The hockey championship stamp has a print run of 50,000 copies and its face value is €1.71, which corresponds to the postage of letter-post items in the weight class from 101 to 500 grams within Latvia. 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 Ģirts Grīva and they feature Spiky the Hedgehog, the official mascot of this year’s championship, and the official logo of the championship.  

 

The 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship is the 85^th championship, which will be held from the 21^st of May to the 6^th of June this year in the capital of Latvia, Riga – Latvia is hosting the championship for the second time in the history of the event. National teams from 16 countries will participate in the hockey championship, planning to play 64 games in the tournament, which will take place at Arena Riga and the Olympic Sports Centre nearby. It is planned that the Latvian national hockey team will play seven games.

 

“Latvijas Pasts is a sporty company whose employees actively follow and support sports activities related to the name of Latvia, at the same time perpetuating them in postage stamps, which are valuable elements of the Latvian state. Stamps dedicated to sports are regularly included in our stamp releases, and this year’s World Hockey Championship stamp is yet another contribution of Latvijas Pasts to the international promotion of the name of Latvia and the achievements of our athletes. We hope that the new stamp depicting the symbols of the championship will be a beneficial for the athletes, as well as philatelic collectors, fans and anyone else interested,” Mārcis Vilcāns, Chairman of the Board of Latvijas Pasts, points out. 

 

The new stamp and the cover Ice Hockey World Championship are available for viewing here.

 

The first day stamp cancellation is not being held at post offices during the spread of COVID-19 infection, so stamp collectors and those interested in philately are invited to contact the Stamp and Philately Department of Latvijas Pasts regarding stamp cancellation options by writing to the e-mail address: filatelija@pasts.lv.

 

The new stamp will first be available for purchase at Riga post office No. 10 at 14/43 Elizabetes Street, Riga post office No. 50 in the shopping centre Origo at 2 Stacijas laukums, post centre Sakta at 32 Brīvības bulvāris, Riga, as well as in the e-shop of Latvijas Pasts https://veikals.pasts.lv/.  

 

The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 28^th of May. 

 

 

 

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 3,200 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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