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Category: 1918-1940 Postals
Group:
Simplified Coat of Arms issue
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| 1 Sant. |
2 Sant. |
3 Sant. |
5 Sant. |
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| 7 Sant. |
10 Sant. |
20 Sant. |
30 Sant. |
On
various dates in 1940, shortly before the Soviets occupied Latvia, a set
of 11 identical simplified coat of arms design stamps were issued.
They were probably intended to gradually replace the old design, after it
had been in use some 18 years. The Santimi stamps have no currency
designation, but only Lat stamp has the designation LATS. The stamps
were valid for postage until April 20th, 1941; thereafter only USSR stamps
were valid. Despite the short time, they were widely used.
Dates and quantities issued were:
| Denomination |
Date of issue |
Quantites issued |
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| 1 Santimi |
April 8th, 1940 |
412,000 |
| 2 Santimi |
February 22nd, 1940 |
400,000 |
| 3 Santimi |
March 18th, 1940 |
3,496,000 |
| 5 Santimi |
June 21st, 1940 |
2,957,300 |
| 7 Santimi |
April 8th, 1940 |
300,000 |
| 10 Santimi |
March 4th, 1940 |
5,149,000 |
| 20 Santimi |
January 25th, 1940 |
12,344,000 |
| 30 Santimi |
August 17th, 1940 |
510,000 |
| 35 Santimi |
August 17th, 1940 |
1,053,000 |
| 50 Santimi |
April 8th, 1940 |
502,000 |
| 1 Lats |
February 26th, 1940 |
211,600 |
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