File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg

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Deutsch: Flagge der Britischen Ostindien-Kompanie 1707–1801. Die Anzahl der Streifen variiert in historischen Darstellungen, die Form mit 13 Streifen kam erst nach der Gründung der Provinz Georgia 1732 auf.

English: Flag of the British East India Company, 1707–1801. The number of stripes varies in historical depictions. The variant with 13 stripes only emerged after the creation of the Province of Georgia in 1732.

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4 June 2006 (original upload date)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:21, 8 January 2022	1,000 × 600 (601 bytes)	Mike Rohsopht	revised
	04:11, 8 January 2022	1,000 × 600 (601 bytes)	Mike Rohsopht	revised
	19:37, 4 January 2022	1,000 × 600 (577 bytes)	Mike Rohsopht	3:5
	18:57, 4 January 2022	1,100 × 650 (590 bytes)	Mike Rohsopht	fixed
	18:49, 4 January 2022	1,100 × 650 (580 bytes)	Mike Rohsopht	to eliminate any possibility of colour bleed
	12:20, 13 March 2013	1,100 × 650 (598 bytes)	Χ	new attempt
	05:58, 20 April 2012	1,000 × 600 (719 bytes)	Χ	simplify
	22:48, 17 September 2010	1,000 × 600 (3 KB)	Selket	Tweak position of some elements to get rid of lines between like colored regions.
	09:18, 4 June 2006	1,000 × 600 (1 KB)	Yaddah	Flag of the British East India Company, 1707–1801. Data from FOTW http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-eic.html.