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A very rare and unique piece of White House Presidential history.

Vice Presidential Flags from the Presidential Oval Office Flag Sets.

These Vice Presidential Flags are from the estate of a retired White House staff member who over the years ask for and collected sitting Presidents Oval Office Flag Sets and Vice Presidential Flags starting in 1976 with President Gerald R. Ford up through and including the current administration 2005. Often returning after his retirement to ask current administrations to add to the Historic Set.

The official Vice Presidential flag is almost impossible to come across outside the government issue. These flags are hand made for the Government and hand embroider and stitched.

After checking with the U.S. Procurement office. We were told the U.S Government pay's $2,180.00 per Vice Presidential flag and only orders a small inventory stock on hand. Each Flag requires over 45 days to complete.

These are Rare flags and unique piece of modern day Presidential History.

The colors and workmanship on the Vice Presidential flag are amazing and become the center of attention any time the Flag is brought out for display.

We will only have 9 Vice Presidential Flags available for this auction. These Flags are from the same lot as the Presidential Flag auction. Choice of Flag Set will be determined by when bid is placed and amount of bid. We realize some of these flags might be more valuable or collectible then others depending on the administration.

Listed below are the Flags that are available and the dates they were authorized to remove.

Nelson A. Rockefeller November 5, 1976

Walter Mondale June 11, 1979

George H.W. Bush March 3, 1983 First Term

George H.W. Bush December 6, 1988 Second Term

J. Danforth Quayle August 11, 1992

Albert Arnold Gore May 14, 1994 First Term

Albert Arnold Gore November 11, 2000 Second Term

Richard Bruce Cheney September 20, 2002 First Term

Richard Bruce Cheney February 5, 2005 Second Term

Currently These 9 Vice Presidential Flags are on a American Experience tour of inner city High Schools with the Presidential Flag Sets which will end on October 24 (United Nations Day) If the sets sell at auction. These Flag's are being handled very carefully and will be available for shipping to the auction bidders on that day. A History letter and private Photo's from this estate will be included with each Flag

Please Note:

Proper care and protocol should be used when displaying the Presidential Flag. The Presidential Flag cannot be displayed or used in a derogatory way. Proper care and use should be followed at all times. Public Law 829; Chapter 806, 77th Congress, 2nd session. Exact rules for use and display of the flag (36 U.S.C. 173-178)

The Vice presidential flag is 4 feet, 4 inches by 5 feet, 6 inches. It requires over 15 thread colors and can take two seamstresses 45 days to complete (Hand Sewn). The flag features the Vice Presidential coat of arms with an American bald eagle clasping an olive branch in one talon and a cluster of arrows in the other. From the eagle's beak flies a banner with the Latin phrase "E Pluribus Unum" meaning "from many, one." T are four dark blue stars in the corners. The tremendous artistry of the embroiderers allows them to make these mirror-effect flags with neither side showing knots or stray threads.

Presidential and Vice-Presidential flags have been hand sewn at the Flag Room since at least 1938.

A Brief History Of the Current Vice Presidential Flag

Since the first Unofficial Vice Presidential Flag of 1915 t have been three changes to the Vice Presidential Flag. The first in 1936 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The second design change came in 1948 under President Harry S. Truman. The third and final change came in 1975 under President Gerald R. Ford

President Ford's Executive Order 11884 (October 7, 1975) taken from the Federal Register, Vol 46, No 197 - Thursday, October 9, 1975:

Executive Order 11884 October 7, 1975
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