ESTONIA

ESTONIA / EESTI.

Estonian lighthouses.
Upper lighthouse of Sõru, in Hiiumaa Island.
Stamp issued on 17.10.2014.
Face value: 0.55 euro.
Design: Roman Matkiewicz (b. Tallinn, 27.02.1966).
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 100,000 copies.
Size: 27.5 x 33 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 838.
- Michel No. 808.
- Scott No. 771.
- StampWorld No. 845.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 753.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 745.

On the outskirts of the town of Sõru, located on the southwestern coast of the island of Hiiumaa, there are two lighthouses: the upper and the lower, separated by a distance of 500 m (1,640 ft). The upper one (in Estonian, Sõru ülemine tuletorn) is the one represented on the stamp: it is made of white and red reinforced concrete and has a height from the sea of 19.2 m (630 ft). It was built in 1934, was shot and damaged in 1941, during the Second World War, and was repaired in 1942. Both lighthouses are in a strategic location, at the western entrance to the Soela Strait (in Estonian, Soela väin), about 6 km (3.73 mi) wide, which separates the islands of Hiiumaa and Saaremaa.