Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Bugaku court dancer in costume for Ryo-o ("King Lion"), printed by pbotogravure, and issued by Japan on November 14, 1968 to commemorate the completion of the new Imperial Palace, Scott No. 975, plus a photo of this costume, and a YouTube link to video of a formal performance of the dance. Note: The building shown in the background of the stamp is the Chowaden Reception Hall, the largest structure of the palace.
Rigel, those are nice looking stamps. I notice on the lower right the name Mosdossy
Imre von Mosdossy 1904 - 1995 was a Hungarian designer who immigrated to Canada in 1963 and went on to design 4 Canadian stamps in 1968/1969. He also designed stamps for Burundi, Colombia, Guinea, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela, Haiti and Honduras.
On May 19, 1997 Finland issued this 1st class rate (2.80 mk) "tango" stamp.
From Facit Special catalog, "A couple dancing in a summery meadow near the pavilion at Tuulos." Catalog does not include the name of the photographer on whose work the stamp is based.
This 1st class, self-adhesive stamp of Finland is from a January 15, 2003 booklet of six different "Valentine's Day" designs. All of these stamps show the cartoon characters "Viivi and Wagner". On this stamp, the characters are "cuttin' a rug."
On April 1, 1996 Finland issued a special one-pane booklet of 8 stamps to commemorate the centenary of cinema in the country. One of the stamps (Facit #1338) shows a dance scene from The Primrose Way (1931).
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