Sunday Stamps: Hats

The theme for this week is hats/helmets/headgear.

British Regiment of Foot uniform 1787 with Bearskin Headdress
Lesotho drinking man with Basotho hat. And Mobutu Sese Seko wearing an Abacost
Head scarves: Greece traditional costume and Princess Guimbe Ouattara from West Africa.
Headgear for space (astronautics) and fencing (epee mask and sabre mask).
Pope John XXIII wearing a Zucchetto. Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi wearing a Biretta. Bishop Rodrigo Jimenez de Rafa wearing a Mitre.
Ferdinand Von Zeppelin wearing Kaiserlichen Aero Club Berlin Cap. Salzburg, Austria provincial costume hat is called Burstelhut. Baden Powell, founder of Scouts, wearing a Campaign hat.
Queen Elizabeth II wearing a crown and a tiara
The Syracuse lady representing Italy, wearing the corona murals (a crown with towers). Marianne of Muller wearing holly (?) leaves
India (Jawaharlal Nehru with Gandhi cap), Pakistan (Mohammad Ali Jinnah with Qaraqul hat) and Morocco (Sultan of Morocco with Fez) are represented in this group.

Linked to Sunday Stamps

6 comments

  1. Great collection of hats. Interesting to know all the names
    Curious that Marianne has holly leaves, this one is the Marianne of Hope, wonder if that is one of the holly’s many magical properties.

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