheduled to take place in Riga post office No. 50 located in the shopping mall Origo, 2 Stacijas laukums, from 8 AM to 7 PM on the 19th of October 2018.
The print run of the stamp Ragaciems Lighthouse is 150,000 copies, and its face value is € 0.64, which corresponds to the cost of sending a regular Class A postcard within the European Union. 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 Arta Ozola-Jaunarāja.
Ragaciems Lighthouse is located 52 kilometres from Riga on Cape Ragaciems near the Gulf of Riga in Lapmežciems Parish, Engure Municipality, and it was built in 1960. Ragaciems Lighthouse is 30 metres high.
Latvijas Pasts started issuing stamps in the series Lighthouses of Latvia 15 years ago, in 2003, and thirteen stamps dedicated to the lighthouses of Latvia have been released in the series until now: Roja Lighthouse (2017), Ovīši Lighthouse (2016), Salacgrīva Lighthouse (2015), Ainaži Lighthouse (2014), Užava Lighthouse (2010), Liepāja Lighthouse (2009), Akmeņrags Lighthouse (2008), Pape Lighthouse (2007), Mērsrags Lighthouse (2006), Daugavgrīva Lighthouse (2005), Miķeļbāka Lighthouse (2004) and Kolka Lighthouse (2003).
All stamps issued in the series Lighthouses of Latvia can be viewed here.
The stamp Ragaciems Lighthouse is available for viewing here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 1st of November.
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
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