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Auction: 26776 - America 250th Anniversary Sale Ft. Coins, Medals, Banknotes, Objets de Vertu & Ephemera
Lot: 144

USA, 48-Star United States Flag, 1944, with 48 stars, part cotton construction, marked U.S. 1944 to edge border, 40 x 23 inches, a World War II era flag, showing 48 stars as was the design of this period, with little to no signs of deterioration, extremely fine

The 48-star flag was introduced in 1912 and was used up until 1959, when Alaska and Hawaii became official states. This 47-year period makes it the second longest serving US flag, out of a total of 27 iterations. The adoption of this design in 1912 marked the first time a that a flag act specified an official arrangement of the stars in the canton. This specification named six rows of eight stars each, with each star having a point upwards.

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Estimate
$100 to $150

Starting price
$70