SW U-032 Flags of the American States

Too many of the flags of the States of USA are merely the state crests on a background of blue.  Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin are all guilty of this boring arrangement.  Having a white background as in the case of Illinois, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and West Virginia does not save them from the same accusation of having a dull looking flag.  A green background as in the case of Washington is no better.

In my opinion, the best looking American State flag is that of Maryland with Arizona coming in second.  For simple impact, I like the flag of Alaska.

This postcard from Erin (Ittleetoile) (28 March 2014) Swap-bot contains more interesting information.

This postcard must have been prepared before 2003 as it shows the Georgia flag used in the period 2001-2003.  The current flag of Georgia is shown below and it was adopted on May 8, 2003.

Besides the above, there have also been two other modifications to the State flags (since this postcard was prepared), both of these modifications occuring in 2006 - the flags of Loiuisiana and that of Oklahoma were regularized to avoid variations.  These are minor changes.