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1939 Latvia Authoritarian Government set to Rome

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:05:39 +0000

Latvia: 1939 (16 Mai) cover to Rome franked Fifth Anniv of Authoritarian Government set of eight tied Latvija Riga DZ.P.K. cds; small fault at right of envelope.

1937 Latvia Riga Registered to London

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:58:41 +0000

Latvia: 1937 (17.9.) registered airmail cover to London franked Pres. u/lmanis 3s., 5s., 10s. (2) and 50s (2) each tied Riga Lidpasts aircraft illustrated cancels, red registration handstamp at base, some slight damage to reverse of envelope.

1939 Latvia Riga Canadian Pacific illustrated to England

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:49:03 +0000

Latvia: 1939 ‘CANADIAN PACIFIC’ illustrated envelope sent airmail to European Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, England franked at 50s rate with Riga Gaisa-Pasts cds, censor tape applied at left and on reverse, central horizontal crease and small tone on reverse.

1933 Latvia Registered Airmail with Pioneers of Aviation set to Lorch

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:47:17 +0000

Latvia: 1933 (3.V.) registered airmail cover bearing Pioneers of Aviation imperf set of five together with triangular 15s, tied Riga cds, black registration handstamp, red Berlin and Stuttgart air cachet below this, reverse with Berlin transits and Lorch arrival cds. Scarce stamps on cover, albeit a Sieger airmail item.

1933 Latvia Registered Airmail with Air Charity stamps to Berlin

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:45:23 +0000

Latvia: 1933 (28.5.) registered airmail cover to Berlin franked perforated Air Charity L1 on 15s (3) and L1.50 on 25s (3) tied by Riga-Lidpasts cds, red registration handstamp bottom left, red Berlin air cachet at right, Berlin arrival backstamps.

1931 Latvia Airmail to Luzern via Berlin

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:43:43 +0000

Latvia: 1931 (30.7.) airmail cover to Luzern, Switzerland franked triangular 15s pair and a 25s tied Liepaja cds, red Berlin air cachet bottom right and two Berlin transits on reverse.

1919 British Navy in Latvia Riga Cathedral Card to Bradford

Kemal Giray — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:49:19 +0000

British Navy in Latvia: 1919 On Active Service postcard of Riga Cathedral to Bradford circular handstamp. A small number of British naval vessels were sent to the Baltic to assist the Latvians in their war of liberation from Soviet forces invading from the east in 1919. Difficult to obtain and very scarce.

1911 Latvia Liepaja Libau Postage Due Cards to USA

Kemal Giray — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:29:09 +0000

Latvia: 1911 postcard titled ‘Libau – Arbeiterhaus’ to United States where taxed in New York with 2c. postage due stamp.

1919 Latvia Kraslava School photocard to Seduva Lithuania

Kemal Giray — Wed, 28 May 2025 06:49:29 +0000

Latvia: 1919 photocard titled ‘Valsts Kraslavas Vidusskola’ to Lithuania franked with 6s tied by Kraslava datestamp and Seduva arrival cds.

1908 Latvia Liepaja Commercial Stationery Card to Berlin

Kemal Giray — Mon, 05 May 2025 16:05:04 +0000

Latvia: 1908 (27 April). 3k. postal stationery card uprated with 1k. tied by Libava datestamp and merchant hand cachet to Berlin where received 30 April arrival cds