 31 STARS PLUS A "K" FOR BLEEDING KANSAS, AN EXTRAORDINARILY UNUSUAL FORM OF POLITICAL SYMBOLISM ON AN EARLY STARS & STRIPES, PRE-CIVIL WAR, CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD, 1850-1858
 RARE NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL KERCHIEF, MADE FOR A CAMPAIGN RALLY IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1852 AND 1860, WITH A DYNAMIC EAGLE THAT BECKONS FOR CONTINUED PEACE AND 13 SIX-POINTED STARS
 26 STARS, MADE FOR THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF HENRY CLAY & THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, WITH A BEAUTIFUL GREAT STAR CONFIGURATION AND THE VERY RARE PRESENCE OF A THIRD CANDIDATE, HENRY MARKLE, WHO WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN PENNSYLVANIA; ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES IN THIS STYL
 36 SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS ON AN CIVIL WAR ERA FLAG WITH ELONGATED PROPORTIONS, SIGNED "CHRISTY," 1864-1867, NEVADA STATEHOOD
 38 STARS WITH VARYING ORIENTATIONS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH "SQUARISH" PROPORTIONS, A LARGE AND EXTREMELY SCARCE EXAMPLE, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
 36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, IN AN ESPECIALLY LARGE SCALE AND WITH ENDEARING WEAR, 1864-67, NEVADA STATEHOOD
 35 STARS, PROBABLY A CIVIL WAR CAMP COLORS, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-1865, ONE OF A TINY HANDFUL OF PRESS-DYED WOOL FLAGS WITH A RANDOM CONFIGURATION OF STARS
 48 STARS, CROCHETED, A PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 1912 - WWI ERA, WITH AN ATTRACTIVE CHESTNUT BROWN HOIST
 29 STARS, IOWA STATEHOOD, PRE-CIVIL WAR, 1846-1848, MEDALLION CONFIGURATION
 38 STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, WITH A RARE GROUPING OF 3 STARS IN EACH CORNER, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
 37 STARS ON A LARGE SCALE SILK PARADE FLAG WITH "DANCING" OR "TUMBLING" ORIENTATION, NEBRASKA STATEHOOD, 1867-1876, THE ERA OF AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION
 35 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION WITH A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, 1863-65, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD
 36 STARS ON A BRIGHT BLUE CANTON, CIVIL WAR ERA, 1864-1867, NEVADA STATEHOOD, A GREAT FOLK EXAMPLE
 RARE 38 STAR PARADE FLAG WITH "1876 CENTENNIAL" ADVERTISING & GOLD STARS, MADE FOR THE PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
 42 STARS IN A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD
 42 STARS, 1889-1890, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD, SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING
 CIVIL WAR ERA U.S. NAVY COMMISSIONING PENNANT, EXTREMEMLY RARE WITH THE FULL COMPLIMENT OF 36 STARS REFLECTING THE NUMBER OF STATES DURING ITS PERIOD OF MANUFACTURE, SIGNED HORSTMANN, PHILADELPHIA, 1864-67
 EXTREMELY RARE 6 STAR LOUISIANA SECESSIONIST VERSION OF THE STARS & STRIPES, ONE OF TWO KNOWN, AN EARLY WAR CONFEDERATE FLAG, CIRCA 1861
 48 STAR, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA DURING WWII, SIGNED AND DATED 1944, IN THE SMALLEST SCALE EMPLOYED AT THE TIME:
 ANTIQUE 38 STAR FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS, IN A SMALL SCALE AMONG PIECED-AND-SEWN EXAMPLES, WITH WONDERFUL FOLK QUALITIES, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
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