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Sabah (Malaysia)

by Jan Oskar Engene 11-APR-1996

This flag was adopted on 16 September 1988. It is red, white and three different shades of blue. The mountain is in the canton as in the 1963 flag, but now in dark blue on a light blue background. The field is medium blue over white over red. I have attempted a GIF image (attached), but I am not sure it is correct in all details.

Jan Oskar Engene 11-APR-1996

The mountain on the flag (and coat-of-arms) is Mount Kinabalu (4101 m).

Herman De Wael 06-APR-1997

Flag of 1963

(adopted 31-AUG-1963)

by Zeljko Heimer 06-APR-1996

In 1963 Sabah adopted a four striped flag, red over white over yellow over blue, and a green canton with a brown mountain.

Flag of 1982

(adopted 1-JAN-1982)

by Mark Sensen 24-APR-1996

In NVvV's Vexilla Nostra no. 166 I found that in between the 1963 flag and the 1988 (current) flag another flag was used, adopted 1 january 1982. It was a completely different design: blue over white with a red triangle on the hoist.

It looked very much like the flag used by Sarawak (the other Malaysian state on Borneo) until 31 August 1988, which was red over white with a blue triangle on the hoist.

Mark Sensen 24-APR-1996

Labuan

by Mark Sensen

Labuan is the second federal territory of Malaysia, an island off the coast of Sabah and formerly one of the Straits Settlements. (Source: "Flagmaster" no.082, 1996). Mark Sensen 27-JUL-1996