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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Musical Instruments
December 29, 2025
The stamp set features Komuz and Temir komuz.

Hungary
Traditional Hungarian and Chinese Instruments
February 4, 2026
The minisheet and stamps feature the Hungarian zither and the Chinese guzheng.

The 500 Syrian pounds banknote depicts a scene inspired by ancient Ugarit, illustrating musicians performing with lyres based on archaeological evidence from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1400 BCE). In front of them appears a clay tablet representing the famous Hurrian Hymn, discovered at Ras Shamra and considered the oldest known example of written musical notation. The scene is a modern artistic reconstruction intended to evoke the musical culture of ancient Ugarit.

Traditional Tunisian musical instruments: lute, zither, rebab and drums & flute, issued by Tunisia on March 20, 1970.

Bicentenary of the Death of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787 ), an opera composer of the early classical period, designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb and issued by Austria on November 13, 1987.

150th death anniversary of Franz Schubert (1797-1828), designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Rudolf Toth and issued by Austria on November 17, 1978.

Bicentenary Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), designed by Pierrette Lambert, engraved by Roger Fenneteaux (50F) and Jean Miermont (100F) and issued by Senegal on September 26, 1970.

Traditional musical instruments, issued by Libya on March 1, 1980 to publicize the 18th International Trade Fair, Tripoli.

Al-Dafna, double-headed drum, played with the hands or a stick.

Al-Maqruna, double-pipe reed instrument, similar to a double clarinet or mizmar.

Alat al-Zukra, bagpipe made from a goatskin bag with a double chanter.

Al-Rababah, a traditional one-string bowed fiddle found throughout North Africa and the Middle East.

Missing the low value stamp shows Darbuka (Goblet Drum).