| Show 40 STATE FLAGS NOW IN P 0 collection department boasts best assortment sort ment in country washington ith 40 state eland stand ards in its possession presented by organizations and nd individual individuals and prospect prospects of mc those of the remaining states the post office depart ment boasts the most complete collection of official state nags flags in the coun ta IT the flag flags of ohio utah montana and kentuck Y recently were presented and accepted ceremoniously by post master general itaw ew the only states not dot now represented in the collection are arizona kansas mississippi nevada new mexico north dakota oklahoma oregon washington and wyoming inquiries concerning presentation of a flag have hare been received rece led from all but nevada and new ew mexico hawaii and porto rico flags are included in the 40 now preserved by the department but I 1 there here Is none froni froom the district of columbia which has no official flag alaska guam samoa or the virgin islands presentation of the flap flag of nebraska recently by lie the railway hall mail service association of lincoln and omaha wa was accomplished only after the difficulty of ascertaining the design appeals to the secretary of state and adjutant general of the state brought responses that the state had no flax flag and senators and congressmen congre emen from the state knew of none it was finally determined the state a sit official seal on a field of gold had been recognized as a the nebraska state flag it Is under and er stood kansas has no law prescribe pr prescribing escrib n g a state flag and as soon as one Is 1 adopted a flag for the pott post office department departments part ment ments s collection I 1 is promised |
