Estonia 2014 - Folk Costumes (Mihkli & Vigala)

Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 14 April 2014
Width 27.5 mm
Height 33.0 mm
Quantity Issued: 50,000 (Mihkli), 50,000 (Vigala)
Number in Set: 2 
Layout/Format: Sheet of 25
Perforations: 13.75 by 14
Stamp Issuing Authority: Estonian Post
Print: Offset
Designer: Mari Kaarma
Printer: AS VABA MAA Tallinn

0.45 Euro - Folk Costumes - Mihkli
1.00 Euro - Folk Costumes - Vigala

Mihkli Parish lies on the boundary of the Lääne and Pärnu Counties. One of the stamps has a young man and girl in clothes of the mid-19th century. The young man wears a suit typical to the period but differs from others by its greenish blue colour. Also the girl’s cardigan with puffy sleeves is slightly peculiar. The girl is bareheaded, but married women wore a rather peculiar cocked cap which had to be tied under the chin so it would stay in place at all. The embroidery of one such cap has been used in the First Day cancellation. In the second half of the 19th century women of Vigala Parish wore beautiful red chequered skirts, cardigans with the shoulders buffed up and wide necks, later also jackets, tall hats, aprons of print cotton as well as numerous kerchiefs. Necklaces of coin pendants were the preferred jewellery in Vigala Parish; some of them had several rows of beads and pendants. Sometimes we have to do with coin imitations, such as the pendent pictured in the FDC.