{"id":23647,"date":"2026-01-26T08:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T06:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/?page_id=23647"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:16:30","slug":"estonian-lighthouses-on-postage-stamps-1995-2025-roman-matkiewicz-visual-historian-at-the-maritime-museum-60","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/estonian-lighthouses-on-postage-stamps-1995-2025-roman-matkiewicz-visual-historian-at-the-maritime-museum-60\/","title":{"rendered":"COMING SOON “Estonian lighthouses on postage stamps 1995\u20132025.”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Roman\u00a0Matkiewicz, visual historian at the Maritime Museum, 60<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
19.02 \u2013 30.08.2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Fat Margaret<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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When Eesti Post issued a stamp featuring the Pakri Lighthouse in 1995, designed by Roman Matkiewicz, no one could have imagined it would spark a creative collaboration spanning more than 30 years. Indeed, over the decades, 38 more Estonian lighthouses found their way onto stamps.<\/p>\n

The result is both a philatelic treasure and a maritime history landmark, now presented in full at the new exhibition.<\/p>\n

On display are enlarged reproductions of all 39 stamps, alongside selected originals, maximum cards, first-day covers, and postmarks.<\/p>\n

Matkiewicz, a long-time visual historian of the Estonian Maritime Museum, first sketched every lighthouse on location. His journeys across the country over the years have left him with countless stories to share.<\/p>\n

Among other things, we learn how to capture Estonia\u2019s very own \u2018leaning tower\u2019, the Kiipsaare Lighthouse; which beacon required trekking across a frozen sea to draw; and which lighthouse now exists only on a stamp.<\/p>\n

The exhibition celebrates two milestones at once: Roman Matkiewicz\u2019s 60th birthday and the 30th anniversary of the very first lighthouse stamp. Warm congratulations \u2013 and may the work of illuminating history continue!<\/p>\n

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Curator: Roman Matkiewicz<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Exhibition Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition Concept:<\/strong> Urmas Dresen, Member of the Board of the Estonian Maritime Museum
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Roman Matkiewicz, Visual Historian at the Estonian Maritime Museum<\/p>\n

Creative Writing:<\/strong> Jakob Laulik
\nLanguage Editing:<\/strong> Hille Salu\u00e4\u00e4r, Antenna
\nTranslations:<\/strong> Avatar O\u00dc
\nDesign:<\/strong> K\u00e4rt Talvik, Fly Illustration
\nExhibition Production:<\/strong> Digitr\u00fckk O\u00dc<\/p>\n

Estonian Maritime Museum Team:<\/strong>
\nCollections:<\/strong> Eve Paavel, Evelyn Silmet, Andres Eero
\nMarketing:<\/strong> Iris Tomson
\nCommunication:<\/strong> Laura Maide
\nChildren\u2019s Lighthouse:<\/strong> Irma Mets
\nProject Manager:<\/strong> Teele Siig<\/p>\n

Special Thanks:<\/strong>
\nEstonian National Museum, Estonian Lighthouse Society, Kaupo Kalda, National Archives, Hannes Nagel (OMNIVA), P\u00e4rtel Keskk\u00fcla (Transport Administration), Andy R\u00fctkinen (State Fleet), Vaido Lillemaa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roman\u00a0Matkiewicz, visual historian at the Maritime Museum, 60 19.02 \u2013 30.08.2026 Fat Margaret When Eesti Post issued a stamp featuring the Pakri Lighthouse in 1995, designed by Roman Matkiewicz, no…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/blog\/author\/laura\/","display_name":"laura"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 months ago","modified":"Updated 3 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 26. Jan 2026","modified":"Updated on 26. Jan 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 26. Jan 2026 08:52","modified":"Updated on 26. Jan 2026 09:16"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23647"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23668,"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23647\/revisions\/23668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meremuuseum.ee\/paksmargareeta\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}