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A nice cover from Estonia, depicting a couple of stamps celebrating the town of Tallinn. Tallinn is the capital, the most populous and the primate city of Estonia. Located in the northern part of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of about 440,000. Tallinn, first mentioned in 1154, received city rights in 1248, but the earliest human settlements date back 5,000 years. The first recorded claim over the land was laid by Denmark in 1219, after a successful raid of Lyndanisse led by King Valdemar II, followed by a period of alternating Scandinavian and Teutonic rulers. It was known one of the most important medieval port city centers in the Gulf of Finland together with Turku; due to its strategic location in the Baltic Sea, the city became a major trade hub, especially from the 14th to the 16th century, when it grew in importance as part of the Hanseatic League. Tallinn's Old Town in Kesklinn is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

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A beautiful cover from Estonia, depicting a joint issue with Russia on topic "Discovery of Antarctica - 200 years"

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A nice cover from Estonia, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2019 on topic "700th Anniversary of Tallinn Cathedral School". Tallinn is the capital, the most populous and the primate city of Estonia. Located in the northern part of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of about 440,000. Tallinn, first mentioned in 1154, received city rights in 1248, but the earliest human settlements date back 5,000 years. The first recorded claim over the land was laid by Denmark in 1219, after a successful raid of Lyndanisse led by King Valdemar II, followed by a period of alternating Scandinavian and Teutonic rulers. It was known one of the most important medieval port city centers in the Gulf of Finland together with Turku; due to its strategic location in the Baltic Sea, the city became a major trade hub, especially from the 14th to the 16th century, when it grew in importance as part of the Hanseatic League. Tallinn's Old Town in Kesklinn is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

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A very nice cover from Estonia, depicting a miniature sheet and a single stamp, both issued in 2014, commemorating the 25th. anniversary of the "Baltic Chain of Freedom".
The Baltic Way was a peaceful political demonstration which took place on 23 August 1989 when approximately two million people joined their hands, forming a 600 km long human chaing through the Baltic countries, thus demonstrating their unity in their efforts towards freedom.
To learn more about this event you may click at http://www.thebalticway.eu/en/history/

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A nice cover from Estonia, depicting 4 Fauna stamps issued in 2019.

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A nice cover from Estonia, depicting a complete set issued in 2019 on topic "EUROPA - National Birds".

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An interesting cover from Estonia, featuring a miniature sheet issued in 2018 on topic "Tallin-Monte Carlo Electric Car Rallye". On the top of this miniature sheet we can see some pictures of Tallinn. Tallinn is the capital, the most populous and the primate city of Estonia. Located in the northern part of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of about 440,000. Tallinn, first mentioned in 1154, received city rights in 1248, but the earliest human settlements date back 5,000 years. The first recorded claim over the land was laid by Denmark in 1219, after a successful raid of Lyndanisse led by King Valdemar II, followed by a period of alternating Scandinavian and Teutonic rulers. It was known one of the most important medieval port city centers in the Gulf of Finland together with Turku; due to its strategic location in the Baltic Sea, the city became a major trade hub, especially from the 14th to the 16th century, when it grew in importance as part of the Hanseatic League. Tallinn's Old Town in Kesklinn is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

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A nice Unesco cover from Estonia, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2011 on topic "Struve Geodetic Arc".
The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black sea, through 10 countries (including Moldova, of course) and over 2,820 km. These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian. This helped to establish the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping. It is an extraordinary exemple of scientific collaboration among scientists from different countries and of collaboration betweeen monarchs for a scientific cause.

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A nice cover Fauna from Estonia, depicting 2 stamps of same type (issued in 2018) featuring the Golden Jackal.

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A nice cover from Estonia, depicting 3 Birds stamps from year 2018 on topic "Birds of Estonia - Capercaille".

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A very nice cover from Estonia, depicting 6 stamps (3 of each type) issued in 2017 on topic "Estonian Fauna", one stamp with the European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) and the other stamp with the European lynx (Lynx lynx).

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A nice cover from Estonia, depicting 2 sets of "EUROPA 2017" thematic, on topic "Castles". Both castles that we can see on stamps are from the 19th. century: Kejla Castle and Maarjamäe Castle.

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Another Fauna cover from Estonia, depicting 3 stamps from different years on topic "Mammals". From the left to the right we can see The Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida), the Wild boar (Sus scrofa) and the Wolf (Canis Lupus).

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A nice Fauna cover from Estonia, depicting 4 stamps issued in different years on topic "Birds".

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An interesting Fauna cover from Estonia, depicting 3 single sets issued in different years with some Fauna from the Tallin Zoo. From the left to the right we can see the following animals: Long-tailed Goral (issued in 2000), Amur tiger (issued in 1998) and Snow leopard (issued in 1999).

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Another Fauna cover from Estonia, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2005 on topic "Nature" (Swans).

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A nice Fauna cover from Estonia, depicting a joint issue with Kazakhstan issued in 2005 on topic "Estonian hunting dogs".

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A very nice Fauna cover from Estonia, depicting 7 stamps of different topics and years. a single stamp issued in 2006 with a duck species called Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), 2 stamps on topic EUROPA (Forests) issued in 2011 and finally 4 stamps (2 of each type) issued in 2006 on topic Antarctica - this one is a joint issue with Chile where we can see 2 species from the Antarctica: the emperor penguin and the common minke whale.

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A nice Fauna cover from Estonia, depicting several stamps  and a small sheet with Horses from year 2006. All the other stamps were issued in different years.