A series of decorative
pictures, with flags, banners, ensigns, signals and heraldic devices.
Old, original colour, (color), applied at the time of publication.


SCARCITY RATING:
9 = HARD TO FIND.
PROVENANCE:
THE FLAGS OF THE WORLD: THEIR
HISTORY, BLAZONRY AND ASSOCIATIONS by F. Edward Hulme. FLS. FSA.
.
IMAGE SIZE: 6.5x3.75 inches (16x10
cms) very approximately.
OVERALL SIZE:
10x7 inches approx.
VERSO: There is no text
on back, which is plain.
INDEX TO
THE PLATES:
PLATES 1 - 7
PLATES 8 -
13
PLATES 13 -
20
PLATES 20 - 26
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PLATE # 12
- SHIPPING LINES + AMERICA'S CUP YACHTS ETC
PLATE XII.
109 Green's Blackwall Line.
110 Cunard Line, Liverpool. III
Peninsular and Oriental Company. 112
Australasian Naval Company. 113
Devitt & Moore, London. 114 Canadian
Pacific Company. 115 Donald Currie &
Co., London. 116 Union Steamship
Company, .Southampton. 117
Mediterranean and New York Shipping
Company. 118 Houlder Brothers & Company,
London. 119 White Star Line,
Liverpool. 120 New Zealand Shipping
Company. 121 Britannia, H.R.H. the Prince
of Wales. 122 Ailsa, A. B. Walker,
Esq. 123 Valkyrie,
The Earl
of Dunraven 124
Hester, Major W. H. Gretton. 125 Dream, W.
H. Jones, Esq. 126 Carina, Admiral
Montague.
PLATE 13
- AUSTRALIAN STATES + BRITISH EMPIRE
PLATE XIII.
127 Cape Colony, Government.
128 Queensland, Government. 129
Canada, Commercial. 130 Canada,
Government. 131
Badge of Straits Settlements. 132
Badge of British North Borneo
133 Badge of Tasmania. 134
Victoria, Commercial. 135 Victoria,
Government. 136
Badge of New Zealand 137 Badge
of Fiji. 138 Badge of New South Wales.
139 Flag of Viceroy Of India.
140 Portion of Pendant, Government
Colonial vessels. 141 Governors'
Flag, 'West Australia.
PLATE 14
- AMERICAN FLAGS
PLATE XIV.
142 American Insurgent Flag,1775
143 Admiral's Flag, U.S. Navy.
144 Flag used at Bunker's Hill.
145 American Pine-tree Flag. 146
The Stars and Stripes of the United
States. 147 New England Navy
Flag,1776. 148 Massachusetts
Flag, 1775. 149 Pine-tree and
Stripes. 150 Early American Flag.
151 Portion of Pennant,
U. S. Navy.
PLATE 15 - AMERICAN
CONFEDERATE FLAGS
PLATE XV.
152 Confederate States of America
153 Confederate, the Southern
Cross. 154
Southern Cross, modified. 155 South
Carolina State Flag, .1861. 156
Louisiana State Flag. 157 Chili,
portion Of Pendant
158 South Carolina, 1775.
159 South Carolina State Flag,1861.
100 Texas State Flag. 161
Chili, Commercial.
162 Guatemala, Flag of 1851. 163
Guatemala, Flag of 1858.
PLATE 16
- CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAN FLAGS
PLATE XVI.
164 Colombia (formerly New
Granada), Commercial. 165 Uruguay;
General Service. 166 Guatemala,
Government. 167 Costa Rica,
Commercial. 168 Paraguay,
Government. 169
Brazil, General Service. 170 Venezuela,
Commercial. 171 Bolivia, Commercial.
172 Mexico, Government.
173 Portion of Pendant, Brazil.
174 Peru, Government. 175 San
Salvador ,General Service. 176
Argentine, Government. 177 Ecuador,
Government. 178 Hayti, Commercial.
PLATE
18
- SPAIN. PORTUGAL. ITALY
PLATE XVIII.
192 Spain, War. 193 Spain,
Commercial. 194 Royal Standard of Spain.
195 Portugal,. Royal Standard. 196
Portugal, General Service. 197 Italy,
Commercial. 198 Papal Merchant
(obsolete).
PLATE
20
- RUSSIA. SCANDINAVIA ETC
PLATE XX.
217 Russian Man-of-War. 218
Russia, Commercial. 219 Early Form
of Russian Ensign 220 Russia, Consul
General. 221 Russia, Charge d'affaires.
222 Russia, Ambassador or Minister.
223 Russia, Transport Service.
224 Danish Man-of-War. 225
Danish, Commercial. 226 Russian
Imperial Standard. 227 Swedish,
Commercial. 228 Norwegian Man-of
War. 229 Union Flag of Sweden and
Norway. 230 Flag of Norway.
231 Flag of Sweden. 232
Switzerland.
PLATE 21 - GREECE. ITALY. TURKEY. BELGIUM. HOLLAND. TUNIS
PLATE XXI.
233 Greece, Commercial Flag.
234 Italian Jack. 235 Turkey,
Commercial. 236 Belgium, Commercial.
237 Holland, Royal Standard.
238 Turkey, Standard. 239 Turkey,
Government. 240 Tunis, Government.
PLATE 22 - JAPAN. BALKANS. CHINA. LIBERIA. SARAWAK. SOUTH
AFRICA. ETC
PLATE XXII.
241 Bulgaria. 242 Roumania.
243 Servia. 244 Japanese
Ensign. 245 Japanese Imperial
Standard. 246 Japanese Transport
Flag. 247 Chinese Merchant Flag.
248 Japanese Guard Flag. 249
Orange Free State. 250 Liberia.
251 Congo State. 252 Rajah of
Sarawak. 253 South African Republic.
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PLATE 23
- ROYAL NAVY SIGNAL CODES, NELSON, ETC
PLATE XXIII.
254 to 267 Fourteen Flags from the
Signal Code of the Royal Navy.
268 Special Flag of the Coast
Guard. 269 to 278 Code of Sir Hope
Popham, used by Nelson at Trafalgar, &c.
10 illus. 279 to 286 Special Battle
Signals, code suggested in 1788. 8
illus. 287
to 296 Numerical Code. Signal
Code of 1788. 10 illus. 297
to 306 Pilot Signals of various
Nationalities. 10 illus.
PLATE 24 - ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY SIGNALS
PLATE XXIV.
307 to 324 The Flags of the International
Code: 18 illustrations.
325 The Signal
hoist for the Eddystone Lighthouse.
B.D.T.F. 326 Code-signal for the
Port of London, B.D.P.Q.
327 Code-signal of SS. Germanic.
N.V.B.Q. 328 Code-signal of
the Hesperus, M.N.D.L.
329 Code-signal of H.M.S. Devastatilin.
G.R.C.T. 330 - Do you wish to be
reported? B.P.Q.
331 "All safe!" V.K.C. 332
"Report. me to Lloyd's
Agent." P.D.S. 333 "Do you
want assistance?" H.V.F.
334 ., Has any accident happened?"
B.G.H.
PLATE
25
- SHIPPING LINE SIGNALS
PLATE XXV.
335 to 339 Signal Flags of SS.
Australia, Arcadia, Massilia, Victoria,
Bengal. (Are all Vessels in the P. & 0.)
340 to 344 Signal Flags of SS.
Oroya, Orient, Ophir, Orottiva,
Ormuz. (Are all Vessels of the
Orient Line.) 345 to 349 Signal
Flags of SS. La Touraine, Lafaye~te,
V illede- Tanger, Amerique, Saint-
Germain. (Are all Vessels of The
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique.)
PLATE
26
- SIGNALS OF FAMOUS SHIPS
PLATE XXVI.
350 to 354 Flag-signals of some of
the numerous Victorias on the Shipping
List, 355 to 359 Flag-signals of
some of the numerous Australias on
the Shipping List. 360 to 364
Flag-signals of some of the numerous
Britannias on The Shipping List,
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