363 / September 2016

1919, Seagull 35k. as horizontal pair with right sheet margin on grey paper with black printed letters on front, fine (Hurt/Ojaste G3)

1919, Seagull 35k. olive as single die sheetlet on very thin white paper (like the paper of 10 p. Numerals, G5), 4 edge lines of the stone around the proof, very fine and scarce

1919, Seagull 35k. black as single die sheetlet on white slightly glazed paper, 4 edge lines of the stone around the proof, very fine and scarce, igned Eichenthal and Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G7)

70 p., enlarged black copy of mother die, 41x52mm, not tied to cardboard, G:1 is usually tied to the cardboard, red ink penetrating the paper and the offset at the back show that this essay was printed, not photographically produced on baryte paper, small thin (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

70 p., enlarged black copy of mother die, 41x52mm, block of four, largest known unit, truncated pencil marking "12" at back, cardboard beneath top left proof has a thin, proof at top right has a crease (Hurt/Ojaste G1)  

1919 ca., 20 p. pencil design by an unknown artist, picturing a sword

1919 ca., 25 p. pencil design by an unknown artist, picturing General Laidoner

1919 ca., 25 p. pencil design by an unknown artist, picturing General Laidoner with a sword

Viking ship 3m., drawing in black ink of the value inscription of the unissued 3 mka. Viking ship, on transparent paper, pinholes at the left and right margins to hold the transparent paper during the duplication of design elements, perhaps of "MARKA", size of frame 150x100mm, value inscription crossed out in red ink, signed Peet Aren, the designer of the Viking ship issue, dated 1919, an exceptional item  

Viking ship 3m., essay for the unissued 3 marka value, black on glossy carton paper, with frame, "EESTI POST" and "3 MARKA" inscriptions, without viking ship and ornament around medallion, catalogued in Hurt/Ojaste on p.45, hinged, signed E.Franck

Viking ship, proof on lemon yellow, glossy carton paper, with frame, viking ship and ornament around the medallion, without value, "EESTI POST" and "MARK" inscriptions, little thinned at upper left, signed Nemvalz, not yet catalogued  

Trial print of a 15x5mm decorative element in black used for composing the ornament around the medallion of the Viking ship issue, printed on reverse of Numeral 10p. in black. The use of decorative elements from the printer's type case for the stamp design shows that the printer Ed. Bergmann was actively involved in the design of the Viking ship issue. This active involvement by the printer in the design process in turn also explains the existence of many color proofs for the Viking ship and Numeral Design issues. A key piece in Estonian philately

Viking ship 1m. as proof, showing the complete design (frame, viking ship and value inscription) except for the ornament around the medallion, as a single print in black on glossy carton paper, possibly unique, signed Nemvalz

Viking ship 1m. blue without frame as vertical pair from the upper left sheet corner, in addition single black proof of the frame only on silk paper.  In the picture the single on silk paper is placed upon the vertical pair G5, to illustrate how the proofs on silk paper were used to verify the correct positioning of the two stones with the two colors, crease through G3, otherwise a fine and very interesting assembly (Hurt/Ojaste G5 and G3)  

Viking ship 1m. as black proof of frame only, on silk paper, small circular paper imperfection inside frame, otherwise fine, signed Nemvalz and Eichenthal (Hurt/Ojaste G3)

Viking ship 1m., horizontal pair with center shifted downwards 2mm, signed as proofs by Nemvalz and Eichenthal, trials to position the printing stones of the two colors, in addition a partial vertical strip of two with the center shifted upwards 4,5mm, fine and interesting

Viking ship 1m., interesting group of four proofs, yellow instead of blue Viking ship, one proof, correctly positioned colours, three double prints of the center (yellow Viking ship), trials to position the printing stones of the two colors, one with center strongly shifted 2.1 mm to right, one with center shifted 0.8mm upwards and one with center shifted 0.3mm downwards and to the left, one double print with horizontal crease, all double prints signed Nemvalz / Eichenthal (Hurt/Ojaste G9, G9a and G9b)  

Viking ship 1m. as horizontal pair on not yet catalogued grey paper, center strongly shifted vertically, the lower stamp with double print of yellow colour, the top stamp showing no yellow colour over "MARK", very fine and scarce (Hurt/Ojaste G10a)  

Viking ship 1m. as horizontal pair on not yet catalogued grey paper, center strongly shifted vertically, with double print of yellow colour, very fine and scarce

1919, Viking ship 1m. as horizontal pair in black/orange yellow on grey paper, unused without gum, folded in between with small scissor cut, fine, signed Kokk (Hurt/Ojaste G12)

1919, Viking ship 1 m. as gutter block of four with two tête-bêche, small adherence in the gutter, otherwise mint never hinged, fine and scarce

1919, Viking ship 1m. two singles with additional franking tied by cds. "TALLINN 30 1 20" to reverse of registered Iceflight cover to Straßburg, find and very scarce, certificiate Löbbering BPP

Viking ship 5m., matched pair and a not yet catalogued proof trials to position the printing stones of the two colors, on ungummed paper G:1, double print of register cross and frame, frame vertically shifted 5mm (rough positioning), vertical pair, signed Isaak Weiner, Eichenthal and Nemvalz matched with a not yet catalogued proof, frame shifted 1.5 mm to the left (fine positioning), block of four from the same position, register cross, signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G1)

Viking ship 5m. as block of four, with double print of frame, trials to position the printing stones of the two colors, the second frame vertivally shifted by about 5mm, few slight creases as to be expected, very interesting and scarce, signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G1)  

Viking ship 5m., interesting group of the proofs, all with double print of frame, one double-print with frame vertically shifted 1 mm, another double-print with one frame slanted, and a double-print of frame of the 1 marka and traces of red printing ink, proof with slanted frame unused with gum, the others without gum, 5m. values signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G1 and G16)  

Viking ship 5m. with frame shifted 1.5mm to the left, trial to position the printing stones of the two colors, on ungummed white paper, signed Nemvalz  

Viking ship 5m, inverted center piece, very fine and rare, signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G2)

Viking ship 5m. as horizontal pair in bronze-yellow, on ungummed paper, signed Eichenthal and Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G4)  

1920, Airmail 5 m. enlarged negative black copy of sheet assembly on baryte paper, crossed out with red ink, very rare (Hurt/Ojaste G1)  

1920, Tallinn Skyline 25 p. as negative black enlarged copy of first assembly, four copies with red pen cross mounted on card 37x48mm, pencil marking "N17" at reverse, largest known unit (Hurt/Ojaste G2)  

1920, Tallinn Skyline 35 p. as black enlarged copy on baryte paper,  very large, twice the size of G2, pencil marking at back "98x75mm" probably served as master for smaller proofs on baryte paper, crossed out with red ink, red ink is not visible at back, not tied to cardboard, not yet catalogued

1920, Tallinn Skyline 2m. blue as horizontal gutter pair, unused, very fine

Invalids 35p. as block of four on brownish paper, canceled with wavy black lines, crease in bottom two proofs, without gum, signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G2) (in Supplement III, E.F.33/34, p.176)  

Invalids 70p. as block of four on brownish paper, canceled with wavy red lines, crease in right proofs, without gum, signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G2) (in Supplement III, E.F.33/34, p.176)  

Invalids 70p. as horizontal gutter strip of 6 on brownish paper, canceled with wavy red lines, some creases probably from folding in printer's archive, signed Nemvalz (Hurt/Ojaste G4)

1920, Viking ship 25m. perforated as block of 35, mint never hinged, two stamps with gum disturbance, one with wrinkle. otherwise fine