ESTONIA

ESTONIA / EESTI.

Estonian Lighthouses.
Laidunina Lighthouse.
Stamp issued on 20.02.2002.
Face value: 4.40 Estonian kroon.
Design: Roman Matkiewicz (b. Tallinn, 27.02.1966).
Printed by AS Vaba Maa, Tallinn.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 311,080 copies.
Size: 33 x 27.5 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 458.
- Michel No. 429.
- Scott No. 434.
- StampWorld No. 465.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 418.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 414.

Laidunina Lighthouse (Estonian: Laidunina tuletorn) is located in Kahtlalaid Peninsula, Laimjala Parish, on the island of Saaremaa. It was built in 1907 of red brick with a gallery and a one-story hexagonal stone base. The height of the tower is 24 m (78.7 ft) from the foot and 27 m (88.6 ft) from sea level. The lantern was removed, with the lighthouse being deactivated in 1924. The lighting equipment was transferred to Kübassaare Lighthouse. Later the tower was used as a day signal. Since 2004 it is no longer used as a navigation signal. The lighthouse was recognized as an architectonic monument of Estonia in 2005.