ESTONIA

ESTONIA / EESTI.

EUROPA issue.
Tolkuse Bog.
Stamp issued on 27.04.1999.
Face value: 5.50 Estonian kroon.
Photo: Mati Kose.
Design: Jaan Saar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 385,100 copies.
Size: 23 x 27.5 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 370.
- Michel No. 343.
- Scott No. 360.
- StampWorld No. 376.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 332.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 334.

The Tolkuse Bog (Estonian: Tolkuse raba) is located in the rural municipality of Häädemeeste, in Pärnu county. It has an area of 55 km² (21.24 sq mi) and is divided into two parts by the Timmkanal (also known as Uusjõgi), excavated in 1856. There are 42 ponds in the middle of the bog. It is part of the Luitemaa Nature Reserve. Formerly, in the place that the bog now occupies there was a maritime bay surrounded by dunes.