вторник, 31 января 2017 г.

 Latvijas Pasts has released a cover devoted to the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Youth Guard voluntary military-oriented movement of school youth. Special cancellation of the new cover was held in the Latvian War Museum on the 25th January 2017.
 The cover has been released in support of the goals set by the Youth Guard: a socially integrated and cohesive civil and patriotic society, the youth enlightened regarding the issues of national defence and meaningfully spent leisure time. The design of the new cover incorporates the logo of the Youth Guard with the slogan "Let us grow for Latvia!" and its print run is 2,000 copies. The philatelic release has been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.
Presentations cover held with participation of Minister of Defense Raimonds Bergmanis, head of the defense of the National Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Raymond Graube and chairman of the Board of Latvian Post Mārcis Vilcāns.
The stamp has been released to the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Youth Guard and has been designed by the artist Vera Keidane.
Cover with autographs of Minister of Defense Raimonds Bergmanis and Chief of the Defense of the National Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Raymond Graube.

                                                          Cover designed by Vera Keidane.

                                                       Maxicard designed by Vera Keidane.
Latvian Post has released the first three stamps of 2017 in the series Coats of Arms of Latvian Towns and Municipalities, and they depict the coats of arms of Olaine, Roja and Mālpils Municipalities. The first day cancellation of the stamps was held in Riga on the 13th of January. The new stamps are specific in that they are printed on a self-adhesive base, so the adhesive side does not require moistening in order to affix the stamp.

The stamp dedicated to the coat of arms of Olaine Municipality has a face value of €0.50 and is suitable for sending a regular Class B letter within Latvia. The print run of the stamp is one million copies.
The coat of arms of Olaine Municipality features a silver and green border, which symbolises the merger of Olaine parish and Olaine town.
The three red drops of blood are a symbol of life, while the cranberry sprig with silver leaves and two pink berries stands for the Municipality’s natural wealth and agriculture.

The stamp with a face value of €0.57 shows the coat of arms of Roja Municipality. The face value of the stamp corresponds to the cost of sending a regular Class A letter within Latvia and its print run is 250,000 copies.  
The blue field of the coat of arms Roja Municipality symbolises the sea also on the stamp depicted  two salmons, a gold one and a silver one.

The coat of arms of Mālpils Municipality is featured on the stamp with a face value of €1.39, which is suitable for sending a registered Class B letter within Latvia. The print run of this stamp is 250,000 copies.
The coat of arms of Mālpils Municipality depicts an ethnographic pattern of the Mālpils Municipality belt, whose patterns form the signs of ancient Balts – symmetrically oblique crosses. The cross symbolises light and fire, while the oblique gold cross combined with a straight cross stands for the movement of the sun throughout the year. The red colour in the background of the coat of arms symbolises clay.

The release of the new stamps is accompanied by the issue of the first day cover with a print run of 1,500 copies. The cover features the map of Latvia as well as the coats of arms of Olaine, Roja and Mālpils Municipalities. All the new philatelic releases have been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.


                                                        Cover designed by Vera Keidane.


 Cover designed by Vera Keidane.

                                             Cover and maxicard designed by Vera Keidane.

                                              
Malpils Manor (2 nd half of the 18th century). 1907-1911's restored by the architect Wilhelm Bockslaff.
Architect Wilhelm Bockslaff. Monument (2008), Malpils Manor.