Struve Geodetic Arc | Estonia

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The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km. This helped to calculate the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping.

Struve Geodetic Arc is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Tartu is one of three of these locations in Estonia.

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Mohni Island and lighthouse | Estonia

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Mohni Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the Estonian island of Mohni in the Gulf of Finland. The original wooden lighthouse was built in 1806, and replaced with the 20 metre concrete structure in 1852.

Flags of the World | Estonia

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The Estonia flag was officially adopted on May 8, 1990. The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed as the Republic of Estonia on this day. Since then it is no longer part of USSR.

Hanseatic town of Viljandi | Estonia

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Viljandi is a town in southern Estonia with a population of around 17,500. The town became a member of the Hanseatic League at the beginning of the 14th century, and is one of five Estonian towns and cities in the league.

The Hanseatic League was a late-medieval network of economically largely independent long-distance trade merchants which was based on trust, reputation and reciprocal relations. With 180 member cities, the Hanseatic League was a powerful trading confederation for 300 years.

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Hanseatic city of Tartu | Estonia

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Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia, situated 186 kilometres southeast of capital cityTallinn. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi ("Mother river"), which connects the two largest lakes of Estonia.

In medieval times the town became an important trading city. In the 1280s Tartu (then Dorpat) joined the Hanseatic League.

Hermann Castle | Estonia

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The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns. The Hansa existed for some centuries. Originally it was an organisation of merchants, but as their guilds were connected to the towns where they lived, it soon became an organisation for towns.

Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian border, on the Narva River. Trade, particularly Hanseatic long distance trade was important for this city throughout the Middle Ages.

Some sources claim that Narva never became part of the Hanseatic League. Other however claim the opposite.

Struve Geodetic Arc | Estonia

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The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km. This helped to calculate the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping. 

The Struve is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites since 2005.

Vormsi Island | Estonia

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Vormsi is the fourth largest island of Estonia, after Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu. Vormsi is located between Hiiumaa and the mainland. The island has approximately 400 permanent inhabitants.

Estonia used to have a quite substantial Swedish minority. These people, who settled on the West coast of Estonia and on many islands, came during 13th–14th century from Southern Finland and spoke Swedish; they were called the coastal Swedes.

Vormsi island was almost entirely Swedish speaking until World War II. But in 1943 during the Nazi occupation the coastal Swedes were forced to return to Sweden, after hundreds of years of living overseas. 

Hanseatic League member Tallinn | Estonia

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Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. The origins of the city date back to the 13th century.

The Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved medieval northern European trading city on the coast of the Baltic Sea.

The city developed as a significant centre of the Hanseatic League during the major period of activity of this great trading organization in the 13th-16th centuries.

 

The Estonian Island of Saaremaa

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Saaremaa, meaning "isle's land", is the largest island in Estonia. On the right you see the medieval Kuressaare Castle. The windmill is part of a group of five windmills, all located on the top of Windmill Mountain.

 

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Two stamps about very poisonous and potentially deadly mushrooms. On the left the deadly Amanita Virosa, commonly known as the European destroying angel. 

On the right the Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the dead cap. 

Hiiumaa Island and Lighthouse | Estonia

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Hiiumaa is Estonias second largest island. Formed 455 million years ago as a result of a meteorite explosion Hiiumaa is one of the oldest islands in the world.

Hiiumaa has an airport with flights to Tallinn but in winter the island can also be reached via an ice-road from the mainland. 

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2014 issue, 100 Years Herdbook of the Estonian Native Breed Cattle. You have to feel this stamp! It is printed onto gummed stamp paper with the flock technique giving the stamp a soft, smooth textured feel to the surface.

Kihnu Island and Lighthouse

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Kihnu is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Estonia. With an area of 20 km² it is the largest island in the Gulf of Riga. About 650 people live on Kihnu. 

Tallinn, capital of Estonia

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Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Friedebert Tuglas was a writer, critic and translator, who had a leading role in the literary life of the country. He took part in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and since 1906 lived as a political refugee in Finland, Paris, St. Petersburg, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland; since 1917 in Tartu and from 1944 in Tallinn.