Stamp of ESTONIA 2003 - Circumnavigation of the Globe by A J von Krusenstern

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STAMP OF ESTONIA  2003
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Bicenternary of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by Adam Johann von Krusenstern/ 276-06.08.03
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1 January 2014.
Postage stamps with dual nominal value in EEK and EUR are still valid, and all postage stamps with a face value of EEK can be used by converting with the official exchange rate of Bank of Estonia 1 euro = 15.6466 kroon. Postage stamps with dual value (EEK/EUR) are valid indefinitely; postage stamps with a face value of EEK are valid until the  of January 2014.
Leader of the first Russian expedition to sail around the globe was Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770–1846), a Baltic-German born and raised in Estonia. The expedition ships, the Neva and the Nadezhda, sailed from Kronstadt on 6 August 1803 and returned three years and twelve days later. The aim of the expedition was to take a Russian mission to Japan, to deliver goods to Russian settlements in Alaska and to sail around the world. The voyage made major contributions to various sciences. But the most important achievement was a South Sea Atlas Krusenstern completed at his landed estate in Kiltsi, Estonia in 1816–1822, a publication regarded as the best collection of Pacific Ocean navigation maps until the beginning of the 20th century.
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