I just came across this 2009 postage stamp, which features Louise Brooks. It was issued in Benin, a former French colony located between Nigeria and Togo, on the west coast of Africa. The world is a curious thing, and its getting curious and curiouser all the time.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Louise Brooks on African postage stamp
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2 comments:
from berlin to benin...
amazing!
"from berlin to benin..."
via Kansas no less!
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