Traditional Costumes Worldwide

Guatemala 2009 Traditional Costume SS.

Here are images of three stamps in a set depicting men and women attired in 19th century costumes of the Suwalki Region, designed by Lithuanian artist Ruta Lelyte, printed by lithography, and issued by Lithuania on October 18, 1992, Scott Nos. 434-36.

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"Sun Emperor" suit of armor, dated to the 4th or 3rd century BC, found in the Issyk kurgan (burial mound) discovered in 1969 in south-eastern Kazakhstan, printed by lithography, and issued by Kazakhstan on March 23, 1992, Scott No. 1, plus a photo.

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Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting people dressed in traditional Albanian regional costumes, printed by lithography, and issued by Albania on April 28, 1961, Scott Nos. 585-88.

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Man, Shkodër


Woman, Shkodër.


Man, Lume.


Woman, Mirditë.

Here are images of the eight stamps in a set depicting men and women dressed in traditional Greek regional costumes, printed by lithography, and issued by Greece on March 1, 1972, Scott Nos. 1038-45.

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Crete (urban)


Epirus (pastoral)


Missolonghi


Sarakatsan, Attica


Nisyros, Dodecanese islands


Megara (festival)


Trikeri (villager)


Pelion

Hungary
Traditional Costumes
August 18, 1963

Romania
Traditional Costumes
December 28, 1968

Morocco
Traditional Costumes: A Special minisheet for the Inauguration of the National Postal Museum
June 30, 1970

Latvia
Traditional Costumes
April 29, 1993

Expanding on Romanian folk costume stamps shown above, in this thread:

Here are images of two stamps depicting, respectively, an indigenous woman, and a girl with a basket, each wearing a traditional costume, designed by Portuguese artist Alberto Sousa, printed by lithography, and issued for use in (Portuguese) Timor in 1948, Scott Nos. 246 & 248.

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Here are images of the three semi-postal (charity) stamps in a set depicting traditional regional men's costumes: Sinj, Dalmatia; Travnik, Bosnia; and Turopolje, Croatia, printed by photogravure, and issued by Croatia on October 12, 1941 to benefit the Croatia Red Cross, Scott Nos. B3-B5. Note: SG indicates that these stamps were printed by lithography, but Scott says photogravure, which appears more likely to me after examining the stamps.

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