ESTONIA

ESTONIA / EESTI.

Estonian lighthouses.
Lighthouse of Mohni Island.
Stamp issued on 24.01.2001.
Face value: 4.40 Estonian kroon.
Design: Roman Matkiewicz (b. Tallinn, 27.02.1966).
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 388,400 copies.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 420.
- Michel No. 391.
- Scott No. 408.
- StampWorld No. 424.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 386.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 377.

Mohni is a 61.5-hectare island in the Gulf of Finland, 4.5 km (2.80 mi) off the northern coast of Estonia, on the northeastern side of the Eru Bay. It is 2.3 km (1.43 mi) long and 250 m (820 ft) wide; it is elongated in a northwest-southeast direction. The perimeter of the coastline is about 7.48 km (4.65 mi). It belongs to Kuusalu Parish in Harju County and is located in Lahemaa National Park. The first, wooden lighthouse on the island was built in 1806, and the brick lighthouse was completed in 1852 and rebuilt in 1871. The island, currently uninhabited, was inhabited until 2017.