Bear Stamps, Cancellations and Postal Stationary from Estonia

• Up •

Bear type - official
Year - 1939
Face value - 15s+15s
Description - Bear on arms of Parnumaa
Scott # - B 42 (from B41-B44 set), B44a (sheet)
Stanley Gibbons # -  145 (from 144-147 set), MS 147a
Michel # - 143 (from 142-145 set)
 
Bear type - art
Year - 1995
Face value - 3.50k
Description - Bronze bear amulet [from Finno-Ugric peoples (ethnographic objects and languages) issue]
Scott # - 295e (from 295 sheet of 6)
Stanley Gibbons # - 267 (from 264-269 set)
Michel # - 263 (from 260-265 set)
 
Bear type - official
Year - 2006
Face Value - 4.40k
Description - Bear on arms of Parnumaa
Scott # - 536
Stanley Gibbons # - 513
Michel # - 545
WNS # - EE009.06
 

Cancellations

Where: Estonia
Date: June 27, 1994
Description: WWF panda [first day of issue cancellation for the WWF flying squirrel issue]
Where:  Pjarnu, Estonia
When:  November 13, 1999
Description:  Bear on coat of arms, issued for "Postcard Day" (I think this was the first day of issue cancellation for the postal stationary issue below)
Where: Estonia - Tartu
When:  May 28, 2005
Description: Teddy, doll and clown [for 10th Anniversary of the Tartu Toy Museum]
Where: Estonia - Tallinn
Date: January 11, 2006
Description: Teddy bear holding a drum [cancellation for the 2nd Tallinn Illustrations Triennial]
Where: Estonia - Otepaa
Date: July 13, 2007
Description: Bear (looks very similar to Winnie the Pooh) on cancellation for the 10th IVV Olympiad at Otepaa
 

Postal Stationary

Bear Type - Official
Year - 1999
Face Value - 3.10k
Description - Bear on coat of arms (Mud Baths in Pjarnu issue)
Catalog Number - Michel P42
Stationary Type - pre-stamped postal card
Bear Type - fictional
Year - 2007
Face Value - 13e
Catalog Number -
Description - Bear (resembles Winnie the Pooh), scenic background on card design
Stationary Type - postal card

• Home • Bears • Postal Stationary • Illegal Bears • Cancellations • Image Gallery • Bear Types • Bear Stamps in Literature •