diff --git a/packages/api/test/e2e/promise-tx.spec.js b/packages/api/test/e2e/promise-tx.spec.js
index 6566161a197f..6bae2fbbda04 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/e2e/promise-tx.spec.js
+++ b/packages/api/test/e2e/promise-tx.spec.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { randomAsHex } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
 import Api from '../../src/promise';
 import WsProvider from '../../../rpc-provider/src/ws';
 import SingleAccountSigner from "../util/SingleAccountSigner";
+import {ExtrinsicEra} from '@polkadot/types/type';
 
 describe.skip('e2e transactions', () => {
   const keyring = testingPairs({ type: 'ed25519' });
@@ -211,4 +212,44 @@ describe.skip('e2e transactions', () => {
       doTwo(done)
     });
   });
+
+  it('makes a transfer with ERA (signAndSend)', async (done) => {
+      const nonce = await api.query.system.accountNonce(keyring.dave.address());
+      const signedBlock = await api.rpc.chain.getBlock();
+      const currentHeight = signedBlock.block.header.number;
+      const exERA = new ExtrinsicEra({ current: currentHeight, period: 10 }, 1);
+      // eraBirth - start of ERA which is always less than current block height
+      // eraDeath - end of ERA validity (EXPIRY)
+      const eraBirth = exERA.asMortalEra.birth(currentHeight.toNumber());
+      const eraDeath = exERA.asMortalEra.death(currentHeight.toNumber());
+      console.log('STARTED AT :'+eraBirth+' EXPIRED AT :'+eraDeath);
+      const eraHash = await api.rpc.chain.getBlockHash(eraBirth);
+      const ex = api.tx.balances
+        .transfer(keyring.eve.address(), 12345);
+      const tx = await ex.signAndSend(keyring.dave, {blockHash: eraHash, era:exERA, nonce});
+
+      expect(tx.toHex()).toHaveLength(66);
+      done();
+  });
+
+  it('makes a transfer with ERA (signAndSend) with invalid time', async (done) => {
+      const nonce = await api.query.system.accountNonce(keyring.alice.address());
+      const signedBlock = await api.rpc.chain.getBlock();
+      const currentHeight = signedBlock.block.header.number;
+      const exERA = new ExtrinsicEra({ current: currentHeight, period: 4 }, 1);
+      const eraBirth = exERA.asMortalEra.birth(currentHeight.toNumber());
+      const eraDeath = exERA.asMortalEra.death(currentHeight.toNumber());
+      console.log('STARTED AT :'+eraBirth+' EXPIRED AT :'+eraDeath);
+      const eraHash = await api.rpc.chain.getBlockHash(eraBirth);
+      const ex = api.tx.balances.transfer(keyring.eve.address(), 12345);
+      const unsubscribe = await api.rpc.chain.subscribeNewHead(async(header) => {
+        console.log(`Chain is at block: #${header.blockNumber}`);
+         if (header.blockNumber.toNumber() === eraDeath-1) {
+           const tx = await ex.signAndSend(keyring.alice, {blockHash: eraHash, era:exERA, nonce});
+
+           expect(tx).toBeUndefined();
+           done();
+         }
+      });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicEra.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicEra.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..787e71d86d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicEra.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2019 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import ExtrinsicEra from './ExtrinsicEra';
+
+describe('ExtrinsicEra', () => {
+
+  it('decodes an Extrinsic Era with immortal', () => {
+    const extrinsicEra = new ExtrinsicEra(new Uint8Array([0]));
+
+    expect(extrinsicEra.asImmortalEra).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('decodes an Extrinsic Era from u8 as mortal', () => {
+    const extrinsicEra = new ExtrinsicEra(new Uint8Array([1, 78, 156]));
+
+    expect(extrinsicEra.asMortalEra.period.toNumber()).toEqual(32768);
+    expect(extrinsicEra.asMortalEra.phase.toNumber()).toEqual(20000);
+  });
+
+  it('encode an Extrinsic Era from Object with blocknumber & period as mortal instance', () => {
+    const mortalIndex = 1;
+    const extrinsicEra = new ExtrinsicEra({ current: 1400, period: 200 }, mortalIndex);
+
+    expect(extrinsicEra.asMortalEra.period.toNumber()).toEqual(256);
+    expect(extrinsicEra.asMortalEra.phase.toNumber()).toEqual(120);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicEra.ts b/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicEra.ts
index 5f57565c1629..f047e7a08ca6 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicEra.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicEra.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
+import EnumType from '../codec/EnumType';
+import { isHex, isU8a, hexToU8a, isObject, assert, u8aToBn } from '@polkadot/util';
+import Tuple from '../codec/Tuple';
+import U8 from '../primitive/U8';
 import { AnyU8a } from '../types';
-
-import { u8aToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
-
 import U8a from '../codec/U8a';
 
 /**
@@ -13,22 +14,168 @@ import U8a from '../codec/U8a';
  * @description
  * The era for an extrinsic, indicating either a mortal or immortal extrinsic
  */
-export default class ExtrinsicEra extends U8a {
+export default class ExtrinsicEra extends EnumType<ImmortalEra | MortalEra> {
+  constructor (value?: any, index?: number) {
+    super({ ImmortalEra, MortalEra }, value, index);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description Returns the item as a [[ImmortalEra]]
+   */
+  get asImmortalEra (): ImmortalEra {
+    assert(this.isImmortalEra, `Cannot convert '${this.type}' via asImmortalEra`);
+    return this.value as ImmortalEra;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description Returns the item as a [[MortalEra]]
+   */
+  get asMortalEra (): MortalEra {
+    assert(this.isMortalEra, `Cannot convert '${this.type}' via asMortalEra`);
+    return this.value as MortalEra;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description `true` if Immortal
+   */
+  get isImmortalEra (): boolean {
+    return this.index === 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description `true` if Mortal
+   */
+  get isMortalEra (): boolean {
+    return this.index === 1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description Encodes the value as a Uint8Array as per the parity-codec specifications
+   * @param isBare true when the value has none of the type-specific prefixes (internal)
+   */
+  toU8a (isBare?: boolean): Uint8Array {
+    if (this.index === 0) {
+      return super.toU8a();
+    } else {
+      return this.asMortalEra.toU8a(isBare);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const VALID_IMMORTAL = new U8a([]);
+/**
+ * @name ImmortalEra
+ * @description
+ * The ImmortalEra for an extrinsic
+ */
+export class ImmortalEra extends U8a {
   constructor (value?: AnyU8a) {
-    super(
-      ExtrinsicEra.decodeExtrinsicEra(value)
-    );
+    super(value);
+
+    assert(this.eq(VALID_IMMORTAL), `IMMORTAL: expected ${VALID_IMMORTAL.toHex()}, found ${this.toHex()}`);
   }
+}
+
+export type MortalEraValue = [U8, U8];
 
-  static decodeExtrinsicEra (value?: AnyU8a): Uint8Array {
-    if (value) {
-      const u8a = u8aToU8a(value);
+interface MortalMethod {
+  current: number;
+  period: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @name MortalEra
+ * @description
+ * The MortalEra for an extrinsic, indicating period and phase
+ */
+export class MortalEra extends Tuple {
+  constructor (value?: any) {
+    super({
+      period : U8, phase : U8
+    }, MortalEra.decodeMortalEra(value));
+  }
 
-      // If we have a zero byte, it is immortal (1 byte in length), otherwise we have
-      // the era details following as another byte
-      return u8a.subarray(0, (u8a[0] === 0) ? 1 : 2);
+  private static decodeMortalEra (value: MortalMethod | Uint8Array | string): MortalEraValue {
+    if (isHex(value)) {
+      return MortalEra.decodeMortalEra(hexToU8a(value.toString()));
+    } else if (isU8a(value)) {
+      const first = u8aToBn(value.subarray(0, 1)).toNumber();
+      let second = u8aToBn(value.subarray(1, 2)).toNumber();
+      const encoded: number = first + (second << 8);
+      const period = 2 << (encoded % (1 << 4));
+      const quantizeFactor = Math.max(period >> 12, 1);
+      let phase = (encoded >> 4) * quantizeFactor;
+      if (period >= 4 && phase < period) {
+        return [new U8(period), new U8(phase)];
+      }
+      throw new Error('Invalid data passed to Mortal era');
+    } else if (isObject(value)) {
+      const { current } = value;
+      const { period } = value;
+      let calPeriod = Math.pow(2, Math.ceil(Math.log2(period)));
+      calPeriod = Math.min(Math.max(calPeriod, 4), 1 << 16);
+      const phase = current % calPeriod;
+      const quantizeFactor = Math.max(calPeriod >> 12, 1);
+      const quantizedPhase = phase / quantizeFactor * quantizeFactor;
+      return [new U8(calPeriod), new U8(quantizedPhase)];
     }
+    throw new Error('Invalid data passed to Mortal era');
+  }
+  /**
+   * @description The period of this Mortal wraps as a [[U8]]
+   */
+  get period (): U8 {
+    return this[0] as U8;
+  }
 
-    return new Uint8Array([0]);
+  /**
+   * @description The phase of this Mortal wraps as a [[U8]]
+   */
+  get phase (): U8 {
+    return this[1] as U8;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description Encodes the value as a Uint8Array as per the parity-codec specifications
+   * @param isBare true when the value has none of the type-specific prefixes (internal)
+   */
+  toU8a (isBare?: boolean): Uint8Array {
+    const period = this.period.toNumber();
+    const phase = this.phase.toNumber();
+    const quantizeFactor = Math.max(period >> 12, 1);
+    const trailingZeros = this.getTrailingZeros(period);
+    const encoded = Math.min(15, Math.max(1, trailingZeros - 1)) + (((phase / quantizeFactor) << 4));
+    const first = encoded >> 8;
+    const second = encoded & 0xff;
+    return new Uint8Array([second, first]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description Get the block number of the start of the era whose properties this object describes that `current` belongs to.
+   */
+  birth (current: number) {
+    return Math.floor((Math.max(current,this.phase.toNumber()) - this.phase.toNumber()) / this.period.toNumber()) * this.period.toNumber() + this.phase.toNumber();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description Get the block number of the first block at which the era has ended.
+   */
+  death (current: number) {
+    return this.birth(current) + this.period.toNumber();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description convert the number to binary and get the trailing zero's.
+   */
+  private getTrailingZeros (period: number) {
+    const zeros: number[] = [];
+    let periodN = period;
+    periodN = parseInt(periodN.toString(2), 10);
+
+    while (periodN % 10 === 0) {
+      periodN = periodN /= 10;
+      zeros.push(0);
+    }
+    return zeros.length;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicSignature.ts b/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicSignature.ts
index 71fef2289a12..761d32719449 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicSignature.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/type/ExtrinsicSignature.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ export default class ExtrinsicSignature extends Struct implements IExtrinsicSign
     return (this.get('version') as U8).toNumber();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @description The [[ExtrinsicEra]] (mortal or immortal) this signature applies to
+   */
+  set era (era: ExtrinsicEra) {
+    this.set('era', era);
+  }
+
   private injectSignature (signature: Signature, signer: Address, nonce: Nonce, era: ExtrinsicEra): ExtrinsicSignature {
     this.set('era', era);
     this.set('nonce', nonce);
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ export default class ExtrinsicSignature extends Struct implements IExtrinsicSign
     const signingPayload = new SignaturePayload({
       nonce,
       method,
-      era: era || IMMORTAL_ERA,
+      era: era || this.era || IMMORTAL_ERA,
       blockHash
     });
     const signature = new Signature(signingPayload.sign(account, version as RuntimeVersion));
diff --git a/packages/types/src/types.ts b/packages/types/src/types.ts
index fb52c4399465..be036a871a14 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/types.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export interface IMethod extends Codec {
 
 export interface IExtrinsicSignature extends Codec {
   readonly isSigned: boolean;
+  era: Codec;
 }
 
 export interface IExtrinsic extends IMethod {