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12.02.2020
To mark the 175th anniversary of the Latvian Museum of Natural History, Latvijas Pasts has released the final stamp in the series Unique Exhibits of the Latvian Museum of Natural History, dedicating it to the Baltic amber. The first day cancellation of the stamp is scheduled to take place in the Latvian Museum of Natural History at 4 Krišjāņa Barona Street, Riga, from 10 AM to 5 PM on the 14th of February 2020. The presentation of the stamp, which is planned to start at the same place at 10:30 AM, will see the participation of representatives of Latvijas Pasts and the Latvian Museum of Natural History.
The new stamp features the Baltic amber specimens, which were found in Latvia, from the collection of the Latvian Museum of Natural History. The stamp has a print run of 300,000 copies and a face value of € 2.69, corresponding to the postage of letter-post items in the weight class from 21 to 100 grams to the countries located in zone 4. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special cover with a print run of 1,000 copies. The stamp and the cover have been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.
Amber is a hardened fossil resin that is highly valued for its golden colour. The deposits of the Baltic Sea contain the largest amount of amber in the world, accounting for about 80% of the world’s amber reserves. The collection of the Latvian Museum of Natural History includes more than 600 pieces of amber, and this number continues to grow, while the largest Baltic amber in the collection weighs 1.7 kilograms.
This is the sixth and final stamp in the series Unique Exhibits of the Latvian Museum of Natural History. The first stamp was issued in 2015 and it was dedicated to the unique specimen in the palaeontology collection of the museum – the placoderm fish. In 2016 the series was supplemented by the stamp Aberrant Birds. The stamp released in 2017 featured the Dog Rose, an exhibit from the museum’s botany collection, and the stamp of 2018 depicted gypsum, a valuable rock found in Latvia. The stamp of 2019 was dedicated to a rare beetle – the noble chafer. All the stamps issued in the series are available for viewing here.
The stamp and the cover Baltic Amber can be viewed here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 27th of March.
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 over 3,400 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
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv, vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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