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I added to my collection a postcard with the original photo used to design the Baule or Baoulé definitive stamp, designed and engraved by Antonin Delzers and issued for use in French West Africa (AOF) - Ivory Coast in 1936. Note the wrong inscription on the stamp.  Issued in 7 different values and colors. Here are the rest six stamp.  |
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Fulani Special Hairstyle
The Fulani Tribe is the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world that populate West Africa and the Sahel Region.
A very traditional hairstyle for women includes long hair being put into five long braids that either hang or are looped on the sides, with a coiffure in the middle of the head. Hair is decorated with beads and cowrie shells. A tradition that is passed through the generations to women and young girls includes attaching the family's silver coins and amber onto braids as a heritage symbol as well as for aesthetic purposes. Here is a maxicard with the real photo used to design the AOF (French West Africa) stamp issued in 1948. Designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon.   |
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Wife of Chief Mangbetu with a very special hairdo, issued for use in Belgian Congo on April 1, 1931. Stamp and a very resemble image on old postcard.  |
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Woman wearing a lace veil, a specific type of head covering, designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Rudolf Toth and issued by Austria on May 25, 1968 to commemorate the centenary of Vorarlberg embroidery industry.  |
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A Tahitian dancer wearing a traditional floral crown (lei po#699;o) and holding a feather fan, designed by Raoul Serres, engraved by Charles Mazelin and issued for use in French Polynesia on May 14, 1964.  |
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Traditional Nigerian Woman Hairstyles, issued by Nigeria on November 1, 1976 to publicize the 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, Nigeria (FESTAC 77').  |
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A very special hairdo of Queen Louise-Marie (1812-1850) of Belgium, engraved by Charles Leclercqz and issued by Belgium on December 8, 1962. The design is based on a Queen painting by the German painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 – 1873). Here are the stamp and the painting.  |
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Posted 08/02/2025 12:31 am
