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11.04.2023
Latvijas Pasts has made an addition to the series of stamps Fairy Tales of the World. The theme of the most recent release in the series is related to Miega pasaka (Sleep Fairy Tale) written by Juris Zvirgzdiņš and lavishly illustrated by the artist Anita Paegle. The new stamp will first be available for purchase at the post offices of the largest cities, as well as in the e-shop of Latvijas Pasts https://veikals.pasts.lv/. The first day cancellation of the stamp is scheduled to take place at Riga post office No. 10, 41/43 Elizabetes Street, Riga, from 9 AM to 6 PM on the 14th of April 2023.
The face value of the new stamp is €1.65, and it corresponds to the postage of letter-post items weighing up to 20 grams in Latvia. The print run of the stamp is 25,000 copies. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special cover with a print run of 500 copies. The philatelic releases have been designed by the well-known Latvian artist and illustrator of children’s books A. Paegle
On the new postage stamp, the artist has depicted a scene from J. Zvirgzdiņš’ Sleep Fairy Tale and portrayed the main characters of the book: Matīss the boy, Muris the cat, Brunis the toy bear and the sheep.
Sleep Fairy Tale by Juris Zvirgzdiņš is a story of a five-year-old boy Matīss who was accidentally left home alone together with Muris the cat and Brunis the toy bear. Matīss can’t sleep, and he starts counting sheep in his imagination, because counting sheep is considered a good remedy for falling asleep. And this is how the adventures begin. The fairy tale book features lavish, wonderful and very realistic illustrations by the well-known Latvian artist A. Paegle.
The new stamp and the cover Fairy Tales of the World – Sleep Fairy Tale can be viewed here.
Latvijas Pasts launched the series of postage stamps Fairy Tales of the World in 2021. It was created to promote the reading of Latvian and world fairy tale books, as well as to enhance the significance of these literary works in the daily lives of children and adults. The first release in the series featured the picture book Rožu spoks (The Ghost of Roses) dedicated to Rundāle Palace. The second release was related to the fairy tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by the famous English writer Lewis Carroll. All stamps in the series can be seen here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 3rd of May.
About SJSC Latvijas Pasts
Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices and an extensive network of indoor and outdoor parcel lockers. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, parcel locker, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a wholly State-owned company with around 2,700 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 Kļaviņa | Senior Public Relations Project Manager
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv, vineta.klavina@pasts.lv
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