tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943578182124931092024-03-29T04:29:32.397+01:00FDC`s and stampsNormunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-26839449261830793522014-07-03T21:39:00.000+02:002014-07-03T21:39:07.346+02:00Latvijas Pasts releases commemorative stamp to mark 200th anniversary of prominent Latvian cultural figure of 19th century Jānis Cimze<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Latvijas Pasts has released a new stamp to celebrate the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the outstanding Latvian cultural figure Jānis Cimze.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The stamp Jānis Cimze - 200 has been designed by the artist Lilija Dinere. The denomination of the stamp is EUR 0.57, making it suitable for mailing a regular Class A letter in Latvia. The print run of the new stamp is 30,000, while the first-day cover has been released in 1,500 copies.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Jānis Cimze is one of the most prominent Latvian cultural figures of the 19<sup>th</sup> century: he was a distinguished pedagogue and composer, the first collector and arranger of Latvian folk song tunes and founder of Latvian choir culture. J.Cimze arranged around 350 Latvian folk songs, including Rīgadimd (Riga Resounds), Krauklīts sēž ozolā (Raven Sits in the Oak Tree), Seši mazi bundzinieki (Six Small Drummers), Div' dūjiņas gaisā skrēja (Two Doves Bolted into the Blue), etc. Furthermore, he compiled the first national repertoire for choirs - the collection of songs Dziesmu rota (A Garland of Songs) and fostered the creation of the First All-Latvian Song Festival (back then known as the All-Latvian Singing Festival), which was held in Riga in 1873.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FDC sent my friend Baris Yakar, thank you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit his blog - http://bariscovers.blogspot.com/</span></div>
<br />Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-31905915291993464202014-05-26T11:24:00.000+02:002014-05-26T11:25:04.548+02:00Latvijas Pasts in collaboration with Latvian Olympic Committee to present stamps dedicated to Latvian medal winners in XXII Olympic Winter Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Olympic stamps have been released in honor of the Latvian champions in the XXII Olympic Winter Games: skeleton racer Martins Dukurs who won a silver medal, bobsleigh team consisting of Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste and Jānis Strenga who also claimed silver, Andris Šics and Juris Šics who earned a bronze medal in the luge doubles competition and Elīza Tīruma, Mārtiņš Rubenis, Andris Šics and Juris Šics who won a second bronze medal for Latvia in the luge team relay competition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The print run of each stamp is 30.000 and their denomination is EUR 0.50, corresponding to the cost of mailing a regular letter within Latvia. The print run of the Olympic Games envelope is 1.500 copies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Latvijas Pasts</em> has been issuing stamps dedicated to Latvian Olympic medal winners since the XXVII Olympic Summer Games, which took place in Sydney, Australia in 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The XXII Olympic Winter Games, which were held from February 7 to February 23, 2014 in Sochi (Russia), are considered to be the most successful Winter Games in Latvia, resulting in an unprecedented number of medals won in three different sports: one silver in skeleton, one silver in bobsleigh and two bronzes in luge. Overall, Latvia was represented in seven winter sports: biathlon, bobsleigh, ice hockey, luge, skeleton, skating and skiing.</span></div>
Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-85783760582019298392014-05-21T15:05:00.000+02:002014-05-21T15:05:48.276+02:00Cover from France <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank You very much my friend Eric for this cover with Europa CEPT 2014 stamp!</span></div>
Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-67477358466125675952014-05-20T21:50:00.000+02:002014-05-20T21:51:08.045+02:00New birds stamp set from Latvia<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Latvijas Pasts</span> has released unique additions to <em>Birds</em> series of stamps featuring the hoopoe (<em>Upupa epops</em>), bird of 2014 in Latvia, and the jack snipe (<em>Lymnocryptes minimus</em>), which has never been depicted before in philatelic editions of the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new stamps have been designed by artist Ģirts Grīva and each has a print run of 300,000 copies. The denomination of the stamp featuring the hoopoe is EUR 1.39, which corresponds to the cost of mailing a registered letter within Latvia, while the denomination of the stamp dedicated to the jack snipe is EUR 0.50, suitable for mailing a regular letter within Latvia. The release of the stamps is accompanied by the issue of two special envelopes depicting both birds, with a print run of 1,500 copies each.</span></div>
Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-16927290775547620182014-05-08T20:48:00.001+02:002014-05-08T20:54:34.054+02:00Postcard from France<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-24135540156550605602014-05-06T22:17:00.001+02:002014-05-06T22:19:37.135+02:00Map postcard from Taiwan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-67102330881164158062014-05-02T11:56:00.002+02:002014-05-02T15:06:54.823+02:00Postcard for my daughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Designer: Ivan Lukin</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Paper: chalky</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Printing process: offset</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Perforation: comb 13</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Size of a stamp: 61,40 x 43,40 x 43,40 mm.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Size of the Miniature Sheet: 117 x 117 mm.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Printing run: 60.000 stamps or 20.000 Miniature Sheets.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Michel catalogue numbers: 990-991</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">N (4000 R). multicoloured. Merry Christmas.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">H (6500 R). multicoloured. Happy New Year.</span></i></span></span></span></div>
<br />Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-47561759503750192752014-04-29T22:18:00.000+02:002014-04-29T22:18:01.755+02:00Postcard from Germany<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Suomen Joutsen is a steel-hulled full rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as Laënnec, the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 1922 and renamed Oldenburg. In 1930, she was acquired by the Government of Finland, refitted to serve as a school ship for the Finnish Navy and given her current name. Suomen Joutsen made eight long international voyages before the Second World War and later served in various support and supply roles during the war. From 1961 on she served as a stationary seamen's school for the Finnish Merchant Navy. In 1991, Suomen Joutsen was donated to the city of Turku and became a museum ship moored next to Forum Marinum.</span></span></div>
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The postcard sent me Yanik via Postcrossing .Thank you !</div>
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<br />Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-27166909473807215802014-04-15T21:45:00.000+02:002014-04-16T08:26:16.884+02:00Postcard from Belarus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The <b>Battle of Grunwald</b> or<b> First Battle of Tannenberg</b> or <b>Battle of Žalgiris</b> was fought on 15 July 1410, during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław Jagiełło (Jogaila) and Grand Duke Vytautas (Witold; Vitaŭt), decisively defeated the German–Prussian Teutonic Knights, led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. Most of the Teutonic Knights' leadership were killed or taken prisoner. While defeated, the Teutonic Knights withstood the siege on their fortress in Marienburg (Malbork) and suffered only minimal territorial losses at the Peace of Thorn (1411) (Toruń). Territorial disputes continued until the Peace of Melno was concluded in 1422. However, the Knights never recovered their former power and the financial burden of war reparations caused internal conflicts and an economic downturn in their lands. The battle shifted the balance of power in Eastern Europe and marked the rise of the Polish–Lithuanian union as the dominant political and military force in the region.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The battle was one of the largest battles in Medieval Europe and is regarded as the most important victory in the history of Poland, Belarus and Lithuania.It was surrounded by romantic legends and source of national pride, becoming a larger symbol of struggle against invaders. During the 20th century, the battle was used in Nazi and Soviet propaganda campaigns. Only in recent decades have historians made progress towards a dispassionate, scholarly assessment of the battle reconciling the previous narratives, which differed widely by nation.</i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92JRYOwMtrDOiQf4M5S0WMcIbG-JxuaFkQUgi7BZ82ltcdjbobxnbAmomb4Nm-sQXXEDQulubYy9jD5XGxaTwWT8PXd8olqIfI2jSj1uaVEVk0q4C3D-QwFgFkdtY3kKeUr3PaNr1g5U/s1600/BL-14.04.14a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92JRYOwMtrDOiQf4M5S0WMcIbG-JxuaFkQUgi7BZ82ltcdjbobxnbAmomb4Nm-sQXXEDQulubYy9jD5XGxaTwWT8PXd8olqIfI2jSj1uaVEVk0q4C3D-QwFgFkdtY3kKeUr3PaNr1g5U/s1600/BL-14.04.14a.jpg" height="419" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Sorry dear Lasma ,but I don`t like this stamp design :( Its design is dark and dreary not at all optimistic that the same TV telecast.When I saw for the first time this stamp, I thought that it is the memory of the Holocaust.</i></span>Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-32484103912842468392014-04-14T17:18:00.000+02:002014-04-14T21:51:00.625+02:00And one more postcard from the USA via postcrossing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">Some of America’s favorite varieties of this popular fruit are shown in these four stamps, each depicting a different kind: the bright-red Baldwin, the green Granny Smith, the yellow Golden Delicious, and the multi-colored Northern Spy. The stamp art was illustrated with pen and ink and watercolor, with some additional detail added on the computer.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The weight of Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial column is estimated at 36,800,000 pounds (16,692 metric tons). The foundation alone consists of a concrete ring 9½ feet thick (2.9m) and 12 feet deep (3.66m) with an outside diameter of 45 feet (13.7m).</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><i><b>The Battle of Lake Erie</b>, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of British Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. It was one of the biggest naval battles of the War of 1812.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Commemorate a crucial victory in America's naval history with this First Day Cover (#6 ¾ envelope) featuring an affixed </span><b style="background-color: white;">The War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie Forever®</b><span style="background-color: white;"> stamp with an official First Day of Issue postmark.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The stamp features William Henry Powell's famous oil painting, Battle of Lake Erie, which depicts Oliver H. Perry commanding his crew in a small boat with a waving American flag at the stern. The handsome black pictorial postmark incorporates a contour of Lake Erie with a star marking the battle site, as well as the date and location of issue.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">In 2013, the U.S. Postal Service introduces <strong>Global Forever®</strong>, a new international rate stamp. The <strong>Global Forever®</strong> stamp offers a single price for any First-Class Mail International 1-ounce letter to any country in the world. For the January 27, 2013, price change, the<strong>Global Forever®</strong> stamp may also be used to mail a 2-ounce letter to Canada.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">This stamp features a rendering of Earth composed of images created from satellite data and redesigned with 3D computer technology. The view of our planet shows the Atlantic Ocean flanked by the Americas, Africa, and part of northern Europe. In the stamp art, the globe is isolated on a white background. The shape of the stamp is round. The text, which surrounds the image of Earth, includes the words “Global Forever.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">Italian artist Leonello Calvetti used a variety of maps, primarily from NASA, to create his design. With 3D computer technology he was able to modify depth, vary color, and create subtle light and shadow details on terrain surfaces to achieve a high level of photorealism while also attaining something new. “I always have been fascinated by space and what astronauts could see from out there,” Calvetti says. “As an artist, an illustrator, I wanted to make my own representation of the Earth.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">Art director William J. Gicker selected this depiction of Earth by Calvetti. Greg Breeding designed the stamp.</i></span></div>
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<br />Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-6013472230716718002014-04-09T11:28:00.001+02:002014-04-14T09:19:21.031+02:00Latvijas Pasts comes out with its 320th stamp release: Musical instruments stamps in joint Europa series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The denominations of the new stamps are EUR 0.78 and EUR 1.71, corresponding, respectively, to the cost of mailing a regular Class A letter and a registered Class A letter to any country within the European Union. The stamps <em>Musical instruments</em> have been designed by artist Lilija Dinere. The print run of <em>Kokle</em> is 54,000 copies and that of <em>Dūdas</em> is 30,000 copies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kokle is an ancient Baltic plucked string musical instrument which has also been adopted by the Finno-Ugric and Slavic tribes. It is in fact the most admired Latvian musical instrument. The ethnomusicologist Valdis Muktupāvels calls the kokle the singing soul of the wood, because this musical instrument symbolically is the most important one in Latvia.</span></div>
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The print run of the new envelope is 1,000. The special envelope and the cancellation have been designed by artist Ģirts Grīva.</div>
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The Railway Bridge over the Daugava River is situated in Riga and is supported by 10 piers, of which eight are in the water. Construction of the bridge began in 1909 and lasted five years. The Railway Bridge over the Daugava River was one of the first double-track railway bridges in the Russian Empire. Today, the railway bridge in Riga is particularly noticeable at night time when it is lit up in blue. During the national holidays the lighting is blue and white, as these are the colors of the flag of Riga.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new stamp has been designed by the Georgian artist Georg Kartvelishvili and it depicts the significant symbols of independence of the two nations: the Freedom Monument in Riga, the capital of Latvia, and the Mother of Georgia Statue in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The stamp dedicated to diplomatic relations between Latvia and Georgia will be issued in Latvia with a print run of 50,000 copies. The denomination of one stamp is EUR 0.85, which can be used for mailing a regular Class A letter outside the European Union.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special envelope with a print run of 1,500 copies and designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.</span></div>
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</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.35</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.50</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
06.01.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
3.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157639713585636/" target="_blank">Swedish-Latvian joint issue -<em>Capital of Culture 2014</em></a></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
2</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.35; 0.55</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.50; 0.78</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
16.01.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
4.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157640460255595/" target="_blank">Skeleton</a></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.60</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.85</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
07.02.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
5.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin: 3pt 0cm 0pt; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157641445318064/" target="_blank">Reprinted issue of personalized stamps:</a></div>
<ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0cm 0px 0px; padding: 0px;" type="disc">
<li style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.pasts.lv/lv/images/bulet.png); background-position: 18px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; list-style: none outside none; margin: 3pt 0cm 0pt; padding: 0px 0px 0px 37px;"><em>Aviation</em> - 3 stamps</li>
<li style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.pasts.lv/lv/images/bulet.png); background-position: 18px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; list-style: none outside none; margin: 3pt 0cm 0pt; padding: 0px 0px 0px 37px;"><em>Objects of Culture</em>(Museums) - 3 stamps</li>
</ul>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
6</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.35x2; 0.55x2; 0.60x2</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.50x2; 0.78x2; 0.85x2</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
28.02.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
6.<br />
<br />
7.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157641793245053/" target="_blank">Flowers - <em>Tulip</em></a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157642580907994/" target="_blank">Flowers (Standart)</a></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
1<br />
<br />
4</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.35<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.50<br />
<br />
0.01; 0.04;<br />
0.07; 0.50</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
07.03.<br />
<br />
22.03.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
8.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157642941943084/" target="_blank">Latvian - Georgian joint edition</a></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.60</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.85</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
28.03.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
9.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157643623612295/" target="_blank">Europe - <em>National music Instruments</em></a></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
2</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.55; 1.20</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.78; 1.71</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
11.04.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
10.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157643937991353/" target="_blank">Dedication to promotion of Latvian values and support to <em>Te</em></a></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.35<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.50</div>
</td><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
<span style="color: red;">17.04</span><span style="color: #606060;">.</span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
11.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
The Birds</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
2</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;">0.35; 0.98</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.50; 1.39</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
16.05.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
12.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Turaida Castle - 800</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.35</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.50</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
06.06.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
13.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<em>Jānis Cimze - 200</em></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.57</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
03.07.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
14.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<em>The Baltic Way - 25</em> (Joint edition of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia)</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
1+block</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.50; 2.34</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
23.08.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
15.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<em>Gothard Friedrich Stender - 300</em></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
1.39</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
27.08.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
16.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
The Lighthouses</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
0.85</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px;">
12.09.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
17.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
Modern Architecture - <em>Latvian Academy of Art, the second educational building</em></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
1</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
1.42</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
17.10.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
18.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<em>100th Anniversary of Latvia Republic</em></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
3</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.50; 0.78; 1.39</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
07.11.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
19.</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
<em>Christmas</em></div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
2</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
0.50; 0.85</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 0px;">
27.11.</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><strong>Total:</strong></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;">
34 Stamps; 1 block</div>
</td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="color: #606060; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr>
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* Reprints of personalised postage Stamps are released on demand<br />
** Reprints of Coats of Arms of Cities and Regions are released on request<br />
<strong>Dates and face values of postage Stamps can change</strong></div>
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Special Cancellations 2014</h1>
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<strong>No.</strong></div>
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<strong>Subject</strong></div>
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<strong>Release date</strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/12201626565/" target="_blank">Margarita Stāraste - 100</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/12495118355/" target="_blank">Kārlis Sebris - 100</a></div>
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18.02.</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/48113023@N03/sets/72157643340929153/" target="_blank">Riga Railway Bridge over Daugava - 100</a></div>
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08.04.</div>
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National Libary</div>
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To be confirmed</div>
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Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3194357818212493109.post-12866418201094836132014-03-09T21:18:00.000+01:002014-03-09T21:18:52.113+01:00I return to my blog after a short break :)A few days ago my daughter found my boxes of envelopes and stamps. She asked me what it is. I told her about philately and postcrossing. And she very interested in it. Then we decided to send some postcards via postcrossing website and reanimates my blog :)I hope that she will love it and we together will be able to enjoy the new postcards from all around the world.Normunds Cibishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534537815830249567noreply@blogger.com0