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Stamp of Latvia; 1919; definitive stamp of the issue "Relief of Riga (from Soviet troops)"; imperforate
Stamp: Michel: No. 27x; Yvert & Tellier: No. 36; AFA: No. 26; Scott: No. 51
Color: brown on normal paper
Watermark: honeycomb pattern
Nominal value: 35 Kap. (Kapeikas)

Postage validity: from 22 May 1919 until 1 May 1922
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1919-05-22T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1922-05-01T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size: 18 x 23 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author National Latvian Government (Ulmanis government)
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Copyright Law of the Republic of Latvia: of April 6, 2000 - Full text (.pdf)

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Picture description A mother (symbol for the "Mother Latvia") welcomes her (thought lost) child (symbol for the town Riga), scenery on the left bank of the Daugava river with the silhouette of Riga as background
First day of issue
Publisher National Latvian Government (Ulmanis government)
Design Julius Veibig
Printer Printery "G.D. Meyer", Libau (Liepava)
Printing technique Lithographic printing
Circulation 606,500
Perforation none (imperforate)
MICHEL Nr. Lettland, Nr. 27x
SCOTT Nr. Latvia, No. 51
English: "...The historical background of this issue is very confusing, and historical sources are contradictory. By mid-January 1919 the German troops, as well as the National Latvian Government of Ulmanis with the nucleus of the future army under Colonel Kalpaks had retreated to a small bridgehead around Liepaja, having halted the advance of the Soviet Latvian troops at the Venta river. On April 16th a detachment of the German forces in Liepaja took place with the intention to eliminate the Ulmanis government, disarmed the small Latvian force, and on April 26th was appointed the pro-German Latvian pastor Andrievs Niedra to the prime minister of a shadow cabinet. The Ulmanis cabinet became refugees on the merchant ship "Saratov" under British protection. In order to promote the authority of the Niedra government, on June 7th was issued the Riga Liberation postage stamps. Occasionally June 15 is given as the date of issue, but regular mail (not cancelled to order) is known prior to that date, as early as June 7th. But generally, the 22nd of May, 1919 is mentioned as first day of issue of the stamps.

...On June 3rd, Niedra arrived with his cabinet in Riga and "ruled" there until June 26th. Ulmanis regained power in Liepaja on June 27th, and returned on the ship "Saratov" to Riga with his cabinet on July 8th, 1919...

...The stamps on honeycomb paper were by then in circulation, and the Ulmanis government later published an order to legalize the stamps. The Ulmanis government later published an order that they were issued on July 24th, 1919. In fact, however, this order was primarily to cover a second issue on perlure paper..."

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