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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Kosovo 2015 - Folk Costumes of Drenica



Kosovo 2017 - Folk Costumes of Medvegja





Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 06 September 2017
Perforation: 14
Value: EUR 1, EUR 2
Soevenir Sheet Quantity: 5,000.- pieces
Sheet Mint: 10 Postage Stamps
Size of Stamp: 43.00 mm x 31.00 mm
Printing: Offset
Paper: 102 gsm
Stamps & SS Designer: D. Luta
FDC Designer: F. Asilani. L
Printing House: Adnan Rezniqi Co

The Kosovo Philately, in the framework of folk clothing themes, presents to you Medvegja's women's costumes.  The color symmetry in perfect harmony and shape produced with refined  patience makes the women's costumes of Medvegja a unique one in all Albanian lands.  The different figures in these costumes certainly have a pagan meaning.  Thus the moon, the sun, the stars, the cob, and so on unequivocally that can be related to the desire for light and life, respectively, health and prosperity.  The Medvegja women's costumes consist of two main types:

The first is the one with which the girl goes out of her father's house, and consist of a long shirt, made of white linen fabric, woven in the loom and stylized with embroidery, over which is worn a multicolored apron in which the red color dominates and with a belt woven in the loom and stylized with beads.  This clothing is used only once, on the day the girl marries and has similarities with the outfits of other areas of Kosovo.

The second one is more distinctive, differs from outfits of other Albanian areas which includes embellishments such as: red beaded headscarf and stylized with different astral figures, money hat, tassels in various strong colors, and jewelry named "shive", made with beads and hair strings which are placed over the ears and released as two forelocks.  The white shirt made of linen fabric, sewn with beads at the front of the chest and neck embroidered on the hands part, starting from arm to palm.  Beaded vest, stylized with beaded figures with a perfect symmetry and rich colors.  The belt woven in the loom or beaded and loom woven headscarf masterly embroidered with different colors placed on the front part of the waist.  Black baggy trousers made of knitted wool and folded on the back, which can be considered as a special feature of this clothing, and on the front part is worn the apron that falls to the knees, also woven in the loom and with various colors depending on the age of the person wearing it.  Knitted needle socks in various colors made of spun yarn, while over them are put the opanak footwear made of the skin of any livestock. (Text: J. Fetahu and A. Jashari, Translated by: L. Cetta)  

Friday, December 28, 2018

Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan National Clothes, Karabakh and Shusha 2012



Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 29 October 2012
Design: Khasay Mirzoyev
Perforation: 14 x 14¼
Size of stamps: 28 x 40mm.
Size of souvenir sheet: 111 x 89mm
Circulations: 15 000 s/s.
Printing: Offset

Abkhazia - National Abkhazian Costumes 1995..


Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 28 August 1995
Designers: B. Dzopua and O. Matsharashvili
Paper: Chalky
Printing process: Offset
Perforation: 12 1/2
Size of a Stamp: 25,40 x 38 mm.
Size of a Block of 4 Stamps: 50,80 x 76 mm.
Size of the Miniature Sheet: 114 x 166 mm.
Miniature Sheet Composition: 4 (2 x 2) Block of 4 Stamps
Size of Stamp: 25,40 x 38 mm.
Size of the Souvenir Sheet: 66 mm x 50 mm
Printing Run: 20.000 (FS 5,000); 10,000 (SS)

250 (R). multicoloured. Abkhasian National Costume XVIII-XIX c.
250 (R). multicoloured. Abkhasian National Costume XVIII-XIX c.
250 (R). multicoloured. Abkhasian National Costume XVIII-XIX c.
250 (R). multicoloured. Abkhasian National Costume XVIII-XIX c.

PMR Transnistria - 75th Anniversary Suvorov Military Schools 2018


Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 10 September 2018
Paper Type: Coated 
Perforated: 13¾ 13½
Watermark: None
Sizes (mm): Stamp = 26.00 mm x 37.00 mm
Designer: Boris Ogli 
Print Run: 4,800 (each)
Euro Price Guide (MNH): Set of 7v = ?
Printer: Belarusian Printing House, Minsk 
Print Process: Offset 
Print Quantities: See notes below images

PMR Transnistria - Coats of Arms of Imperial Russian Noble Families 2018


Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 07 October 2018
Paper Type: Coated 
Perforated: 13½:13¾ 
Watermark: None
Sizes (mm): Stamp = 26.00 mm x 37.00 mm
Designer: Boris Ogli 
Print Run: 4,800 (each)
Euro Price Guide (MNH): Set of 7v = ?
Printer: Belarusian Printing House, Minsk 
Print Process: Offset 
Print Quantities: See notes below images

PMR Transnistria - Coats of Arms of Imperial Russian Military Commanders 2016



Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 06 February 2016
Paper Type: Coated 
Perforated: 13½:13¾ 
Watermark: None
Sizes (mm): Stamp = 26.00 x 37.00. 
Designer: Boris Ogli 
Print Run: 6,000 (each)
Euro Price Guide (MNH): Set of 7v = 9.50
Printer: Belarusian Printing House, Minsk 
Print Process: Offset
Print Quantities: See notes below images

PMR Transnistria - 100th anniversary of Russian Civil War 2018


Print Run: 8,800

Print Run: 8,800

Print Run: 8,800

Print Run: 800

Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 30 June 2018
Paper Type: Coated 
Perforation: 13¾:13½ 
Watermark: None
Minisheet Sizes (mm): ? 
Designer: Vladimir Chernetsov 
Euro Price Guide (MNH): Set of 6 Minisheets = ? 
Printer: Belarusian Printing House, Minsk
Print Process: Offset 

PMR Transnistria - 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the First World War 2014


Print Run: 8,400

Print Run: 8,400

Print Run: 8,400

Print Run: 1,400

Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 08 October 2014
Paper Type: Coated 
Perforation: 13½:13¾ 
Watermark: None
Sizes (mm): All Stamps = 26.00 mm x 37.00 mm
Designer: Boris Ogli and V. Tchernetsov 
Euro Price Guide (MNH): Set of 6v = 7.00
Full Sheet: See Minisheets 
Printer: Belarusian Printing House, Minsk 
Print Process: Offset 
Print Quantities: See Notes Below Images

Details of Stamps:
K - 55th Infantry Regiment Podolsky (Bendery)
K - 8th Dragoon Astrakhan Field Marshal Grand Duke Nicholas Regiment (Tiraspol)
K - 56th Infantry Zhytomyr HIH Grand Duke Nicholas Regiment (Tiraspol)
K - 5th Battery of the 14th and 15th Artillery Brigades. Bendery Fortress Artillery Company
T - 8th Don Cossack General Ilovaisky 12th Regiment
E - Supreme Commander, Grand Duke Nikolai

PMR Transnistria - 200 Years of Foreign Campaigns of the Russian Army 2013


Print Run: 7,200

Print Run: 7,200

Print Run: 7,200                     Print Run: 1,200

Print Run: 1,200 

Technical Details: 
Date of Issue: 27 April 2013
Paper Type: Coated 
Perforation: 13¾ : 13½ 
Watermark: None
Sizes (mm): Stamps = 26.00 x 37.00. 
Se-tenant Strips of 3v = 78.00 x 37.00. 
Designer: V. Chernetsov 
Euro Price Guide (MNH): Set of 6v = 5.00. 
Se-Tenant Strip of 3 (either combination) = 7.50
Full Sheet: See Minisheets 
Printer: Belarusian Printing House, Minsk 
Print Process: Offset 
Print Quantities: See Notes Below Images

Mongolia - Genghis Khan's Militant Soldiers 1997 (Imperforated)


Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 20 December 1997
Perforation: 13 1/2
Size:  40 mm х 60 mm;  65 mm х 60 mm
Printing: Offset Lithography

With scene of a part of war journey of soldiers of Chinggis Khan during a period of Mongolian Empire.

Mongolia - Genghis Khan's Militant Soldiers 1997 (Perforated)




Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 20 December 1997
Perforation: 13 1/2
Size:  40 mm х 60 mm;  65 mm х 60 mm
Printing: Offset Lithography

With scene of a part of war journey of soldiers of Chinggis Khan during a period of Mongolian Empire.

PMR Transnistria - Folk Dance Troupes 2015


 



Technical Details:
Date of Issue: 27 June 2015
Paper Type: Coated 
Perforated: 13½:13¾ (vertical) and 13¾:13½ (horizontal) 
Watermark: None
Stamp Size (mm) = 37.00 x 26.00 and 26.00 x 37.00.
Minisheet Size (mm): Vertical = 91.00 x 121.00. Horizontal = 121.00 x 91.00
Designer: Boris Ogli
Euro Price Guide (MNH): Set of 2v = 3.50
Full Sheet: See Minisheets (Print Run: 700)
Printer: Belarusian Printing House, Minsk
Print Process: Offset 
Print Quantities: See notes below images

Stamps Information:
K - 20th Anniversary of the "Vatra" Dance Troupe (Print Run: 5,600)
T - 70th Anniversary of the "Viorica" Dance Troupe (Print Run: 5,600)

PMR Transnistria - History of Pridnestrovie - Ancient Settled Tribes (II) 2012







Technical Details:
Date of Issued: 02 June 2012
Paper Type: Coated, Self Adhesive Gum
Perforation: Simulated Perforations 
Size (mm): 
Designer: 
Set of 6v Type I = ?
Block (Souvenir Sheet) = ?
Minisheets Printer: State Printers 
Print Process: Offset