Latvijas Pasts, in collaboration with the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation, releases a stamp dedicated to hockey in Latvia

10.05.2023

Latvijas Pasts, in collaboration with the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation, releases a new stamp and a cover dedicated to ice hockey, one of Latvia’s most popular sports. The new philatelic releases 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 12^th of May 2023. 

The face value of the new stamp is €1.65, and it corresponds to the postage of items weighing up to 20 grams in Latvia. The print run of the stamp is 50,000 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 artist Ludis Danilāns.

The visual design of the stamp and the cover has a solemn vibe to it: two ice hockey players, as well as the official logo of the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation are artistically depicted on them.

Ice hockey is one of the most popular sports in Latvia, which has been played since the beginning of the 20^th century. The new stamp and the cover are a tribute to all fans of the world championship during the hockey festival.

The new stamps and the cover Ice Hockey can be viewed here. 
 
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 24^th 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 

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