Flags: Pakistan & Poland
For designing a flag, the North American Vexillological Association recommends a booklet by Ted Kaye called, Good Flag, Bad Flag. Based on it’s criteria, Pakistan and Poland flags are very good. The following analysis uses Ted Kaye booklet for that assessment:
Keep It SimpleThere’s not much simpler than the Polish flag with two colors, one being white. The Benin flag is also simple and the Pakistan flag not much more complicated.Use Meaningful SymbolismThe Bhutan flag has a meaningful symbol: the dragon is from their mythology. It’s called a Druk. The name of the country in their language is The Thunder Dragon Kingdom. This symbol also relates to Tibetan Buddhism, their main spirituality. The Pakistan flag includes the crescent moon and star, common symbol of Islam.Use a Few Basic ColorsBenin, Pakistan, and Poland use only two colors each. I don’t like Benin’s use of red on a green field. It’s visually difficult. Italy uses only three colors and I’m partial to it being Italian. But it can be confused with the Ireland and Hungary flags – and with Mexico if you don’t see it’s crest. The Pakistan green field in proportion to the white band is mean to represent that majority Muslim and the many minorities symbolized by the white. Meaning, they are the unification of Muslims with many others.No Lettering or SealsEcuador and Paraguay disqualify themselves with their crests. Uruguay doesn’t have a seal, but it has a bit of a detailed logo with that sun sporting a face like a kid’s drawing.Be Distinctive or Be RelatedPapua New Guinea’s flag is distinctive, but not easy to draw by hand. Chile’s flad is simple, but a bit like the U.S. Texas flag. Although the flag of Singapore has the same color bands, Poland doesn’t have any extra symbols. So it’s distinctive and clean – except that Indonesia’s flag is the same, except upside down. That should disqualify Poland, but they’re located far apart and Poland used it about twenty-six years before Indonesia.
Note
As I mentioned elsewhere, there are several album pages containing flags. Although maps can be neat, this flag series is boring – which was issued only from New York and not from Geneva or Vienna. I’ve tried to make it interesting by doing a critique of some of the flags, pointing out which are well done and which aren’t very good.
Contains 16 spots: own 16 – 16 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 11, 2025
Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
Flag Series
✓ |
440 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
432 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
427 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
438 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
425 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
439 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
436 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
431 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
428 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
426 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
434 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
437 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
433 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
429 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
430 |
20c (sep 1984) |
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✓ |
435 |
20c (sep 1984) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.
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