Latvia 2011 Žanis Lipke, 1900-1987, Latvian Rescuer of Jews

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue Date: 4th July 2011
  • one value in a sheet of ten
  • Designed by: Arta Ozola-Jaunarāja
  • Printed by: Baltijas Banknote, Riga
  • Print process: lithography
  • Perforations: 13.75 x 13.75
  • stamp format height 27½mm x width 32½mm


60s ~ medal awarded by Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem), photograph of Žanis (real name Janis) and his wife Johanna (1904-1990), and Righteous among the Nations testament

sheet stamp


the lower row of stamps in each sheetlet is inverted, creating five tête-bêche pairs

60s tête-bêche pair

sheet of ten stamps

full sheet

First Day Cover

First Day Cover