Los-Nr. 209

Caritas issues of 1936 and 1937, 25s., pencil drawing by Axel Roosman, 41x51mm, on perforated cardboard. Old Russian-era coat of arms of Fellin (Viljandi). Caritas heart with 3 flames. Without the inscription "Eesti Post". The Ühisabi charity had no prior experience in the design of postage stamps, but was officially authorized by President Paets to design the Caritas postage stamps. Perhaps this pencil drawing AK-5C was the first postage stamp design by Roosman and Ühisabi, when they did not yet know that postage stamps must bear the name of the issuing country or postal authority. The design does not indicate the issue year either. The indication of the issue year was necessary because each Caritas issue was valid for franking for only one year. The asymmetric "+" sign is similar to AK-5B and to the 25S printed essay of 1936 on AK-6. The shape of the CARITAS ribbon on this pencil drawing AK-5C is similar to the EESTI POST ribbon on the 50S postage stamp of 1937. In the design sequence  this pencil drawing AK-5C precedes the water color design AK-9A, in which "25" was replaced by "50" and "EESTI POST" and "1937" were added.