LATVIA

LATVIA / LATVIJA.

EUROPA issue.
Krustkalni Nature Reserve.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 20.03.1999.
Face value: 30 Latvian santims.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 200,000 copies.
Size: 33 x 28.5 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 499.
- Michel No. 496.
- Scott No. 484.
- StampWorld No. 466.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 518.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 464.

Krustkalni Nature Reserve (Latvian: Krustkalnu dadas rezervāts), founded in 1977, is located in eastern Latvia, within the Madona Municipality. Its area is 2,978 hectares. Since 2004, this institution has been part of Natura 2000, the European network of protected areas. The reserve is managed by the regional administration Latgale. It has 32 species of plants and 37 species of animals listed in the Red Book of Latvia. The territory of the Reserve is rich in lakes, rivers and springs. Among the lakes is the Dreimaņa (also known as Svētes, Latvian: Dreimaņa ezers), from which the Svetupe River flows.