ESTONIA / EESTI.
Estonian lighthouses.
Kunda lighthouse in Kunda Bay.
Stamp issued on 12.03.1998.
Face value: 3.60 Estonian kroon.
Design: Roman Matkiewicz (b. Tallinn, 27.02.1966).
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 790,100 copies.
Size: 26 x 37.5 mm.
Catalogs
- AFA No. 347.
- Michel No. 322.
- Scott No. 338.
- StampWorld No. 354-
- Stanley Gibbons No. 313.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 308.
Kunda Bay (Estonian: Kunda laht) is located on the northern coast of Estonia, in the county of Lääne-Virumaa, and is part of the Gulf of Finland, in the Baltic Sea. At its center, about 100 km east of Tallinn, is the city of Kunda, which has a major port. The Kunda and Toolse rivers flow into the bay. The Kunda lighthouse, built in 1909, was at the Kunda port. It was destroyed by fire in summer1999.
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