Lot no. 231

Caritas issue of 1938, 25s., initial pencil drawing by Mihail Sidorov, 42x51,5mm, on perforated cardboard. Arms of Haapsalu. CARITAS and "1938" are positioned vertically. The shield is pointed at the bottom; the EESTI POST inscription is pointed at the top. Oak leaves, a favorite ornament of Roosman, and acorns under the shield. The final pencil drawing by Sidorov, AK-14C, does not show oak leaves. The value inscriptions "25" are placed inconspicuously at the top. The "+"sign is inside a quatrefoil, similar to AK-13C and to the 10S and 25S postage stamps of 1940 designed by Reindorff.