Latvia ISD

Latvia ISD

BSD for Latvia up to 1940 and the re-absolution into the Soviet Union. The independence of Latvia was declared on 18th November 1918.

Currency
1918 100 Kapeikas = 1 Rublis
1922 100 Santimu = 1 Lats

Currency
1918	100 Kapeikas	=	1 Rublis
1922	100 Santimu	=	1 Lats

Watermarks
VH - Vertical stretched hexagons
PW - Papermakers watermark - a polar bear on ice-flow and POLAR BEAR LIGAT PAPER in sheet

Watermarks
VH	-	Vertical stretched hexagons
PW	-	Papermakers watermark - a polar bear on ice-flow and POLAR BEAR LIGAT PAPER in sheet

BSD No Value Colour Description Perforation Watermark Paper Date of Issue Number Issued Comment
1 5k Carmine Arms Imperf German military maps 18/12/18
2 5k Carmine Arms 11.5 German military maps 18/12/18
2a 5k Carmine Arms Imperf between pair German military maps 18/12/18
3 5k Carmine Arms 11.5 Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 08/01/19
3a 5k Carmine Arms Imperf between pair Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 08/01/19
4 10k Deep blue Arms 11.5 Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 08/01/19
4a 10k Deep blue Arms Imperf between pair Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 08/01/19
5 15k Green Arms 11.5 Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 08/01/19
5a 15k Green Arms Imperf between pair Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 08/01/19
5aB 15k Green Arms 11.5 Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 08/01/19
6A 3k Lilac Arms Imperf. No wmk. Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines 19/04/19
6B 3k Lilac Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 19/04/19
6aB 3k Lilac Arms Imperf between pair No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 19/04/19
7A 5k Carmine Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
7B 5k Carmine Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
7aB 5k Carmine Arms Imperf between pair No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
8A 10k Blue Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
8B 10k Blue Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
8aB 10k Blue Arms Imperf between pair No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
9A 15k Green Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
9B 15k Green Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
9aB 15k Green Arms Imperf between pair No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 18/02/19
10A 20k Orange Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
10B 20k Orange Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
10aB 20k Orange Arms Imperf between pair No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
11A 25k Grey Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/08/19
12A 35k Brown Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
12B 35k Brown Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
12aB 35k Brown Arms Imperf between pair No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
13A 50k Violet Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
13B 50k Violet Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
13aB 50k Violet Arms Imperf between pair No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 20/02/19
14A 75k Emerald Arms Imperf. No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 24/02/19
14B 75k Emerald Arms 11.5 No wmk. Thin trasparent paper 24/02/19
15 3k Lilac Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 14/04/19
16 5k Carmine Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 26/04/19
17 10k Blue Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 29/03/19
18 15k Green Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 29/03/19
19 20k Orange Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 24/07/19
20 25k Grey Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 26/07/19
21 35k Brown Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 29/06/19
22 50k Violet Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 29/06/19
23 75k Emerald Arms Imperf. VH Medium wove paper 24/04/19
In the summer of 1919 Colonel Avalov-Bermondt formed in Courland his Western Army largely of German volunteers
an anti-Bolshevist force whose prime objective was to maintain German power in Latvia
See North Western Russia #21-#42 for #15-#26 overprinted
Liberation of Riga
24 5k Aniline carmine Embracing couple Imperf. VH 09/06/19
25 15k Green Embracing couple Imperf. VH 09/06/19
26 35k Brown Embracing couple Imperf. VH 09/06/19
26a 5k Aniline carmine Embracing couple Imperf. No wmk. Pelure 24/07/19
26b 15k Green Embracing couple Imperf. No wmk. Pelure 24/07/19
26c 35k Brown Embracing couple Imperf. No wmk. Pelure 24/07/19
Issue for North Latvia
27 10k Pale blue Rising sun Imperf. Thin transparent paper 03/07/19
28 10k Pale blue Rising sun 11.5 Thin transparent paper 03/07/19
New Arms definitives
29 3r Red and slate-blue Arms 11.5 Vertical laid paper 14/11/19
29a 3r Red and slate-blue Arms Imperf. horizontal pair Vertical laid paper 14/11/19
30 5r Red and grey-brown Arms 11.5 Vertical laid paper 14/11/19
30a 5r Red and grey-brown Arms Imperf. horizontal pair Vertical laid paper 14/11/19
30b 5r Red and grey-brown Arms Imperf. vertical pair Vertical laid paper 14/11/19
First anniversary of independence
31 10k Carmine and brown Design 33*45mm 11.5 Vertical laid paper 18/11/19
31a 10k Carmine and brown Design 33*45mm Imperf. horizontal pair Vertical laid paper 18/11/19
32 10k Carmine and brown Design 33*45mm 11.5 PW Wove paper 18/11/19
33 10k Carmine and brown Design 28*38mm 11.5 Horizontal laid paper 18/11/19
33a 10k Carmine and brown Design 28*38mm Imperf pair Horizontal laid paper 18/11/19
34 35k Green and deep blue Design 28*38mm 11.5 Horizontal laid paper 27/11/19
34a 35k Green and deep blue Design 28*38mm Imperf. Horiz pair Horizontal laid paper 27/11/19
34b 35k Green and deep blue Design 28*38mm Imperf. Vertical pair Horizontal laid paper 27/11/19
35 1r Red and blue-green Design 28*38mm 11.5 On unfinished banknotes 22/01/20
35a 1r Red and blue-green Design 28*38mm Imperf horiz pair On unfinished banknotes 22/01/20
35b 1r Red and blue-green Design 28*38mm Imperf vertical pair On unfinished banknotes 22/01/20
Liberation of Courland
36 10k Carmine and brown 11.5 Wove paper 16/12/19
36a 10k Carmine and brown Imperf between horizontal pair Wove paper 16/12/19
37 25k Green and deep blue 11.5 Wove paper 23/12/19
37a 25k Green and deep blue Imperf between horizontal pair Wove paper 23/12/19
38 35k Blue and black 11.5 Wove paper 05/01/20
39 1r Bistre-brown and slate-green 11.5 Wove paper 05/01/20
New Arms values and colours
40 5k Scarlet Arms 11.5 No wmk. Wove paper 09/03/20
41 20k Yellow-orange Arms 11.5 No wmk. Wove paper 12/05/20
41a 20k Yellow-orange Arms 11.5 No wmk. Wove paper 12/05/20
42 40k Dull purple Arms 11.5 No wmk. Wove paper 12/05/21
43 50k Violet Arms 11.5 No wmk. Wove paper 24/02/20
44 75k Emerald Arms 11.5 No wmk. Wove paper 07/04/20
45 5r Red and grey-brown Arms 11.5 No wmk. Wove paper 12/06/21
Red Cross Fund
46 20-30k Red and brown 11.5 Stars On back of blue Bolshevist notes 18/03/20
47 40-55k Red and indigo 11.5 Stars On back of blue Bolshevist notes 18/03/20
48 50-70k Red and myrtle-green 11.5 Stars On back of blue Bolshevist notes 18/03/20
49 1r-1r Red and slate 11.5 Stars On back of blue Bolshevist notes 18/03/20
50 20-30k Red and brown 11.5 On backof green Western Army notes 21/05/20
51 40-55k Red and indigo 11.5 On backof green Western Army notes 21/05/20
52 50-70k Red and myrtle-green 11.5 On backof green Western Army notes 21/05/20
53 1r-1r Red and slate 11.5 On backof green Western Army notes 21/05/20
54 20-30k Red and brown Imperf. On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes 18/08/20
55 40-55k Red and indigo Imperf. On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes 18/08/20
56 50-70k Red and myrtle-green Imperf. On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes 18/08/20
57 1r-1r Red and slate Imperf. On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes 18/08/20
Liberation of Latgale
58 50k Bright pink and green 11.5 On back of bank notes prepared for issue at Mitau by the Western Army (as for #50-#53) 24/03/20
59 1r Bistre-brown and blue-green 11.5 On back of bank notes prepared for issue at Mitau by the Western Army (as for #50-#53) 24/03/20
First Constituent Assembly
60A 50k Rose-carmine 11.5 30/04/20
60B 50k Rose-carmine Imperf. 30/04/20
61A 1r Blue 11.5 30/04/20
61B 1r Blue Imperf. 30/04/20
62A 3r Green and deep brown 11.5 17/05/20
62B 3r Green and deep brown Imperf. 17/05/20
63A 5r Dull purple and slate 11.5 14/05/20
63B 5r Dull purple and slate Imperf. 14/05/20
#35 surcharged with new values
64 10r on 1r Red and blue-green #35 surcharged 10r in black 11.5 On unfinished banknotes 01/09/20
65 20r on 1r Red and blue-green #35 surcharged 20r in chocolate 11.5 On unfinished banknotes 01/09/20
66 30r on 1r Red and blue-green #35 surcharged 30r in blue 11.5 On unfinished banknotes 01/09/20
Old values surcharged 2 Diwi Rubli
67 2r on 10k Deep blue Arms surcharge 11.5 VH 01/09/20
68 2r on 35k Brown Couple embracing surcharged 11.5 VH 01/09/20
68 2r on 35k Brown Couple embracing surcharged 11.5 VH 01/09/20

BSD No	Value	Colour	Description	Perforation	Watermark	Paper	Date of Issue
1	5k	Carmine	Arms	Imperf		German military maps	18/12/18
2	5k	Carmine	Arms	11.5		German military maps	18/12/18
2a	5k	Carmine	Arms	Imperf between pair		German military maps	18/12/18
3	5k	Carmine	Arms	11.5		Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	08/01/19
3a	5k	Carmine	Arms	Imperf between pair		Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	08/01/19
4	10k	Deep blue	Arms	11.5		Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	08/01/19
4a	10k	Deep blue	Arms	Imperf between pair		Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	08/01/19
5	15k	Green	Arms	11.5		Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	08/01/19
5a	15k	Green	Arms	Imperf between pair		Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	08/01/19
5aB	15k	Green	Arms	11.5		Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	08/01/19
6A	3k	Lilac	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Stout paper ruled with horizontal blue lines	19/04/19
6B	3k	Lilac	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	19/04/19
6aB	3k	Lilac	Arms	Imperf between pair	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	19/04/19
7A	5k	Carmine	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
7B	5k	Carmine	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
7aB	5k	Carmine	Arms	Imperf between pair	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
8A	10k	Blue	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
8B	10k	Blue	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
8aB	10k	Blue	Arms	Imperf between pair	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
9A	15k	Green	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
9B	15k	Green	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
9aB	15k	Green	Arms	Imperf between pair	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	18/02/19
10A	20k	Orange	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
10B	20k	Orange	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
10aB	20k	Orange	Arms	Imperf between pair	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
11A	25k	Grey	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/08/19
12A	35k	Brown	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
12B	35k	Brown	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
12aB	35k	Brown	Arms	Imperf between pair	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
13A	50k	Violet	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
13B	50k	Violet	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
13aB	50k	Violet	Arms	Imperf between pair	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	20/02/19
14A	75k	Emerald	Arms	Imperf.	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	24/02/19
14B	75k	Emerald	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Thin trasparent paper	24/02/19
15	3k	Lilac	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	14/04/19
16	5k	Carmine	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	26/04/19
17	10k	Blue	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	29/03/19
18	15k	Green	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	29/03/19
19	20k	Orange	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	24/07/19
20	25k	Grey	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	26/07/19
21	35k	Brown	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	29/06/19
22	50k	Violet	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	29/06/19
23	75k	Emerald	Arms	Imperf.	VH	Medium wove paper	24/04/19
In the summer of 1919 Colonel Avalov-Bermondt formed in Courland his Western Army largely of German volunteers
an anti-Bolshevist force whose prime objective was to maintain German power in Latvia
See North Western Russia #21-#42 for #15-#26 overprinted
Liberation of Riga
24	5k	Aniline carmine	Embracing couple	Imperf.	VH		09/06/19
25	15k	Green	Embracing couple	Imperf.	VH		09/06/19
26	35k	Brown	Embracing couple	Imperf.	VH		09/06/19
26a	5k	Aniline carmine	Embracing couple	Imperf.	No wmk.	Pelure	24/07/19
26b	15k	Green	Embracing couple	Imperf.	No wmk.	Pelure	24/07/19
26c	35k	Brown	Embracing couple	Imperf.	No wmk.	Pelure	24/07/19
Issue for North Latvia
27	10k	Pale blue	Rising sun	Imperf.		Thin transparent paper	03/07/19
28	10k	Pale blue	Rising sun	11.5		Thin transparent paper	03/07/19
New Arms definitives
29	3r	Red and slate-blue	Arms	11.5		Vertical laid paper	14/11/19
29a	3r	Red and slate-blue	Arms	Imperf. horizontal pair		Vertical laid paper	14/11/19
30	5r	Red and grey-brown	Arms	11.5		Vertical laid paper	14/11/19
30a	5r	Red and grey-brown	Arms	Imperf. horizontal pair		Vertical laid paper	14/11/19
30b	5r	Red and grey-brown	Arms	Imperf. vertical pair		Vertical laid paper	14/11/19
First anniversary of independence
31	10k	Carmine and brown	Design 33*45mm	11.5		Vertical laid paper	18/11/19
31a	10k	Carmine and brown	Design 33*45mm	Imperf. horizontal pair		Vertical laid paper	18/11/19
32	10k	Carmine and brown	Design 33*45mm	11.5	PW	Wove paper	18/11/19
33	10k	Carmine and brown	Design 28*38mm	11.5		Horizontal laid paper	18/11/19
33a	10k	Carmine and brown	Design 28*38mm	Imperf pair		Horizontal laid paper	18/11/19
34	35k	Green and deep blue	Design 28*38mm	11.5		Horizontal laid paper	27/11/19
34a	35k	Green and deep blue	Design 28*38mm	Imperf. Horiz pair		Horizontal laid paper	27/11/19
34b	35k	Green and deep blue	Design 28*38mm	Imperf. Vertical pair		Horizontal laid paper	27/11/19
35	1r	Red and blue-green	Design 28*38mm	11.5		On unfinished banknotes	22/01/20
35a	1r	Red and blue-green	Design 28*38mm	Imperf horiz pair		On unfinished banknotes	22/01/20
35b	1r	Red and blue-green	Design 28*38mm	Imperf vertical pair		On unfinished banknotes	22/01/20
Liberation of Courland
36	10k	Carmine and brown		11.5		Wove paper	16/12/19
36a	10k	Carmine and brown		Imperf between horizontal pair		Wove paper	16/12/19
37	25k	Green and deep blue		11.5		Wove paper	23/12/19
37a	25k	Green and deep blue		Imperf between horizontal pair		Wove paper	23/12/19
38	35k	Blue and black		11.5		Wove paper	05/01/20
39	1r	Bistre-brown and slate-green		11.5		Wove paper	05/01/20
New Arms values and colours
40	5k	Scarlet	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Wove paper	09/03/20
41	20k	Yellow-orange	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Wove paper	12/05/20
41a	20k	Yellow-orange	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Wove paper	12/05/20
42	40k	Dull purple	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Wove paper	12/05/21
43	50k	Violet	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Wove paper	24/02/20
44	75k	Emerald	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Wove paper	07/04/20
45	5r	Red and grey-brown	Arms	11.5	No wmk.	Wove paper	12/06/21
Red Cross Fund
46	20-30k	Red and brown		11.5	Stars	On back of blue Bolshevist notes	18/03/20
47	40-55k	Red and indigo		11.5	Stars	On back of blue Bolshevist notes	18/03/20
48	50-70k	Red and myrtle-green		11.5	Stars	On back of blue Bolshevist notes	18/03/20
49	1r-1r	Red and slate		11.5	Stars	On back of blue Bolshevist notes	18/03/20
50	20-30k	Red and brown		11.5		On backof green Western Army notes	21/05/20
51	40-55k	Red and indigo		11.5		On backof green Western Army notes	21/05/20
52	50-70k	Red and myrtle-green		11.5		On backof green Western Army notes	21/05/20
53	1r-1r	Red and slate		11.5		On backof green Western Army notes	21/05/20
54	20-30k	Red and brown		Imperf.		On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes	18/08/20
55	40-55k	Red and indigo		Imperf.		On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes	18/08/20
56	50-70k	Red and myrtle-green		Imperf.		On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes	18/08/20
57	1r-1r	Red and slate		Imperf.		On back of red, green and brown Bolshevist notes	18/08/20
Liberation of Latgale
58	50k	Bright pink and green		11.5		On back of bank notes prepared for issue at Mitau by the Western Army (as for #50-#53)	24/03/20
59	1r	Bistre-brown and blue-green		11.5		On back of bank notes prepared for issue at Mitau by the Western Army (as for #50-#53)	24/03/20
First Constituent Assembly
60A	50k	Rose-carmine		11.5			30/04/20
60B	50k	Rose-carmine		Imperf.			30/04/20
61A	1r	Blue		11.5			30/04/20
61B	1r	Blue		Imperf.			30/04/20
62A	3r	Green and deep brown		11.5			17/05/20
62B	3r	Green and deep brown		Imperf.			17/05/20
63A	5r	Dull purple and slate		11.5			14/05/20
63B	5r	Dull purple and slate		Imperf.			14/05/20
#35 surcharged with new values
64	10r on 1r	Red and blue-green	#35 surcharged 10r in black	11.5		On unfinished banknotes	01/09/20
65	20r on 1r	Red and blue-green	#35 surcharged 20r in chocolate	11.5		On unfinished banknotes	01/09/20
66	30r on 1r	Red and blue-green	#35 surcharged 30r in blue	11.5		On unfinished banknotes	01/09/20
Old values surcharged 2 Diwi Rubli
67	2r on 10k	Deep blue	Arms surcharge	11.5	VH		01/09/20
68	2r on 35k	Brown	Couple embracing surcharged	11.5	VH		01/09/20
68	2r on 35k	Brown	Couple embracing surcharged	11.5	VH		01/09/20

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