One of the world’s most powerful and recognised symbols, the United States Flag has evolved over the past 200 plus years from a variety of local, regional and national designs, including unofficial and semiofficial ones. Many designs incorporated horizontal stripes; many - but not all- had stars. These 20 examples, which are based on the most recent research available at the time, off a visual sampling of variations on a theme. For artistic consistency, flag widths have been made uniform, and the same shades of red and blue have been used throughout. The date of each stamp may reflect the most significant year in a flag’s history, not necessarily the year the flag was created.
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