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Our lives are full of numbers and metrics. The minutes you need to boil an egg, the temperature outside, the hours until the end of the workday, the hourly pay rate of your job, the recommended amount of salt in your daily diet, the number of likes on your...
Estonian National Museum's virtual exhibition "Postmarks from the ENM's collection" introduces marks used in Estonia since 1918, and also the ones in circulation under the foreign regime. The exhibition is available both in Estonian as well...
The virtual exhibition series is opened by Erika Kalami's founded letter-patterned postcards, which is inspired by students to create drawing sheets based on various county patterns. Erika Kalami's postcards were sent from the USA to Estonia...
Railway Post The first railway opened in Estonia on 5th November (according to the old calendar on 24th October) in 1870 on the Paldiski-Tallinn-Narva-Gatchina line. In the same year, the new railway was connected with the...
Railway Post The first railway opened in Estonia on 5th November (according to the old calendar on 24th October) in 1870 on the Paldiski-Tallinn-Narva-Gatchina line. In the same year, the new railway was connected with the...
Estonian War of Independence. November 1918 - February 1920 An important part of the establishment of the Estonian state in 1917–1918 has been played by the national army units, with whose support the idea of Estonian independence was realized. The...
Estonian stamp with the smallest print run We continue to introduce the most fascinating parts of postal history with a few words on the Eesti Post overprint of a Tsarist Russian stamp and 5-pence stamp Kajakas (Seagull). Both stamps have been discussed...
After the German occupation forces pulled out of Estonia in November 1918, the Viru County Government ordered the opening of the Rakvere post office in the former tsarist Russian post office facility, which also housed the German Ober-Ost post office. In...
One hundred years ago today, 24 November 1918, the first Estonian postage stamp was issued. To mark the centenary, we’re chronicling some of the most fascinating moments in Estonian postal history. The postal service was important for the state and...
