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48-STAR WHIPPLE PATENT PARADE FLAG

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
48-STAR WHIPPLE PATENT PARADE FLAG
48-STAR WHIPPLE PATENT PARADE FLAG. Very unusual printed triangular pennant, about 10” x 24”. Canton is in classic Whipple formulation of thirteen stars in a great star, surrounded by twenty-five stars in circle. This forms the thirty-eight stars of the centennial, which constitutes Whipple’s patent. Around the circle of twenty-five stars are an additional ten stars. This flag was made about 1912. A small ink stamp, partially indiscernible, reads “Design…” Wayne Whipple, the inventor of this pattern, called this pennant his peace flag. It is interesting that for some unknown reason this flag was not used even when President William Howard Taft approved the flag. The Whipple was the last of the great star flags. CONDITION: Flag is very good & still attached to orig stick with finial. Blue canton is faded. Red stripes still nice and bold. Few scattered pin holes. Another rare example of the Whipple patented flag! 4-54883 JS82 (500-1,000)