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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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:
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!
Very interesting information about the Jolly Roger flag.
Latin American flags are really colourful, and those stamps provide a great amount of information.
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