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Going thru a collection I found I had 60+ stamps with Beethoven and Mozart on them. (not counting ones I already had mounted in albums) Though not the biggest classical music fan it's a nice start for a topical collection I'll put together as time permits. Now if I can only find some stamps with Marillion on them......

There is only SILmarillon!

Alexey, that's a good one :)

Malaysia
Musical Instruments
April 10, 2018
The stamp set features Sitar, Pipa, Sapeh, and Sundatang.

On October 17, 2019 Ireland issued a booklet of five, one euro (domestic rate) Christmas stamps of four different designs. One of these stamps, shown here, depicts carolers.

Too-ticky plays the street organ, or barrel organ while Little My dances behind her on this January 15, 1998 first class booklet stamp (Facit #1418) of Finland. Since Too-ticky is playing the organ, she is the organ grinder.

From wikipedia, "A street organ is an automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most commonly seen types are the smaller German and larger Dutch street organ." These musical instruments are still being made today.

On November 5, 1986 New Zealand issued this Music in New Zealand set of four stamps (SG #s 1407-10).

30c conductor and orchestra
60c cornet and marching band
80c piper and highland band
$1 acoustic guitar modern quintet

One of my favorite pipe organ stamps. This French stamp features the organ from the church of Église Saint Nicolas, France, 1991. Scott Number FR 2252.

Although steel drums were invented in Trinidad and Tobago, they can be found on stamps (and in real life) throughout the Caribbean. I particularly like this set of stamps from 1974 on this souvenir sheet (AT 056).

This set of instruments from Laos in 1970 is one of my favorite instrument sets of stamps. The design is by the Laotian artist Ky Phung Chaleun, though they were engraved in France. Stunning stamps.

Slovenian set of musical instrument stamps from 1993.
(L) Panpipes, 2 Slovenian tolar (SI 154), (M) Pottery bass (friction drum), 10 Slovenian tolar (SI 160), (R) Zither, 7 Slovenian tolar (SI 157)

Albanian musical instrument set from 1978
1) dvojnice flute, Scott Number AL 1828 (15q);
2) gusle, Scott Number AL 1829 (25q);
3) zurna, Scott Number AL 1830 (80q);
4) davul (drum), Scott Number AL 1831 (1.20 Lek);
5) gaida (bagpipe), Scott Number AL 1832 (1.70 Lek)

This 1971 set of stamps from Chad features three African-American jazz titans:

1) Sidney Bechet, Scott Number TD C89, Duke Ellington, Scott Number TD C90, and Louis Armstrong, Scott Number TD C91

This set of four stamps was issued by Gabon in 1988 to celebrate traditional musical instruments of the country.
1. mbira (SN GA 639), 2. bala (SN GA 641), 3. harp (SN GA 640), 4. rattle (SN GA 638).

I love this set of folk instrument stamps (as opposed to classical Indian instruments) from India in 2020. Each instrument is part of a se-tenant pair that also shows a player using the instrument. Beautiful designs as well.

1) Ektara (one-string drone lute), 2) Ravanhatha (small bowed lute), 3) Burrakatha dakki (metal goblet drum), 4) Kamaicha (bowed lute), 5) Surando (waisted bowed lute), 6) Algoza (double flute)