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Monday, September 18, 2023

Laos 2023 - Ethnic Wedding Dress


Technical Details:
Date of Issued: 19 June 2023
Denomination: 18,000 KIP, 18,000 KIP, 18,000 KIP
Quantity: 30,000 pieces (10,000 sets)
Size: 31 x 46 mm
Souvenir Sheet (Perforation): 60,000 KIP/ 1,000 Pieces
Souvenir Sheet (Non Perforation): 60,000 KIP/ 1,000 Pieces
Printing Process: Offset
Color: Multi-Color
Place of Printing: Vietnam Stamp Printing
Designer: Mr. Vongsavanh Damlongsouk

Sine ancient times, in each village, the people of Laos have self-made cloth blankets. When they do not have dyes, they take fruits from the mountains to create color. The woven in Laos like to wear cloth flowers, dark colored fabrics, and fresh as the color of the natural leaves of the forest. However the type of dress and the type of trousers also selected for convenience, suitable for the season with specific circumstance. Laotian traditional often wears an important occasion or ceremony and in many rural areas, you will easily catch a glimpse of children wearing "Tube Skirts" to school. Otherwise. "Sinh" and "Salong" are various in colors and depend on their occasions such as a wedding or funeral of the festival.
 

Laos 2023 - Living of Farmers



Technical Details:
Date of Issued: 16 June 2023
Denomination: 8,000 KIP, 8,000 KIP, 18,000 KIP
Quantity: 15,000 pieces (5,000 sets)
Size: 31 x 46 mm
Souvenir Sheet (Perforation): 40,000 KIP/ 1,000 Pieces
Souvenir Sheet (Non Perforation): 40,000 KIP/ 1,000 Pieces
Printing Process: Offset
Color: Multi-Color
Place of Printing: Vietnam Stamp Printing
Designer: Mr. Vongsavanh Damlongsouk

Laos is a country that rich in natural resources. In the past, the farmers used to plan rice using primitive tools using human and animal power, before planting rice, they had to use bufallo as plows. After that, they used human power to plant rice. It took 5 or 6 months to harvest the rice. The tools used to plant rice are: bufallo, hoe, plow and harrow. The year of harvest can be planted in two seasons as name "Nashan and Napi"

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Albania 1977 - National Costumes and Folk Dances


Date of Issued: 20 August 1977
Perforation: 12

Uzbekistan 2016 - Uzbek National Costumes


Technical Details:
Date of Issued: 30 December 2016
Sheetsize: 4
Design: E. Kanevets
Engraving: Aucun
Perforation: 14 x 13¾
Size Stamp: 37 mm x 52 mm
Size Sheet: 100 mm x 200 mm
Circulation: 8,000 Sheets
Printing: Offset Printing

1,900 UZS - Groom's Suit (Tashkent. Early 19th century)
2,100 UZS - Bride's Costume (Tashkent. Early 20th century)
2,500 UZS - Boy’s Costume for Circumcision (Tashkent. Early 19th century)
2,500 UZS - Costume of a Young Woman (Tashkent. 30-40s of the XX century)

The series is printed in the form of a postal block. The postal block consists of 4 postage stamps. The postage stamps depict national costumes of the 19th and 20th centuries of the city of Tashkent. A special place in museum exhibitions is given to the national costumes of various regions of our Republic.

JSC “Uzbekistan Pochtasi” was prepared, the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan put into circulation on December 30, 2016 a series of postage stamps “Uzbek National Costumes”. Postage stamps are multi-colored. The margins of the postal block depict a national ornament.