Lot no. 271
363 / September 2016
Condition
2Catalogue no.RE-3-1939
Opening500 €
Sold for800 €
Caritas 1939, 15s. watercolor design by Günther Reindorff, on cardboard, not perforated, few stains. The design shows Kalevipoeg with the magical sword in the Estonian national epic poem Kalevipoeg. Inscription KALEVIPOEG at the bottom. 2 Caritas hearts, with 1 flame, drawn only in pencil, not in watercolor. In the design sequence RE-3-1939 precedes AK-16B. Two vertically positioned value inscriptions, one in large letters and the other in small letters, are also shown in RE-1-1939, AK-16B, AK-17A, AK-18A, AK-18B, AK-18C, AK-18D, AK-19A, AK-19B, AK-19C and AK-19D and on the postage stamps of 1939