 ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES: 36 STAR PARADE FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT HAS A HUGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, ONE STAR FLANKING IN EACH OF THREE CORNERS, AND A TRIO OF STARS IN ONE CORNER, CIVIL WAR ERA, NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-67:
 38 STARS, MEDALLION CONFIGURATION WITH 2 OUTLIERS, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-188
 RARE "OHIO FARMER" SLOGAN KERCHIEF FROM THE 1840 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
 36 STARS, 1864-67, CIVIL WAR ERA, WHIMSICAL STAR PLACEMENT ON A FADED BLUE CANTON
 RARE 26 STAR U.S. NAVY COMMISSIONING PENNANT, 55 FEET ON THE FLY, 1837-1845, MICHIGAN STATEHOOD
 38 STARS IN AN INTERTWINED "DOUBLE-S" CONFIGURATION, ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON THAT RESTS UPON THE WAR STRIPE, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
 13 STAR PRIVATE YACHT FLAG, A SCARCE AND DESIRABLE EXAMPLE WITH SINGLE-APPLIQUED, HAND-SEWN STARS AND ANCHOR, PROBABLY MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY, CA 1890-1910
 13 STARS IN THE BETSY ROSS WREATH CONFIGURATION, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PRINTED FLAGS TO APPEAR IN THIS STYLE, A SOUVENIR OF THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA, 1898-1915
 CALIFORNIA STATE FLAG, 1940-1950, A LARGE EXAMPLE WITH ATTRACTIVE WEAR FROM EXTENDED USE
 EXTRAORDINARILY RARE 48 STAR PARADE FLAG WITH "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR" OVERPRINT, USED IN A PARADE IN DERRY, NH, 1942
 CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG OF SGT. JOSEPH L. GRANTHAM OF THE 16TH VA INFANTRY, MAILED TO HIS FUTURE WIFE, MISS LYDIA A. GRANTHAM, OF MIDDLEWAY, VIRGINIA (ANNEXED TO WEST VIRGINIA IN 1863)
 34 STARSIN A RARE "GREAT STAR" PATTERN, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD
 13 STARS IN A 4-5-4 CONFIGURATION, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH UNUSUALLY LARGE STARS THAT HAVE AN UNCOMMONLY BOLD PRESENTATION, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1850 AND THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63)
 13 STARS, A COTTON PARADE FLAG, MADE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1850 AND THE CIVIL WAR, LIKELY TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF A UNION SOLDIER BY JOHN S. WHITE OF THE 21ST MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS, COMPANY H
 13 HAND-SEWN STARS ON A FLAG WITH ELONGATED PROPORTIONS, IN A RARE, SMALL SIZE FOR THE PERIOD, 1876 CENTENNIAL ERA
 38 STAR FLAG WITH A MULTI-COLOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN'S BADGE AT THE CENTER OF A WHIMSICAL MEDALLION STAR CONFIGURATION AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
 45 UPSIDE-DOWN STARS, 1896-1907, UTAH STATEHOOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA
 45 STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, 1896-1907, UTAH STATEHOOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA
 35 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS IN 3 DIFFERENT SIZES, ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A WHIMSICAL "GREAT STAR" PATTERN, A MASTERPIECE AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, IN A RARE SMALL SIZE, MADE OF SILK, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-65
 34 STARS IN COLUMNS OF FIVE STARS WITH AN OFFSET COLUMN OF FOUR AT THE HOIST END, THE ONLY EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THIS EXACT FORM, 1861-1863, OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR
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