Sent: 11.12.2017
Received: 22.12.2017
Travel time: 11 days
Prepared by me (20.11.2017) and sent via a friend (non postcrosser) travelling there from Belgium - thanks to Jurgen !
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Wiki:
The flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis consists of a yellow-edged
black band containing two white stars that divides diagonally from the lower
hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and red lower triangle. Adopted
in 1983 to replace the flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, it has been
the flag of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis since the country gained
independence that year. Although the flag utilizes the colors of the
Pan-Africanist movement, the symbolism behind them is interpreted differently.
The three islands later became part of the West Indies Federation in 1958;
after this dissolved four years later, they were granted the status of
associate state as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. However, Anguilla decided
to secede from the federation in 1969, owing to fears that their population,
which was already small, would be further marginalized in parliament. This was
eventually formalized in 1980, and a new flag for the remaining parts of the
federation was needed, since the symbolism of the previous flag centered on the
concept of a union of three.
A national competition was held in the early 1980s to choose
a new flag. The winning design by student Edrice Lewis was one of 258 entries.
It was first hoisted one minute after midnight on 19 September 1983, the day
Saint Kitts and Nevis became an independent country
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