Birds of the Year on cover from Estonia

This is cover from Estonia with long running series of stamps Bird of the Year. From 2001 Estonian post every year release one stamp in this series. So, we can see birds from three different years:

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), issued on 13.5.2010.
Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix), issued on 7.3.2013.
Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), issued on 3.4.2008.

Thank you, Patrik!

Trains of Estonia: Locomotive 3368

I received nice postcard from Estonia with Locomotive 3368. Technical data:
Wheels:     2-10-0
Builder:     Maffei, München
Build Date:     1943
Construction No.:     16494
Driver Diameter:     1400mm
Tractive Effort:     Unknown
Boiler Pressure:     230psi
Cylinders:     600x660mm
Gauge:     1524mm
Location: Estnisches Eisenbahnmuseum

This two fantastic shaped stamps are from set Christmas, issued on 24.11.2017.


Thank you, Patrik!

Electric car Marathon Tallinn - Monte Carlo on cover from Estonia

Tallinn was one of the starting points for the Monte Carlo rally in 1930–1939; as of 2011, the legendary competition is driven by electric cars. 2018 marks the first time that the electric car marathon follows the route from the Tallinn–Monte Carlo rally, which was held in the 1930s and was driven along the Baltic's Sea coast and through France. Minisheet with 2 stamps is issued on 18.9.2018. On this stamp you can see GAZ-M20 Pobeda, a passenger car produced in the Soviet Union by GAZ from 1946 until 1958. It was also licensed to Polish Passenger Automobile Factory, as FSO Warszawa. Although usually known as the GAZ-M20, an original car's designation at that time was just M-20, for "Molotovets" (GAZ factory bore a name of Vyacheslav Molotov).


Thank you Patrik!

Flags of the World Series: Estonia

Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. Ethnic Estonians are a Finnic people, sharing close cultural ties with their northern neighbour, Finland, and the official language, Estonian, is a Finno-Ugric language closely related to Finnish and the Sami languages, and distantly to Hungarian.

This is definitive stamp from set Post horn, issued on 18.01.2017.

Thank you Nina Klemetti!

Christmas cover from Estonia

I received a Christmas cover from Estonia with really nice set of Christmas stamps, issued on 18.11.2016. First stamp is designed by Indrek Ilves. Print run is 600.000. Stamp is scented to smell like gingerbread. Second stamps is designed by Riho Luuse. Print run is 200.000. Both stamps are printed in offset printing process by Cartor Security Printing. Size of both stamps is 40,0 x 30,0 m, and perforation is 13½ : 1.

And inside was this nice Christmas postcard.

Thank you Tiina!

Cover from Estonia

I have received cover from Estonia with two maxicards, one from Soviet Union, and second from North Korea.

First maxicard is from North Korea, from set of four: World Nature Conservation - Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata), issued on 04.08.1987. The mandarin duck is a perching duck species found in East Asia and is native to Japan. It is medium-sized, at 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan. For Koreans, mandarin ducks represent peace, fidelity, and plentiful offspring. Similar to the Chinese, they believe that these ducks mate for life. For these reasons, pairs of mandarin ducks called wedding ducks are often given as wedding gifts and play a significant role in Korean marriage.

Second maxicard is one of the last issued by Soviet Union. This is Snakelocks Anemone (Anemonia sulcata), from set of five stamps Fauna of Black Sea, issued on 04.01.1991. The snakelocks anemone  is a sea anemone found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The tentacles of anemones in deep or murky water can be a grey colour, but are otherwise usually a deep green colour with purple tips due to the presence of symbiotic algae within the tentacles that use sunlight as an energy source. As a result, the anemones prefer brightly lit shallow waters. On average the snakelock anemone is 8 cm wide.

Stamps on cover:
Post Horn, issued on 19.05.2016.
Estonian Fauna - European Otter, issued on 25.08.2015.
Bird of the Year - The Great Tit, issued on 17.02.2016.


Thank you Ella!

Estonia: Tallinn

This is my first postcard from Estonia, with beautiful views of capital city Tallinn. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Approximately 32% of Estonia's total population lives in Tallinn.

Founded in 1248 but the earlisest human settlements date back to 3000 years BC, making it one of the oldest capital cities of Northern Europe. Due to its important strategic location the city soon became a major trade hub, especially between the 14th to 16th century when it grew to be a key center of commerce within the Hanseatic League. Tallinn's Old Town is one of the best preserved and intact medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was known as Reval from the 13th century until 1918 and again during the Nazi occupation of Estonia from 1941 to 1944.

Stamps:

Posthorn, issued on 16.10.2015.
Euro coins, issued on 25.09.2014.

Thank you Julius!