Sunday 12 March 2023

Flags

 

2001: Centenary of Royal Navy Submarine Service. Flags and Ensigns
 

The Jolly Roger flag first flown by British  submarines in WW1 with a FDC photo of ship's figureheads from an earlier age on the high seas when no doubt a pirate flag was raised for a different endeavor.

1977-1984: Definitive - Folk Customs

Better sticking to dry land at Zurich's April Spring Festival - Sechselauten, The rider's flag flying at a gallop, in the background is the Böögg, a snowman on top of a bonfire whose head is filled with fireworks. It is said that the faster his head explodes the finer the summer will be.

1990: Latin-American History (5th Series)

From folk festivals to folk costumes of Latin America and one to test my patchy flag knowledge, but happily the stamps tell all - Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Paraguay.

Sunday Stamps theme this week is - Flags - flying at See It On A Postcard.

2 comments:

violet s said...

The Latin American flags are interesting to see - I'm not as familiar with any of them. What I thought I knew of the Jolly Roger turns out to be entirely wrong!

Mail Adventures said...

Very interesting information about the Jolly Roger flag.

Latin American flags are really colourful, and those stamps provide a great amount of information.