Estonia officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). The territory of
Estonia consists of the mainland and of 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea,
covering a total area of 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi),
water 2,839 km2 (1,096 sq mi), land area
42,388 km2 (16,366 sq mi), and is influenced by a humid continental climate.
The official language of the country, Estonian, is the second-most-spoken Finnic language.
Estonia lies on the
eastern shores of the Baltic Sea immediately across the Gulf of
Finland, on the level northwestern part of the rising East European platform between
57.3° and 59.5° N and 21.5° and 28.1° E. Average elevation reaches
only 50 metres (164 ft) and the country's highest point is the Suur Munamägi in the southeast at 318 metres (1,043 ft).
There is 3,794 kilometres (2,357 mi) of coastline marked by numerous bays,
straits, and inlets. The number of islands and islets is estimated at some
2,355 (including those in lakes). Two of them are large enough to constitute
separate counties: Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. A small, recent cluster of meteorite craters, the
largest of which is called Kaali is found on Saaremaa, Estonia.
Estonia has over 1,400 lakes. Most are very
small, with the largest, Lake Peipus, being 3,555 km2
(1,373 sq mi). There are many rivers in the country. The longest of
them are Võhandu (162 km or 101 mi), Pärnu (144 km or
89 mi), and Põltsamaa (135 km or 84 mi). Estonia has numerous fens
and bogs. Forest land covers 50% of Estonia. The most common tree
species are pine, spruce and birch.
This is a survey of the postage
stamps and postal history of Estonia. The stamps of Estonia are issued by the postal administration Eesti Post (Estonian: Eesti
Post) which is the country's only provider of
universal postal services. In 1625, mainland Estonia came entirely under Swedish Empire rule. Estonia was administratively divided
between the provinces of Estonia (in the north) and Livonia (in southern Estonia and northern Latvia), a division which persisted until the early 20th
century.
The first Estonian stamps
inscribed "Eesti Post" were issued on 24 November 1918 and were used
concurrently with some Russian values overprinted for use in
Estonia, though the provenance of these latter issues is questioned.
The first
Estonian stamps were put into circulation in November 1918. On 22 and 30
November, the first stamps bearing a flower ornament and having the nominal
values of 5 and 15 kopecks were issued. Estonia joined the Universal Postal Union
(UPU) on 19 May 1922. In addition to the ordinary mail (based on road
transport) From its renewed existence in 1991, Eesti Post, since 2014 also known as Omniva, issued an average of 25 to 30 different stamps,
souvenir sheets and booklets a year, with an annual total face value ranging
from about ten (until 2009) to twenty euros
(2010 and onwards)
The covers posted on the fancy date 11.11.15 and I received on 20.11.2015.
cover sent by Patrik on October 10, 2015, and I received on 20 October 2015.
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