List of people on stamps of Estonia
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This is a list of people on postage stamp
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Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
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Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
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- Betti AlverBetti AlverBetti Alver was the pseudonym of Elisabet Lepik-Talvik, one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu.- Writing :She began as a prose writer...
(2006) - Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately rose to the rank of Admiral...
(2003) - Matthias Johann EisenMatthias Johann EisenMatthias Johann Eisen was an Estonian folklorist and in 1920—1927 served as the Professor of Folk Poetry at University of Tartu....
(2007) - Gustav ErnesaksGustav ErnesaksGustav Ernesaks was an Estonian composer and a choir conductor....
(1994, 2008) - Friedrich Robert FaehlmannFriedrich Robert FaehlmannFriedrich Robert Faehlmann was an Estonian philologist and an Estophile active in Livonia, Russian Empire...
(1938, 1998) - Gustavus Adolphus of SwedenGustavus Adolphus of SwedenGustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...
(1994) - Jüri JaaksonJüri JaaksonJüri Jaakson VR III/1 was an Estonian businessman and politician....
(2010) - Carl Robert JakobsonCarl Robert JakobsonCarl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...
(2002) - Johann Voldemar JannsenJohann Voldemar JannsenJohann Voldemar Jannsen was an Estonian journalist and poet active in Livonia....
(1994, 1999) - Gerd KanterGerd KanterGerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
(2008) - Lydia KoidulaLydia KoidulaLydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...
(1993, 2002) - Johann KölerJohann KölerJohann Köler was a leader of the Estonian national awakening and a painter. He is considered as the first professional painter of the emerging nation. He distinguished himself primarily by his portraiture and to a lesser extent by his landscape paintings...
(2001, small portrait in margin of block) - Friedrich Reinhold KreutzwaldFriedrich Reinhold KreutzwaldFriedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald was an Estonian writer, who is considered to be the father of the national literature for the country.-Life:Friedrich's parents were serfs at the Jõepere estate, Virumaa. His father worked as a granary keeper and his mother was a chambermaid...
(1938, 2003) - Adam Johann von KrusensternAdam Johann von KrusensternAdam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern , was an admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.- Life :...
(2003) - Juhan KukkJuhan KukkJuhan ' Kukk VR III/1 was an Estonian politician....
(2010) - Aleksander Kunileid (1995)
- Julius KuperjanovJulius KuperjanovJulius Kuperjanov VR II/2 and II/3 was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence and commanding officer of the Kuperjanov Partisan Battalion.-Life:Kuperjanov was a schoolteacher in the village of Kambja...
(2009) - Johan LaidonerJohan LaidonerJohan Laidoner was a seminal figure of Estonian history between the world wars. His highest position was Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army in 1918–1920, 1924–1925, and 1934–1940.-Education:Laidoner was born in Viiratsi , Governorate of Livonia, then part of the Russian Empire...
(2009) - August MälkAugust Mälk-Life:August Mälk was born on October 4, 1900, in Lümanda Parish in the village of Koovi , located on the west coast of the island of Saaremaa, in modern-day Estonia ....
(2000) - Guglielmo MarconiGuglielmo MarconiGuglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
(1996) - Lennart MeriLennart MeriLennart Georg Meri was a writer, film director and statesman who served as the second President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. Meri was a leader of the Estonian independence movement.-Early life:...
(1999, 2009) - Felix Moor (2001)
- Alfred NeulandAlfred NeulandAlfred Neuland was a weightlifter and Olympic champion from Valga, Estonia. He won gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , and obtained a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris .-References:...
(1996) - Erki NoolErki NoolErki Nool is an Estonian decathlete and politician.Nool is a winner of the gold medal for Decathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although Nool did not place first in any individual event, his total score was the highest...
(2001) - Ragnar NurkseRagnar NurkseRagnar Nurkse was an Estonian international economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development.-Life:...
(2007) - Fredrik PaciusFredrik PaciusFredrik Pacius was a German composer and conductor who lived most of his life in Finland. He has been called the "Father of Finnish music"....
(1999) - Kristjan PalusaluKristjan PalusaluKristjan Palusalu was an Estonian heavyweight wrestler and Olympic winner....
(2008) - Louis PasteurLouis PasteurLouis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. His experiments...
(1995) - Konstantin PätsKonstantin PätsKonstantin Päts VR I/1 and III/1 was the most influential politician of interwar Estonia. He was one of the first Estonians to become active in politics and started an almost 40-year political rivalry with Jaan Tõnisson, first through journalism with his newspaper Teataja, later through politics...
(1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940) - Ants PiipAnts PiipAnts Piip VR III/1 was an Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician.-Education:Piip studied at the Teachers' Seminar in Kuldīga , now in Latvia...
(2009) - Arnold RüütelArnold RüütelArnold Rüütel OIH was the third President of the Republic of Estonia from October 8, 2001 to October 9, 2006. He was the second President since Estonia regained its independence in 1991....
(2003) - Heinrich von StephanHeinrich von StephanHeinrich von Stephan was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service. He was integral in the founding of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, and in 1877 introduced the telephone to Germany.Stephan was born in Stolp , Pomerania, in the Kingdom of Prussia...
(1997) - Kristina ŠmigunKristina ŠmigunKristina Šmigun-Vähi is a former and so far most successful Estonian female cross-country skier. Her parents, Anatoli Šmigun and Rutt Rehemaa were both prominent Nordic skiers...
(2006) - Otto StrandmanOtto StrandmanOtto August Strandman VR III/1 was an Estonian politician, who served as Prime Minister and State Elder of Estonia . He was one of the leaders of the centre-left Estonian Labour Party, that saw its biggest support after the 1919 and 1920 elections...
(2008) - Anton Hansen TammsaareAnton Hansen TammsaareAnton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....
(2003) - Eduard TubinEduard Tubin-Life:Tubin was born in Torila, Governorate of Livonia, Estonia. Both his parents were music lovers, and his father played trumpet and trombone in the village band. His first taste of music came at school where he learned flute and balalaika. Later, his father swapped a cow for a piano, and the...
(2005) - Marie UnderMarie UnderMarie Under was one of the greatest Estonian poets.-Early life:...
(1996) - Andrus VeerpaluAndrus VeerpaluAndrus Veerpalu is a former and so far the most successful Estonian male cross country skier.On 17 February 2006 he won his second Winter Olympics gold medal , becoming the fourth Estonian to have won two Olympic gold medals Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971 in Pärnu) is a former and so far...
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