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03.10.2019
Latvijas Pasts releases a new stamp and a cover to commemorate Ivan Zavoloko, ethnographer, publicist, educator, Old Believer clergyman and researcher of the Latvian Old Believer antiquity. The first day cancellation of the stamp is scheduled to take place in the Baltic International Academy at 1/4 Lomonosova Street, Riga, from 9 AM to 6 PM on the 3rd of October 2019.
The print run of the new stamp is 100,000 copies and its face value is € 0.90, which corresponds to the cost of sending an ordinary Class A letter 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 philatelic releases have been designed by the artist Ludis Danilāns.
The stamp and the cover feature a portrait of I.Zavoloko against the background of the Rēzekne Old Believer Prayer House of St Nicholas.
I.Zavoloko (1897–1984) was born in Rēzekne. After studying in Riga, Moscow and Prague he worked in religion and education spheres in Riga, but was arrested in 1940 for the so-called anti-Soviet activities and spent the next 17 years imprisoned in USSR Stalinist camps. After returning to Latvia, he continued active work in the religion and education sector and is known as a public figure, ethnographer, educator, Old Believer clergyman and researcher of the Latvian Old Believer antiquity.
The new stamp Ivans Zavoloko can be viewed 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 3,800 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 | Senior Public Relations Project Manager
Phone: +371 67608504
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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