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Latvian Philately

Links of Interest

Juris Mors Latvian Philately Pages
Helpful pages on Latvian philatelic history, machine cancels, handstamped postal slogans, railway traveling post offices, with offers of specialist material. Produced in Sweden.

Steve Kowalski's Baltic States Philatelic Pages
Extensive links for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Central Lithuania [Litwa Srodkowa], and Memel, including literature, societies, collectors, and news. The links to Latvian stamp images were not working on 2001 March 2 or 2005 Jan 24. Produced in the USA.

The Estonian Philatelic Society in Sweden (EFÜR) [previously Alar Pastarus' Estonian Philately]
Strictly Estonian philately, but probably the best Baltic States philatelic site. Produced in Sweden.

Baltic Revenue Stamp Project
Excellent descriptions of Baltic revenue stamps and a gradually building set of scans for them. Some broken links in January of 2005. By Steve Fernie, produced in the USA.

Vasaris, Philately of Lithuania
Catalogue of Lithuanian postage stamps, commemorative cancels, and news. Extremely slow to load on 2001 March 2 and May 22. Produced in Lithuania.

Masa's Stamp page
Includes Latvian philatelic history from 1918 with extensive information and interesting examples. In English, produced in Japan.

Atis Blakis, Latvian Stamps
An illustrated catalogue of Latvian stamps, new in 2001. Produced in the USA. URL change on 2003 Dec 07.

Latvia 1918-1940
Some excellent scans of Latvian postal and revenue stamps, postcards, and banknotes, by Bob Anderson, produced in the USA.

Lettonica.info
Latvian postcard galleries, Riga photo gallery, listing of postal rate changes from 1990 May 4, in English. In English, produced in Denmark.

Estonianstamps.com
Interesting offers and illustrations of specialist Estonian philatelic material with some offers of Latvian material as well, by Felix Laupmaa. In English, produced in Estonia.

Latvijas Pasts
Latvia Post. In 2005 January no longer offers its English language version or images of postal stamps of 1918 to 1940, or images of government tourism seals from the 1930s.

Stamp Trader List
Names and email addresses of stamp collectors who wish to establish connections and trade stamps on the internet. Included 9 offers of Latvian material in May of 2001, 12 in January of 2005. Thanks to Phil Guptill and Hans Mortensen.

The Glassine Surfer
Interesting well-organized philatelic links and information by Michael Mills, author of the American Philatelist column, “The Glassine Surfer”. Produced in the USA.

Joe Luft's Philatelic Resources
The web's most extensive list of philatelic links. Produced in the USA.

eBay Auctions
Many illustrated online auction lots of philatelic material including Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.

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