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Old 03-28-2008, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by modorney View Post
Don't forget Nepal - the other Burgee - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nepal

Then there's Lower Saxony - http://www.flags.net/GERM01.htm#GERM0110

Ahh - MysticCat - another Vexilloligist. During the dot com boom, I used that as my title on my business card. I was the "flag waver" for our technological prowess. And my "waving" was engineered.
I'm not sure that Nepal technically qualifies as a burgee, but I'll certainly give you Lower Saxony. And we have to remember (which I didn't in my earlier post) that swallow-tailed flags are quite common in the govenrmental flags of Scandinavia, such as the Danish state ensign:



or the Swedish royal flag:



We vexillologists must stick together!
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