On November 28, 2023 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue 2 stamps on the theme “Folk crafts” of the series “Joint issue of Belarus and Azerbaijan”.

A series continuation. Beginning Nos. 874, 875, 953, 954, 961, 1095, 1096, 1118, 1119, 1285, 1329, 1330. Design: stamp No. 1544 – Marina Vitkovskaya; stamp No. 1545 – Gunel Isgandarova. Print process: offset. Colour: multicoloured. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforations: comb 13. Stamps size: 37,2х37,2 mm. Sheets composition: 4 (2х2) stamps. Sheets size: 95х95 mm. Face value of each stamp: H. Print quantity: 40.000 stamps each.

Printer: Republican Unitary Enterprise “Bobruisk Integrated Printing House named after A.T. Nepogodin”.

 

Straw weaving. Taisija Agafonienka. Spider. 1979. Catalog number: 1544

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Copper craft. Sini and sarpush. 19th century. Catalog number: 1545

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A sheetlet is also issued. Sheetlet composition: 4 (2 sets) stamps & 2 coupons. Sheetlet size: 127х127 mm. Print quantity: 10.000 sheetlets.

Joint issue of Belarus and Azerbaijan. Folk crafts (1544, 1545). Catalog number: 10001544

Face value H is equal to the surface tariff of a letter up to 20 gram abroad.

Straw weaving is one of the oldest crafts. Researchers believe that the ancestors of Belarusians began to use straw as a material for weaving at the turn of the 2nd–1st millennia BC.

In 2022, the Belarusian nomination “Straw weaving of Belarus: art, craft, skills” is included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Belarusian works made from straw have no analogues in the world. The preservation and development of straw weaving is one of the priority areas of the state's activities for the protection of cultural heritage. Artistic products and souvenirs made from straw are associated with Belarus and testify to the creative abilities and hard work of Belarusians.

There were separate cities engaged in copper craft in Azerbaijan. Lahij became the center of this ancient art. The mountain settlement has the status of a state historical and cultural reserve of the 14th–15th centuries, included in the “Great Silk Road”.

Traditional methods of copper production in Lahij continue today. The dishes made by Lahij craftsmen are decorated with intricate and delicate patterns. The stamp No. 1545 shows a sini (round tray) and a sarpush (lid that kept the dish warm). In 2015, the “Copper craftsmanship of Lahij” was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

This contributes to the preservation of the ancient cultural traditions of the people of Azerbaijan, their transmission to future generations, as well as the socio-economic development of the ancient settlement.

 

 

 

 

Colour of the postmark – black.

Special postmarks and FDC designed by M. Vitkovskaya.

Special cancellations on FDC will be carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk and in Baku (Azerbaijan) on the stamps issuing day.

 

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