1923 Provisional Air Mail stamps

The first Estonian Air Mail Stamp was issued only for very restricted use: to get mail by air from Estonia to Finland. So, its real name should be: The first and only Estonian Ice Flight Stamp. It was lithographed in sheets of 200, two panes of 100 each. Eo Vaher (Eesti Filatelist # 18-19, 1976) says that “the total number of Ice Flight stamps printed was 518600 pcs, of which later on 280285 pcs. were used for the provisional 1923 overprints. If you count together all the provisional stamps mentioned in the Handbook, your result is a big mismatch (handbook 172534 pcs.).

 

5 Mk. carmine OPT  

Day of Issue: October 1, 1923 Perforation: Imperforate Issued: 45.800

10 Mk. black OPT  

Day of Issue: October 1, 1923 Perforation: Imperforate Issued: 40.000

Yllä näet 10 Mk. OPT-välilönelilön, joka sijoittuu alkuperäiselle painoarkille punaisella merkitylle alueelle (katso seuraava kyva). Alkuperäinen jäälento-painoarkki käännettiin 90° ja sen jälkeen voitiin suorittaa OPT-painatus.

Above you see the genuine 10 Mk. OPT-gutter-square which position on the original Ice-Flight-stamp sheet is the red marked area (see picture below). The original Ice Flight-stamp sheet was rotated 90° and after this move the OPT-printing was ready to perform.

 

10 Mk. black OPT, perforated
Day of Päivaleht-perforated-issue: October 8, 1923 
Perforation: 11½x 11½ Issued: 300 only

Be sure what you want to acquire!

15 Mk. carmine OPT  

Day of Issue: October 1, 1923 Perforation: Imperforate Issued: 45.400

20 Mk. carmine OPT  

Day of 1st printing-issue: October 1, 1923 Perforation: Imperforate 

Issued: 17.900

20 Mk. brick red OPT  

Day of 2nd printing-issue: October 23, 1923 Perforation: Imperforate 

Issued: 10.300

Joskus on hyvä käyttää (aitoa) asiantuntijaa varmistamaan, että hankkimasi kohde on sitä mitä tarjotaan! Sometimes it is good to use (genuine) experts to ensure that your property is what is offered!

20 Mk. carmine OPT, perforated
Day of Päivaleht-perforated-issue: October 8, 1923 
Perforation: 11½x 11½ Issued: 2000 only

45 Mk. carmine OPT  
 Distance between OPT 5 and M = 1,25 mm

Day of 1st printing-issue: October 1, 1923 Perforation: Imperforate 

Issued: 9.900

A question to you: Is this 45 OPT-stamp down a genuine or forgery?

45 Mk. carmine OPT 
 Distance between OPT 5 and M = 2 mm

Day of 2nd printing-issue: November 9, 1923 Perforation: Imperforate 

Issued: 3.234 only

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