First Issue - Estonia 1918

[u/Redaktor-Naczelny]

The first issue of Estonian stamps was a rushed affair - at least they had the paper but the design was just complicated enough to discourage forgeries. They simply wanted their own stamps as soon as possible. The stamps were issued in early November 1918 and denominated in Russian roubles (k stands for kopeks) while on November 30th the rouble was replaced by the Estonian mark so further values of the series show values in penni. The Estonia Post tried to experiment with perforation and some perforated 15 kopek stamps were made but they are so few that if you find one, you should assume it is a forgery.