The republic of
Estonia is one of the Baltic republics in the northeast of Europe with 1,3
million inhabitants. After centuries of foreign rule, the Estonians experienced
a national awakening that culminated in independence from the Russian Empire
after the First World War.
During World War
II, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, then by Nazi Germany a
year later and was again annexed by the Soviets in 1944, after which it was
reconstituted as the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1988, during the
Singing Revolution, the Estonian Supreme Soviet issued the Estonian Sovereignty
Declaration in defiance of Soviet rule, and independence was restored on 20
August 1991.
During the
Briefmarken-Messe in Essen in May 2017 I left stamped envelopes at almost every
foreign postal administration hoping they would send them back when they
arrived home. The stamp is a 2017 definitive and the postmark is from Tallinn. The priority label was put there by Eesti Post.
The website of
the philately section of Eesti Post: pood.omniva.ee.
Date sent: 11
May 2017
Date postmark: 12
May 2017
Date received:
18 May 2017
Number of days: 7
Envelope in
collection: 75
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