Lot 225
Caritas issue of 1937, 25s., final pencil drawing by Axel Roosman, 43x55mm, on perforated cardboard. Arms of Valga. Caritas heart with 1 long flame. In the final pencil drawing, and also in the subsequent 25S printed essay of 1937, the EESTI POST ribbon has no horizontal stripes at the left and right. The 25S postage stamp of 1937, in contrast, has an EESTI POST ribbon with horizontal stripes at both sides. In the design sequence this final pencil drawing AK-10C is preceded by water color design AK-8D, but only a few design elements of the water color design were used in the final pencil drawing AK-10C: "1937" appears in the same font and the value inscriptions "25" are in a related style. Both designs have an extra surrounding line around the coat of arms. The earlier design AK-8D still has 2 value tablets, in the final pencil drawing the value inscriptions are not inside value tablets. The 25S postage stamp of 1937 is the only postage stamp designed by Roosman without value tablets.
