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| 1990: Latin American History - Flags and Traditional Costume |
These two look as though they are just waiting for the music to start before shaking their ruffles. Lets C some more Latin American countries featured on Cuban stamps.
These look more like practical clothes. I think the poncho type top is Chilean chamanto and both men and women wear them but it seems only the man gets to wear a hat
whereas Columbia is an equal opportunities place in the hat stakes.
Costa Rica is made up of seven provinces and each has its unique variation of the traditional costume. Of course one must not forget sporting costumes
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| 2003: Baseball World Cup |
and the nifty baseball outfit. The stamp features Lourdes Gurriel, baseball legend, who had an amazingly long career as a player and after retirement managed and coached. The Gurriel baseball genes are very strong for both his sons are talented baseball players; Yuli plays for the Houston Astros and Lourdes Gurrel Jr plays for the Toronto Blue Jays which I'm going to sneakily claim as another C for Canada in a 'six degrees of separation' type of way.
Sunday Stamps II prompt of the Letter C - for Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, chamanto and costumes -
See It On A Postcard
6 comments:
These stamps are great - so colorful. And unusual to see Cuban postage at Sunday Stamps.
The people on the stamps seem really happy, besides elegant!
I was confused by the last stamp, because "Lourdes" is always a female name in my country.
wow this is a great set, and a very good (multiple!) presentation of the letter C
What an amazing collection of stamps with letter C and almost all about the clothing theme!
I'm spending an inordinate amount of time studying these clothes...
the Colombians are also wearing the same shoes as well as the same hats!
An eclectic group of stamps with for a spread of country clothes.
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