16 Jan. 1870 Viljandi Parish, Estonia 20 April 1942 Sverldovsk Region, Russia State Elder 16 Dec. 1924 – 15 Dec. 1925 1918-20 Justice Minister, 1926-1940 Bank of Estonia President. 1917-18 member and First Deputy Chairman of the Provisional Maapäev (Diet), 1919-20 member of Constituent Assembly, 1920-32 member of the 1st to 4th memberships of Riigikogu [...]
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Estonia Definitive Series
January 18th, 2010 
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1,068 viewsEstonia post issued the first of a series of self-adhesive definitive with a high face value. The earlier definitive featuring leopards of the national coat of arms were replaced by a new series of County Coats-of-Arms. The stamps of the series in the domestic letter rate were issued in the alphabetic order over the period [...]
Räpina Paper Mill, 275th anniversary
May 13th, 2009 srmodh 445 viewsName: Räpina Paper Mill, 275th anniversaryDate of Issue: 14 May 2009Country: EstoniaDenominations: 5.50 The history of the Räpina Paper Mill, one of the oldest industrial enterprises in Estonia, goes back to the year 1728 when Count Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde, a courtier of Tsar Peter I of Russia, acquired lands in Räpina on the banks [...]
International Year of Astronomy 2009
May 12th, 2009 srmodh 387 viewsName: International Year of Astronomy 2009Date of Issue: 5 May 2009Country: EstoniaDenominations: 18.00 The history of astronomy embraces the cultural history of humanity, going back to antiquity and having started from prehistoric cults. If originally astronomy represented knowledge about the starry sky and its cycles and in early astronomy the movement of visible heavenly bodies [...]
