Estonian Stamps

Yesterday, at the Toompea (Tallinn) post office, they affixed a 1994 2 Kr stamp "Toompea linnus" (214a) as a 0.02 € stamp (I was using the Tallinn 0.56 € stamp) to complete the fee for Europe. That means something... But I don't think that Estonian case is special at all. It happens everywhere.
Stamps are a useless thing, but for us "philathelic mads"!

I had missed the Tartu issues in Scott the first time I looked, now I found them. Thanks for showing the used copies Joelkuiv, I will have to get some, N3-N5.

They spend so much money to print them, they don't even donate them to youth organizations to motivate kids to get involved. If the kids destroy them, or some of them, it's the same thing as shredding them. But at least you give them a chance.

In Portugal they also shred stamps that are taken out of circulation completely (from postal usage and philatelic sales).

Realy shame.

Going to the main thread, I'm showing the 2008 Viljandi castle hanging bridge, used there last week:




And the 2011 0.58 € definitive circulated from Tallinn (actually, posted at Pallasti) early this month:





All my compliments for the way Eesti Post (Estonian Post Office) postmarks stamps. On my Estonian trip I posted 20 letters home, I already have 13 of them, and all bear a clear and legible postmark. An "A" for them!

There are fake Estonian stamps on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/400236763665

In defense of the stamp destroyers, the stamps represent cash (or something close to it...at the very least an obligation to provide a future service) and some bean counter probably determined that it would cost too much to cancel or otherwise deface them before distributing them to kids.

(And the canceled stamps would then be derided as CTO junk in philatelic circles, anyway, so they can't win for losing.)

It is too bad, but I understand the motivation.

10 kopecks stamp of the first definitive of the Estonian 2nd Republic, used on a Crimea soviet cover, used in Tapa 2 weeks prior its official issue date. The postmark is still from the USSR.





Three of the 1991 definitive on an FDC circulated to Barcelona. Note the special postmark with the wording "The Estonian Post is reborn again", and the Airmail label offered by the British PO.







1991 definitive FDC circulated to Kanepi (with reception postmark on the back).

As a coin collector too, these are a couple of my favourites...





and a few more from Estonia...












Steve

Thank you Triggersmob for sharing your collection.

A good example of what rod222 posted


The second to the last stamp is a DIY stamp.
Very nice collection

1991 First commemorative issue of the 2nd Republic of Estonia:

On 03/16/1992 the first NVI issue of Estonia with four stamps: PPE (domestic mail), PPI (Europe), PPA (Overseas) and PPR (registered mail).

Thank you Cursus for sharing. I am still missing those 4 from my collection. Seens like you have a pretty big Estonian collection.

These four stamps are actually on covers, paying each one letters to Estonia, Europe, Overseas and Registered. I have a quite nice (in my personal view)Postal History colection on the restoration of the Estonian Republic, but I still miss some 1991/1992 Soviet entire uprating marks and many Tartu tape stamps on cover.

I would love to see your whole estonia collection.

Is anyone here interested in buying/trading Estonia stamps?