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Friday, 11 January 2019

0208 Curacao Flag of country FOTW128

Sent 05.12.2018
Received 28.12.2018
Travel time 23 days

Sender Jurgen from Switzerland.





wiki:

The national flag of Curaçao represents the country of Curaçao as well as the island area within the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 until its dissolution in 2010. The flag was not flown for Curaçao and Dependencies for which the flag of the Netherlands was used.


The flag is a blue field with a horizontal yellow stripe slightly below the midline and two white, five-pointed stars in the canton. The blue symbolizes the sea and sky (the bottom and top blue sections, respectively) divided by a yellow stroke representing the bright sun which bathes the island. The two stars represent Curaçao and Klein Curaçao, but also 'Love and Happiness'[citation needed]. The five points on each star symbolize the five continents from which Curaçao's people come.

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