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With us, you can expect First-Class service and helpful consultation at no extra charge. PRODUCT INFORMATION Product: Stamps Area: Latvia Issue reason: 2014 Flowers Title: block34 (complete.issue.) Catalog numbers: 34 Year: 2014 Early period In the 13th century, Livonia was part of the zone of operation of the mail of the Teutonic and Livonian orders and the Union of Hanseatic cities. However, these organizations used mail only for their needs. The Teutonic Order, which included the ruling Livonian Order in Livonia, organized a special written service in 1276 to manage their possessions. Communication with order institutions located in Livonia was maintained through the Komturstvo Memel (now Klaipeda). From here, letters addressed to Livonia were sent by couriers or an opportunity. According to some reports, the Livonian Order in 1340 opened the same service between its order castles. Letters were delivered from castle to castle according to the relay principle. The Livonian Order, like the Teutonic Order, assigned the duties of couriers to the peasants living along the main roads. Flag of Sweden Swedish rule Until 1632, the postal service in Livonia was used only by officials for the needs of the administration of the kingdom. In 1632, the Riga merchant Jacob Becker was appointed postmaster of Vidzeme (Livland) and Prussia. He was responsible for the Abo-Riga-Danzig postal line and had the right to appoint and dismiss all postal employees. In the same year, Becker organized a regular public post in Riga, which was used by merchants and other townspeople. It received letters to Revel and to the cities of Western Europe. A "postal order" was published stating: In the famous royal city of Riga, in Livonia, regularly, on certain days and hours, mail is sent and delivered back. Thus, 1632 is considered to be the year of establishment of the post office in Latvia. Initially, the post office was Becker's private enterprise. He accepted payment for postage, covered expenses from it and received a certain profit. In addition, the post received annual subsidies from the Riga magistrate and the governor of Vidzeme. In 1638, on the territory of Swedish Livonia (Livland), a decree on the mail of the guardian government of Queen Christina, issued in Sweden on February 20, 1636, was distributed. According to this law, on the roads, for example, on the highway Riga - Pernov (Pärnu) - Revel, every 2-3 miles [6] a peasant or a postman was put in the service, who had to be able to read and write. The peasant postman had to hire two postmen (assistants). Hearing the sound of the horn of the approaching postal courier, they were obliged to immediately prepare and, regardless of the weather and time of day, rush to the next postal estate at a speed of 1 mile per hour. However, this speed did not satisfy the mail, so it was decided to organize horse mail. The postal device of 1639 provided for the creation in Livonia on the military road connecting Riga and Derpt (now Tartu), 14 postal stations with a change of horses. In the 1640s, during the Danish-Swedish war, Riga acquired an important strategic importance for the Kingdom of Sweden. The blockade of the Swedish coast and the Åland Islands carried out by Denmark led to the fact that the routes for transporting foreign mail had to be significantly lengthened. In 1644, Riga, and with it the entire Vidzeme postal service, joined the Swedish-Finnish postal line, and then, through the mediation of Danzig, established a connection with Hamburg and the Netherlands. All foreign correspondence began to pass through Riga and Finland, from where it was transferred to Sweden through Tornio (a city in northwestern Finland). A new stage in the postal device began in 1645, when merchants became interested in mail. This year, Jacob Becker, at his own expense, supplied the taverns on the roads Riga - Derpt, Riga - Pernov and Derpt - Wesenberg (now Rakvere) with horses with hired riders. At the same time, the government undertook to pay Becker 550 thalers a year for transporting mail. Jakob Becker served as postmaster for over thirty years. In 1665, the postal service of Livonia was transferred to the governor of Riga. In the same year, the first foreign postal line from Riga to Moscow passed through the territory of Swedish Livonia along the route Riga - Vastseliina - Pskov - Novgorod - Moscow. The initiator of the creation of this postal line was the boyar A. L. Ordin-Nashchokin, and its organizer was the Dutchman Jan van Sveden. An agreement was concluded between the postmasters of Moscow and Riga on the conditions for forwarding mail. It provided that the postmen of Moscow and Riga were to exchange correspondence in Petsuri, while showing each other official seals. In 1666, the governor-general of Livonia ordered his knights and nobles to set up additional post offices along all major roads. However, it remains unclear how this prescription was carried out. At the end of 16In the 60s, horse postilions sent mail from Riga in four directions: to the Russian border, through Pärnu to Revel, to Memel and to Vilna [4]. For the regular forwarding of mail from Riga to Sweden, special mail yachts were assigned to the port of Stockholm. It was established that in the summer of 1708 there were three such ships. The postage in 1702 was 3 Lübeck shillings per lot. The introduction of regular flights of mail yachts favorably affected the expansion of postal services by the beginning of the 18th century. Flights from Riga to Pernov and to Stockholm via Vyborg have increased[4]. The increase in the volume of correspondence prompted the postal administration to improve the system for registering letters. It was decided to replace various notes made by postmasters by hand with stamp cancellations. A single-line stamp with the name of the city in German, which was framed by a vignette, was introduced by the Riga Post Office in 1708. The dimensions of the stamp (along the frame) were 25 × 5.5 mm. The first postmark of Riga is known on postal items of 1708-1710[3][4]. Letter sent from Riga to Stockholm and canceled with a stamp (c. 1708) The postal system under Swedish rule continued until 1710. During the Northern War between Sweden and Russia, the network of Swedish postal institutions in Livonia ceased to exist[2]. Flag of Courland (state).svg Duchy of Courland Postmark used in Mitau from 1778 to 1786 In 1685, the Duke of Courland Friedrich-Casimir established his post office, while he demanded that Sweden cancel the operation of its mail. However, Charles XI ignored this requirement[1]. Post offices were opened in Mitava (now Jelgava), Volmar, Bauska[4]. Postmarks of the Duchy of Courland are on letters from 1771-1795. The first Mitava postmark is found on postal items of 1771-1773, and the Bauske postmark is found on postal items of 1776-1786[3]. In 1795, the Duchy of Courland was annexed to Russia as the Courland Governorate. Flag of Russia Russian rule After the end of the Northern War, the restoration and further development of the postal service in the territory of Livonia was carried out by the plenipotentiary of Peter I, Gerhard Johann von Löwenwolde; d. 1723. In a government order dated October 17, 1710, von Lowenwolde was instructed to restore the postal device to the way it was during the period of Swedish rule. However, the region, exhausted by a long war and plague, could not immediately create a clear and well-established network of postal stations. To get out of this situation, on November 25, 1710, according to the patent of the Governor-General of Livonia, the so-called Cossack postal stations were created along the most important roads. At each station, which were mainly located in taverns, there were 20 horses and four dragoons. Their maintenance was entrusted to the surrounding farms[2]. However, soon the Cossacks left Livonia. Therefore, the transportation of mail was made the responsibility of local peasants. Peasant and landowner farms suffered from this, as the peasants for a certain time broke away from field work. To resolve the problem, Levenvolde proposed in 1712 to the Livonian Knights to create and then maintain postal stations on the roads St. Petersburg - Derpt - Riga, Revel - Pernov - Riga and Riga - Vastseliina - Pskov. As a reward for chivalry, all income from postal stations was promised[2]. On September 24, 1714, the Governing Senate of the Russian Empire issued an order to open a regular public post on the line St. Petersburg - Narva - Derpt - Valka - Riga (with the continuation of Riga - Memel). The opening of this postal route was due to political, economic and cultural considerations, since it was the shortest route connecting the capital of Russia with Western Europe[1][2]. In 1715, the Riga-Pernov-Revel postal road was opened. In the same year, the postal transportation line Riga - Aluksne - Vastseliina - Pskov was opened. The disadvantage of these routes was the fact that no special buildings were built for postal stations and the latter were usually located in taverns. In addition, postal stations were repeatedly transferred from one place to another. This was caused by the poor condition of the buildings and often by fires[2]. The first Russian postal stamp was introduced at the Riga post office, it is known on letters since 1767. As in other postal institutions in Russia, the stamps of Livonia and Courland in the 18th and early 19th centuries were single-line, framed or unframed, with the name of the city in German, later in Russian. They were used until the early 1820s, and in some post offices until the mid-1860s[3]. Letter sent from Riga to London (1823) Postmarks: single-line - "Riga" ("Riga"), "Franco" ("Paid"); two-line - "Memel / 2. Nov." ("Memel / November 2") Postmarks: single-line - "Riga" ("Riga"), "Franco" ("Paid"); twolowercase - "Memel / 2. Nov." ("Memel / November 2") Reverse side of letter with round English calendar stamp Reverse side of letter with round English calendar stamp Starting from 1821, along with the name of the city, the date of departure of the postal correspondence appeared on the stamps. Round stamps began to be used with the name of the city in two languages: Russian and German, as well as two- and three-line stamps in Russian, sometimes German. Since 1833, special “arrival stamps” were introduced at the Riga Post Office, which recorded the date of arrival of the letter[3]. A huge role in the implementation and development of postal transportation on the territory of the Lifland province was played by the construction of railways, which began in 1850-1860. In 1889, the Derpt-Valka-Riga and Valka-Pskov railway lines were put into operation. The postal routes located in the neighborhood were closed, as the railway passed in close proximity to the postal road [2]. Examples of postcards of the Russian Empire used in the territory of Latvia Riga post office (1913) Riga post office (1913) Departure from Riga to Pernov in 1916 (stamp canceled with Riga railway stamp) Departure from Riga to Pernov in 1916 (stamp canceled with Riga railway stamp) Until 1918, on the territory of Livonia, Courland and Vitebsk provinces, which included the lands of modern Latvia, there were all-Russian postal rules and tariffs and there were signs of postage of the Russian Empire [8]. First German occupation At the end of World War I, the territory of Latvia was occupied by German troops. The post of the German military administration also served the civilian population of those points where its offices were located. Postage stamps of Germany with a two-line black typographical overprint "Postgebiet / Ob. Ost” (“Post Zone of the Supreme Commander in the East”)[8][9]. Letter sent from Riga to Berlin and franked with stamps of the Postal Zone of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief in the East (1918) Provisor of Libava, 1919 (Mi #1A) On December 28, 1918, the post offices of the German military administration in the territory of Latvia were closed. Only in Libava (now Liepaja) did the German post continue to operate until January 4, 1919[8][10]. On January 2, 1919 in Libava, provisional stamps were issued by the 168th field post under the 8th German Army. German stamps from 1905-1918 were overprinted with German. "LIBAU" in purple or red paint[8]. Flag of Latvia First Independence Period Postage stamp of Latvia from the first issue, 1918 (Mi #2) The first commemorative stamp of Latvia, 1919 (Mi #32) On November 18, 1918, the Republic of Latvia was proclaimed. An independent postal service was organized immediately after the declaration of independence. On September 9, 1918, the Latvian postal authorities gave an order for the printing of the first stamps with a circulation of 3,000,000 copies, with a face value of 5 kopecks. In total, 2,725,968 stamps were printed in the private printing house of A. Schnakenburg in Riga, which entered circulation on December 17. Due to the lack of paper in post-war Latvia, stamps were printed on the reverse side of German military topographic maps. The miniatures depicted three ears in a ring, against the background of the rising sun (a symbol of the Latvian goddess Laima) and three stars, symbolizing the three provinces of Latvia: Kurzeme, Vidzeme and Latgale. The author of the sketch was the Latvian artist Ansis Cīrulis[11][12]. The first postal block of Latvia, 1938 (Mi #Block 1) The first charity postage stamp of Latvia, 1920 (Mi #51) At that time, almost the entire territory of Latvia was occupied by the German occupation authorities, who also controlled the Riga post office. However, from December 18, the sale of stamps was carried out by a Latvian postal official. Latvian stamps were allowed by the German occupation authorities only for internal circulation, for franking correspondence abroad it was necessary to additionally use German occupation stamps. On December 27, 1918, the Riga post came under the jurisdiction of the Latvian authorities. Since that time, foreign correspondence has also been franked with Latvian stamps[1][13]. Initially, stamps on all correspondence were canceled with Russian mail stamps left in post offices. Soon they began to use temporary stamps with the name of the city without indicating the date. Most of the stamps have the cancellation "Riga" and very rarely the cancellation of other post offices. Russian postal stamps were confiscated in Riga at the end of 1918, but they were used in the rest of Latvia almost until the middle of 1920. On January 2, 1920, the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia approved the structure of the Main Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs[1][13]. In November 1919, the first commemorative stamps were issued to commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia. The stamp depicts a woman in a traditional national costume (“Mother Latvia”), holding a wreath of oak leaves in her left hand, presumablyliving, leaning on the altar. Inside the wreath is the date "1918 / 18 now. / 1919". In the right hand of Latvia is a sword symbolizing the dangerous military-political situation of that time. On the head of Latvia are three stars, symbolizing its three provinces. Behind her is an oak, which is the Latvian national symbol of strength and has been considered holy since ancient times[8][14]. In March 1920, the first charity stamps were issued with a surcharge in favor of the Latvian Red Cross. They were sold not only at the post office, but also at the office of the Red Cross and served as a receipt confirming a charitable contribution. The stamps were lithographically printed on blanks of banknotes of the Riga Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies (10 and 5 rubles) and blanks of ten-mark banknotes of the Western Army[8][15] The first postal block of Latvia was issued in May 1938. It was sold with a surcharge of 1.25 lats in favor of the National Construction Fund[16]. Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1953).svg Formation of the Latvian SSR Postage stamp of the Latvian SSR with the coat of arms of Latvia, 1940 (Mi #289) On July 21, 1940, Latvia was proclaimed a Soviet Socialist Republic. On August 5 of the same year, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR accepted the Latvian SSR into the USSR as a union republic. During this period, various signs of postage were used on the territory of the Latvian SSR. Until August 31, 1940, postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia were in circulation. Postal rates remained unchanged: Postcard: local - 5 centimes, non-resident - 10 centimes, international - 20 centimes. Closed letter weighing up to 20 g: local - 5 centimes, out-of-town - 20 centimes, international - 35 centimes. Additional order fee: for local and out-of-town departures - 20 centimes, for international shipments - 40 centimes. To pay for correspondence addressed to other Soviet republics, an international tariff was applied[17]. By order of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs of August 6, No. 154, on August 17, 1940, the tenth standard issue of Latvian stamps was supplemented with two miniatures with the coat of arms of Latvia, denominations of 30 and 35 centimes. They were made according to the drawings of the artist Janis Sternberg and printed in a typographical way. These two stamps were the first to be issued after the entry of the Latvian SSR into the USSR[17]. After September 1, 1940, by order of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, only standard stamps with the coat of arms of Latvia were left eligible for postage. All other commemorative and commemorative stamps of the Republic of Latvia were withdrawn from postal circulation[17]. The organization of communication agencies on the territory of the new Soviet republic was carried out by order of the People's Commissar of Communications of the USSR No. 678 of September 9, 1940. In Riga, the Latvian Communications Administration was formed, which took over all the property and institutions of the abolished Post and Telegraph Department. A. Alexandrov was appointed head of the department[17]. The first and only postcard of the Latvian SSR (1940) The first postage stamp of the Latvian SSR with the new name of the republic, 1940 (Mi #298) On October 21, 1940, new standard stamps with the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR and the inscription Latvian began to enter circulation. Latvian PSR. The first stamps were issued with a face value of 20 and 40 centimes - for closed and registered letters from other cities. The remaining miniatures of 11 denominations went on sale at different times until December 4, 1940. The author of the drawing on the stamps was the artist Artur Apinis, by the way, the author of the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR. During this period, there are postal items with mixed franking standard stamps with the coat of arms of Latvia and the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR[17]. Simultaneously with the issue of stamps, the only postcard of the Latvian SSR was issued with a printed postage stamp of 10 centimes. The card was printed with dark green ink on thick yellowish paper. The inscriptions on it are given in two languages: Latvian and Russian. An interesting feature of the issue is the presence of an inscription under the sign of the postage Latvian. "Papīrs - 1 santimu" ("Paper - 1 santimu"). In contrast to the all-Union standard postcards, where the selling price of a postal card corresponded to the face value of the postage mark, and the payment for the paper on which the card was printed was not charged separately, when selling a card of the Latvian SSR, the cost of the paper on which it was printed was taken into account separately. Thus, although the value of the postage stamp on the card was 10 centimes, its selling price was 11 centimes. This postcard was in postal circulation on the territory of the Latvian SSR simultaneously with postal cards of the all-Union type until the beginning of the Great Patriotic War[18]. In October 1940, the previously used calendar stamps began to be replaced by Soviet-style stamps. First of all, the stamps were replaced in the postal institutions of Riga, later in the postal departmentin other settlements[17]. By order of the Latvian Communications Administration No. 49 dated December 12, 1940, starting from December 15, 1940, postage stamps of the Soviet Union were put into circulation in the Latvian SSR. It was allowed to pay for postal correspondence addressed within the republic with standard stamps with the coat of arms of Latvia or the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR. Postage to other Soviet republics had to be paid only with all-Union stamps or stamps with the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR[17]. At that time, postal rates on the territory of the Latvian SSR remained unchanged, and postal items to other Soviet republics had to be paid at the current all-Union rates. Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the Latvian SSR No. 70 dated January 17, 1941 introduced postal rates effective in the USSR from January 20[17]. On April 21, 1941, all definitive stamps with the coat of arms of Latvia, issued before 1940 inclusive, were withdrawn from circulation and declared invalid for payment. Stamps with the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR continued to operate on a par with the all-Union stamps[17]. 1941: Postage stamp of the provisional administration of Latvia (German occupation) (Mi #4) Period of the second German occupation Scott catalog page (Volume 5, Russian stamp section) listing, among other issues, the occupation authorities of Nazi Germany on the territory of Soviet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, overprinted with "OSTLAND" By mid-July 1941, the entire territory of Latvia was occupied by German troops. In Riga, with the permission of the occupation authorities, the work of the local postal department was resumed and postal communications with the cities of the country were restored. The provisional administration, created by the German occupation authorities, decided to issue its own stamps. On July 17, 1941, standard stamps of the USSR of the third, fourth and sixth editions were put into circulation with an overprint of black or black-and-green (almost green) text in three lines: “Latvija / 1941. / 1. VII”. The stamps were used in accordance with the tariffs in force before the war: 15 kopecks for a parcel, 20 kopecks for a postcard, 30 kopecks for a letter, 60 kopecks for a registered letter; they were in circulation until September 1941. At the same time, the same overprint was made on the postage signs of Soviet postcards, while the coat of arms of the USSR was filled with a square of 20 horizontal lines[19][20]. After the creation of the Reichskommissariat Ostland, the postal service came under the jurisdiction of the General Postal Commissariat of the Eastern Lands. On October 7, 1941, a postal service was opened for the local population. Only postcards and letters up to 250 were allowed. Later, the nomenclature of postal items was expanded. Payment was made in cash. German institutions, firms and citizens of Germany used German marks and whole things. From November 4, 1941, stamps issued specifically for the Reichskommissariat Ostland began to be used in Latvia. They were stamps of Germany with a black typographic overprint of the word "OSTLAND"[8][9][16][19]. On December 19, 1941, the German Service Post Office (Deutsche Dienstpost Ostland) was created to serve German institutions, companies and citizens of Germany and post offices were opened in Jelgava and Liepaja. This postal service operated under German domestic postal rates and used German stamps and whole items. Later, 12 more post offices were opened on the territory of Latvia in different cities. They worked almost until the end of 1944[19]. Postcard of the Reichskommissariat Ostland, sent from the post office of the German Service Post in Riga December 23, 1941 1945: Postage stamp of the German military administration in Kurzeme (Courland) (Mi #1) Occupation of Courland In April 1945, on the territory of Kurzeme (Courland), occupied by German troops, by decision of the military administration, stamps were issued in order to maintain postal communications. The German postage and parcel stamps were overprinted in black with the word "Kurland" and the numbers of the new denomination, the old text was clogged. The stamps were withdrawn from circulation on May 8, 1945[8][9][16]. Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990).svg As part of the Soviet Union The first stamp of the USSR dedicated to the Latvian SSR. Coat of arms of the Latvian SSR, 1947 (TsFA [Marka JSC] No. 1123) The last stamp of the USSR dedicated to Latvia. Latvian Folk Instruments, 1991 (CFA [Marka JSC] No. 6373) After the liberation from the occupation in 1944-1945, the activity of the Soviet post was restored on the territory of the Latvian SSR[8]. In 1954, the Riga Post Office was renamed into the Riga Post Office. In her subordination were 39 post offices[1]. On October 1, 1965, a new building of the Riga Main Railway Post Office was opened on Stacijas Square. The administration of the Riga Main Post Office was located in the same place at Stacijas Square, 1. Until 1991, postage stamps of the USSR were used for postage in Latvia. Among them were postage stamps depicting prominent figures, architecture, fauna and other subjects related towith Latvia[1]. The first stamp of the USSR, dedicated to the Latvian SSR, was issued on February 9, 1947 in the series "State Emblems of the USSR and Union Republics". The last stamp of the USSR with a Latvian plot appeared on November 19, 1991, that is, two months after the USSR recognized the independence of this republic, in the series “Musical Instruments of the Peoples of the USSR”. A stamp from the first series issued after the restoration of Latvia's independence. Great coat of arms of Latvia, 1991 (Mi #312) Flag of Latvia Modern Latvia On October 19, 1991, the first series of eight postage stamps of the independent Republic of Latvia entered circulation. On six stamps of the series there was an image of the small coat of arms of Latvia, on the last two - the large coat of arms; denominations of stamps - in rubles without specifying the name of the currency. The first Latvian brand of automatic printing machine, 1994 (Mi #1) On January 2, 1992, the state enterprise "Latvijas pasts" was established[1]. On October 3, 1992, a series of four stamps “Birds of the Baltic Sea” was issued with denominations in Latvian rubles, put into circulation on July 20. On April 29, 1993, a series of six stamps “Latvian national costumes” was issued with denominations in lats and centimes[9]. Since May 1994, brands of automatic printing machines have been used for sale through automatic machines[9]. Series of definitive stamps The following is a list of Latvian definitive series that have entered the postal circulation since 1991: Latvian definitive editions (since 1991) Other types of postage stamps Airmail The first airmail stamp of Latvia, 1921 (Mi #75A) In July 1921, Latvian mail began to be transported by air for the first time. In connection with this, airmail stamps were issued depicting a Blériot XI monoplane over the towers of Riga. Initially, stamps were used only to pay for airmail correspondence, but soon they began to be used to pay for any postal items and even money orders[1][21]. Between December 1932 and September 1933, four series of airmail stamps were issued, with additional payments to the Disabled Pilot Fund (APCLPF), which was organized in the mid-1920s to provide medical care to wounded pilots, support the families of dead pilots, and also caring for the graves of pilots. The last such issue, which also became the last issue of Latvian airmail stamps, took place in September 1933. Four miniatures depicted the types of aircraft of that time. All these brands were sold at a very high mark-up. As a result, some catalogs have considered these issues as speculative for many years[8][22]. Service First service stamp of Latvia, 1926 (Yt #1) Service stamps in Latvia were issued by the Main Directorate of Railways. They were used to pay for the cost of transporting packages of newspapers by rail to the distribution network. Stamps were extinguished with special rectangular, cruciform and other stamps, most often purple, sometimes by hand[8]. In total, from 1926 to December 1940, five issues of service stamps were issued. The design of the stamps of the first and second issues is the same - in the center, in an oval, a winged wheel is depicted against the background of a small expanded coat of arms of Latvia. Above the coat of arms there is a ribbon with the inscription Latvian. "Latvijas dzelzceļi" ("Latvian Railways"). At the bottom of the frame is the inscription: Latvian. Laikrakstu pārvadājumu samaksai (“Transportation of newspapers paid”)[8]. In September 1940, the third issue of service stamps took place. The State Emblem on the stamps of this and subsequent issues was replaced by a five-pointed star. The denomination of the stamps of the last fifth issue, which appeared in December 1940, was expressed in kopecks. |
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