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Green flag with five thin white wavy stripes and over them near the hoist a
white ring containing an ideograph.
It is not clear from the caption in Flaggenbuch (at least to me) if this was
indeed an ensign used at ship's stern, or is it maybe a flag used on land by
post authorities. The total height of the white stripes equals 1/4 of hoist, and
the distance from the topmost of the white wave to the top flag edge is half
that width. There are five full waves, with the wave-top at the edges. The ring
is set with center a point of the second wave-top (counting the hoist edge as
the first).
Green triangular pennant with five wavy stripes along the middle and ring
with ideograph near the hoist. The design of the stripes and ring is equal to
the postal flag above, but is set along the center of the pennant. I speculate
that this pennant was used on ships (maybe on mast at port side) to indicate
mail carrying ship that would otherwise use appropriate ensign at the stern
(e.g. merchant ensign). If so, then indeed there would be no need for previous
flag to be used as ensign.
Željko Heimer, 9 February 2003
For the Postal Pennant the corners at the hoist are at 76.5 degrees, while
the corner at the fly are at 27 degrees.
Miles Li, 17 May 2014
In "Postal Flags of East Asia" (Flag Bulletin No. 189, September-October 1999), Dr. Robert M. Spaulding dates the flag from 28 February 1935. The flag was manufactured in 3 sizes:
The pennant is in the proportions of 7:15 and used on postal vessels.
The central mark is the ideograph yu.
image by Miles Li, 17 May 2014
image by Miles Li, 17 May 2014