Traditional Costumes Worldwide

Morocco
Regional Costumes
February 23, 1968
Msouffa, Rif
September 26, 1968
Rabat, City, Mokhazni, Zemmom

Armenia
Armenian National Costume
March 12, 2007
The stamp set features costume from Taron and Shirak.

Netherlands
Children Welfare - Regional Costumes
November 14, 1960
4+4 c: Marken
6+4 c: Volendam
8+4 c: Bunschoten
12+9 c: Hindeloopen
30+9 c: Huizen

United Arab Emirates
29 December 2004
Traditional Women's Costumes














Issued by Emirates Post in coordination with Dept. of Museums and Heritage, Govt. of Umm al Quwain.

Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Issued as a series from 30 March 1973
Court Costumes of the Yi Dynasty

Kujangbok - King's ceremonial costume


Wonsam - as worn by a queen


Konryongpo - worn by King to perform everyday duties


Jok-ui - Queen's ceremonial gown


Kang-sa-po - Crown Prince's ceremonial gown


Tan-gui - Princess's costume


Kum-kwan-cho-bok - Court Official's costume


Hwa-lot - Queen's wedding costume


Ko-kun-bok - Military official's costume


Pyong-sang-bok - official's wife's costume

Turkey
Women's Costumes
April 16, 2002
This stamp set features traditional costumes from Kastamonu, Canakkale, Amasya-Ilisu, and Elazig.
July 8, 2003
The stamp set features traditional costumes from Sivas, Gaziantep, Ankara-Beypazari, and Erzincan.

These three German stamps show women's traditional clothing of the Black Forest area. The 1936 semi-postal stamp features a "Bollenhut", a straw hat with red pompoms. The French occupation stamp and the pictorial cancellation on the "blue flea" show women in "Brautkrone" head-dress, which is worn at weddings and other festive occasions.

Argentina
Ponchos
August 23, 2017
A poncho is an outer garment designed to keep the body warm. Ponchos have been used by the Native American peoples of the Andes since pre-Hispanic time and are now considered typical South American garments.
The stamp set features ponchos from La Pampa, Litoral, Chaco, and Catamarta.

Mexico
National Costumes
April 26, 1980
China Poblana, Veracruz-Jarocha, Chiapas dress
April 25, 1981
Purepecha, Charra, Mestiza

Tajikistan
Traditional Costumes
June 20, 2006
Men's wear of Samarkand
Men's wear of Sugd
Female's clothes of Kalayhumb
Holiday female's clothes of Bukhara

Bahrain
1 February 1975
Women's Costumes

These two Finnish Christmas seals (1946, 1961) depict children in traditional Sami costumes of the Lapland region of the country.

Rwanda
Traditional Costumes
December 8, 1975
Woman with basket on head
Warrior with shield and spear
Man with a spear
Woman with Beads
Rwandan woman
Male Dancer with painted body
Woman with a baby
Rwandan children

Mauritania
Traditional Costumes
September 21, 1970
10F: Woman boubou
30F: Moor boubou Bakha
40F: Woman in camisole loincloth, bandanna
50F: Moorish Melhiefa
70F: Man boubou
(Engraver: Claude Durrens)

Czechoslovakia
National Folk Costumes
December 15, 1956
30h - Podluží costume (Moravia)
1.20Kcs - Blata costume (Bohemia)
1.40Kcs - Cicmany costume (Slovakia)
1.60Kcs - Novohradsko costume (Slovakia)