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Adopted: 12 May 1817 .Abolished: 20 November 1817.
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
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Adopted: 20 November 1817. Abolished: 17 December 1819.
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
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In 1817, the "coat of arms" is
removed and seven blue stars (representing Venezuela’s 7
provinces) are added to the yellow band.
Jorge V. Alonso-Iglesias
The flag hoisted from 1817 to 1830, was Bolivar's design
(decreed by the Federal Government of Angostura [currently Ciudad
Bolivar], November 20th, 1817), a variation of the one
designed by the Federal Government of Pampatar on the 12th of May
of the same year. This Federal Governemnt of Pampatar included,
for the first time, the seven stars (representing the spanish
colonial provinces which declared its independance in 1810:
Caracas, Cuamana, Barinas, Barcelona, Margarita, Merida y
Trujillo; Coro, Guayana and Maracaibo remained loyal to the
Regent Junta of Cadiz), which were then blue, on the yellow
stripe. Pampatar´s government was the result of the Cariaco
Congresillo, whcih was not representative of the whole of the
revolutionary effort. In any case, Simon Bolivar, capturing
Angostura and thus freeing Guayana, issued a modified flag, with
eight blue stars on the yellow stripe.
The blue stars were discarded in 1821, when we joined the Great
Colombia, until they were rescued in 1859 by the Federalist
fighters (with seven and later 20 stars). Bolivar's eigth star
never appeared back.
Guillermo Aveledo , 8 september 1999
ISTR that at this time, the stars where blue and placed on the
yellow field... if this is correct, then we are talking about two
different designs
Jorge Candeias , 24 September 1999
Naval Ensign - May of 1817 - The Provisional Congress
establishes on Pampatar (locality of the Margarita Island in the
East of Venezuela) decreed that for use of the Navy will add
seven blue stars to the yellow stripe of the Flag of the
Liberator Army for remember the Provinces that founded Venezuela
on 1811.
Flag decreed by Bolivar - October of 1817 - Angostura, city to
the Southeastern of Venezuela, was captured by the Patriotic
Forces and for register it annexation to the Cause of
Independence El Libertador decrees that the Naval Ensign recently
established in Pampatar will shows in successive eight blue
stars.
Raul Orta, 4 April 2002
See: Great Colombia Federate Republic
by Jaume Ollé
Great Colombia Federal Republic, 1819-1821: it refers by Mr.
Daniel Chalbaud Lange in his "Historical Evolution of the
National Flag of Venezuela", General (VAF) Gustavo Machado
Guzman in his "Graphical History of the Independence of
Venezuela" and by Mr. Jaume Olle in this site site . It
combines the flag of Venezuela and the Coat of Arms of New
Granada, as it disposed the Congress of 1819 but the location of
the Coat of Arms and its enamels seem to be a particular
representation in comparison with traditionally reviews of the
Venezuelan Historical Vexillology.
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
See: Great Colombia Federate Republic
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
The official CoA of the Republic of Great Colombia first
apparition is dated 6 Octuber 1821 in Cundinamarca and was in use
until 9 May 1834 (same time several variants of the arms exist).
These arms were added to the national flag , but in Venezuela
seems that the information of the exact design of new arms were
sended a bit later and while were used three stars. Three
stars in venezuela (unofficial) were reported in several
patterns. I have the doubt if the three stars symbolized the
three members of Great Colombia (Cundinamarca, Venezuela and
Ecuador) or the three departmente that was divised Venezuela on 2
Octuber 1821 (Zulia, Orinoco and Venezuela) Main source from this
infos is Prof. Restrepo Uribe
Jaume Ollé , 30 September 1999
Lucien Philippe mentions flags with stars for Great Colombia
Federate Republic. Restrepo don't believe that those are
Colombian New-Granadian but Colombian Venezuelan. The sure fact
is that in on 12 May 1817 the governmente called "Federal
Pampatar government" was established in Venezuela that
adopted the Miranda's flag with seven light blue stars. In 20
November 1817 a eighth star was added meaning Guayana. Philippe
reports this flags as used in Colombia c. 1820, but this is
probably a missinterpretation. Philippe even reports a flag with
9 stars it but must be a wrong hand made flag or a mistake. With
three stars the models are well known. There are many variants
and those were used probably between 1819 and 1921, only on flags
with stripes 2:1:1.
Jaume Ollé, 4 October 2001
At J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen aller seefahrenden
Nationen, 1971[ nor71] (original
print 1848):
276 Colombia - Yellow over blue over white 2:1:1, with in the
yellow in the hoist three five-pointed blue stars pointing down,
placed 2 before 1. If the last stripe is supposed to be red, this
looks like a Great Columbian flag, with the stars directly on the
flag, instead of in arms on the flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 November 2001
Provisional Flag of the Gran Colombia - 1821 - Decreed by the
General Congress of Cucuta, combine the Venezuelan Flag and the
CoA of the Republic of Nueva Granada (current Republic of
Colombia)
Flag of the Great Colombia - 1822 / 1830 - Established just a
short time after the previous one, replace the CoA of Nueva
Granada by the one of the Gran Colombia. See: Great Colombia Federate Republic
Raul Orta, 4 April 2002
Great Colombia Federal Republic, 1822(?): is refers by Mr.
Jaume Olle. Instead of the Coat of Arms, it bears three blue
stars on the yellow stripe, whose probable antecedent is the Flag
decreed in Pampatar for use of Navy on 1817. Some illustrations
of the time exist with the representation of this design. The
flag with white stars could be assumed like artistic
interpretation or color decline of which precedes it.There iss a
variation of the previous one in which the stars are arranged
triangular instead of horizontally and consequently, can consider
it an artistic interpretation.
Raul Orta, 7 June 2002
by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Great Colombia Flag, (1821): This project was product of the
Neogrenadinian (Colombian) patriot Francisco Antonio Zea and
consists of a proposal of Shield of Arms surrounded by a garland
of natural laurels on a yellow field. The illustration is a
representation of the original one that still is conserved in the
Bolivarian Museum of Caracas.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
by Guillermo Aveledo and Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Standard of the Battalion "Vencedor en Ayacucho",
(1824): This standard, granted to a elite corps of patriotic
soldiers which participated in the Battle of Ayacucho (December
9th, 1824) consists of a quadrilateral and horizontal tricolor
yellow, blue and red that bears the Coat of Arms of Great
Colombia Federal Republic on the center of the blue stripe,
complementing with the inscriptions 'VENCEDOR IN AYACVCHO"
(Victorious in Ayacucho) above and below "LIBERTADOR DEL
PERV" (Liberator of Peru) disposed on circumference arcs
embroidered on golden capital roman letters. The illustration
corresponds to a representation of the original one made by the
Venezuelan Vexillologist Guillermo Aveledo and that at
the moment is exhibited in the Bolivarian Museum of Caracas.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Standard of Francisco Pizarro, (1826): This unique piece whose
origin dates presumably from 1533 belonged to the Conqueror
Francisco Pizarro and remained in the Church of Cuzco until
Antonio Jose de Sucre received it and as well he gave it to Simon
Bolivar who donated it finally to the Municipality of Caracas in
1826. At the moment, the original standard and a reproduction are
exhibited on Caracas Museum of the Libertador Municipality Mayor
Office. The graphic is a reconstruction of the obverse: a red
field in whose center appears a medallion rich ornamented with
yellow and green arabesques with the image of Saint James (Called
Santiago in Spanish), Saint Sponsor of Spain. The reverse is
similar to the obverse but it bear the Coat of Arms of Castile
and Leon instead of the Saint James. The Standard also has
smugglers above for the fixation to means of subjection and a
golden fringe below.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
by Raul Orta, 9 May 2002
This is the Venezuelan Tricolori in 1830, right after the
split of the República de Colombia. It sports the Venezuelan CoA
under the "Great Colombia" (downward cornucopias, and a
hoist-facing fasces and ax; as opposed to that of the "Great
Colombia" [later adopted by Nueva Granada], which had upward
cornucopias and a fly-facinf fasces and ax). It was a square
flag, to diferentiate itself from those of Nueva Granada and
Ecuador. Later, it adopted the same-width stripes we know today,
for further differentiation).
Guillermo T. Aveledo , 4 November 1999
Provisional Flag of Venezuela, 1830 - It consisted of the Flag
of 1811 in whose center it appeared a Coat of Arms derived from
the Great-Columbian in which the cornucopias were overturning
their fruits towards the base with the inscription ESTADO DE
VENEZUELA (STATE OF VENEZUELA) in occasions and others, the one
of REPÚBLICA DE VENEZUELA (REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA).
Raul Orta, 9 May 2002
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Venezuelan CoA, 1830
by Guillermo T. Aveledo , 4 November 1999
Adopted: 14 Octuber 1830 . Abolished: 16 April 1836. Is was
reported also with the shield and inscription in the canton.
Jaume Ollé
state flag
by Jaume Ollé
civil (merchant) ensign
by Jaume Ollé
Adopted: the shield was changed on 16 April 1836 ; four days
later the stripes were declared to be in the same size.
Jaume Ollé
Concering http://homes.acmecity.com/movies/western/191/bbiografia.htm
, This site, and every other source but one that I have seen,
shows that Venezuela's flag has always been a version of the YBR
Miranda flag. The Norrie/Hobbs Flags of All Seafaring Nations,
1848, shows Venezuela's flag as a yellow saltaire on green field
(plate XXIII). I am sure that must an error, but does anyone have
any information or speculation about how that error arose?
Ned Smith , 12 June 1999
Flag of the Republic of Venezuela, 1836 - Decreed by the
National Congress, it consisted from top to bottom of equal and
horizontal strips with colors yellow, blue and red in this order.
The character distinction of the National Flag was established in
addition because is determinate that for official use it would
also bear the Coat of Arms of the Republic and therefore since
then we can affirm the traditional existence of the State
National Flag and the Civil National Flag although its use were
indistinct.
Raul Orta, 9 May 2002
Coro Federation
by Jaume Ollé
Adopted: February 1859 Abolished: June 1859.
Jaume Ollé
Flag of the Federation, February 1859 - The established
Provisional Governing Corp in Coro, city on the Northwest of
Venezuela and present capital of the Falcon State, is gone too
far in its presumed faculties and decrees that the Flag of the
Venezuelan Federation would be the same one of 1836 but with
inclusion of seven five pointed and blue stars on the yellow
stripe in memory of the Provinces that founded the Nation on
1811.
Raul Orta, 9 May 2002
Barinas Federation
by Jaume Ollé
Adopted: June 1859. Abolished: 29 July 1863.
Jaume Ollé
In 1859, the Federation War revolutionaries
resolved that all three bands in the flag had to be even. And
then, changed the number of stars to twenty (in representation of
the 20 federated states of Venezuela).
Jorge V. Alonso-Iglesias
Flag of the Federation, June 1859 - Triumphant in Barinas,
region on the Southwest of Venezuela, General Ezequiel Zamora
commits another excess decreeing that in successive the so called
Federal State; Pavilion would take twenty five pointed and blue
stars: one by each state that would conform the Venezuelan
Federation. At this point the practical object of this Flag and
its antecedent seems clear: to be different itself from which
identified the troops of the Government who took or not the Coat
of Arms and have not stars.
Raul Orta, 9 May 2002
state flag
by Jaume Ollé , 7 August 1997
civil (merchant) ensign
by Jaume Ollé , 7 August 1997
In 1863, Venezuela’s president, Juan
Crisóstomo Falcón decides to restore the seven stars, but this
time, in white and over the blue band. Also, 6 of the stars had
to be placed in a circle, and one in the middle of it.
Jorge V. Alonso-Iglesias
In 1897 : Yellow blue red horizontal with 6 white stars in
circle around the 7th in the middle. W the same with state arms
in canton.
Zeljko Heimer , 26 September 1996
In a documentary about the river Orenoque, there were images
from the late 50's showing a joint Venezuela-Brazil commission
tagging the border between the two countries. The Venezuelan flag
had an unknown-to-me star pattern, in an hexagonal way (a star on
each vertex of the hexagon, the seventh in the middle of the
hexagon), and no shield near the hoist in the yellow stripe. Was
it a variant of the national flag ?"
Ivan Sache, 4 August 1997
The flag that was described is an old pattern. Was adopted 29
July 1863 by order of General Falcon. Was in use since 28 March
1905 when another General, Cipriano Castro, changed a little the
pattern: the central star was arranged in circle togheter the
rest. They are above. The state flag bear the shield in the upper
hoist
Jaume Ollé, 7 August 1997
This pattern was obsolete by the 1950's. The 1917 National
Geographic magazine Flag Number shows the Venezuelan national
flag with the stars arranged in a cluster as Ivan described. The
Ensign was the same except the arms are in the upper left corner.
The 1934 NatGeo flag issue,however, shows the current star
pattern of the arch. The description in that issue says that it
was recently adopted. (The USNavy's 1929 International Code of
Signals has plates of flags of the world, and the stars are
clustered in the center of Venezuela's flag in that book, too.)
Smith's 1975 FTTAAATW is silent on the adoption date of the
current star arrangement.
Nick Artimovich, 6 August 1999
At "Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustre" (1924),
Venezuela flag looks like the 1863 version. It does not have the
stars near the hoist.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 29 October 2000
Flag of Venezuela, 1863 - Field Marshal Juan Crisóstomo
Falcon, in exercise of the Presidency of the Republic, emits a
decree signed by all his ministers in whom he establishes that
the National flag would be yellow, blue and red in equal and
horizontal strips with seven five pointed and white stars
disposed on the center of the blue stripe: six in hexagon and
seventh in the middle, reserving the addition of the National
Coat of Arms only to the one of Official Use.
Raul Orta, 9 May 2002
by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Flag of Tribute, (1876): This design was made as a special
homage of the resident English Colony in Caracas with regard to
the transfer of the rest of El Libertador from the Cathedral to
the National Pantheon in Caracas. Consist in a horizontal
tricolor yellow, blue and red that reproduces one of the projects
of Coat of Arms for the Great Colombia, which appear since 1821
on the yellow stripe. The illustration is a representation of the
original one that still is conserved in the Bolivarian Museum of
Caracas.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
state flag
by Jaume Ollé
civil (merchant) ensign
by Jaume Ollé
Adopted: 28 March 1905. Abolished: 10 February 1954, when the
current flag was adopted.
Jaume Ollé
In 1905, President Cipriano Castro orders to
place the 7 stars in circle.
Jorge V. Alonso-Iglesias
Between 1913 and 1941: a yellow, blue and red horizontal
tricolor with the arms in the canton and seven stars toward the
hoist on the blue stripe with six surrounding the seventh. On the
merchant ensign the state arms are absent.
Nathan Augustine , 5 December 1995
Flag of the United States of Venezuela, 1905 - The President
of the Republic, General Cipriano Castro, decrees that the
National flag would take stars in circumference, maintaining its
distinction of character.
Raul Orta, 9 May 2002
by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Flag of the Falke's Expeditionary Corps (1929): The
conspirators that under the command of Admiral Roman Delgado
Chalbaud tried to take Cumana (city located at the North-West of
Venezuela) with the purpose of initiating a revolt to overthrow
the regime of General Juan Vicente Gomez, were organized in
battalions identified with flags whose design we reconstructed in
the graphic: on the obverse, the field appears divided on three
diagonal stripes: yellow, blue and red, bearing in the middle of
blue a constellation of seven white stars - six in hexagon and
one at the center - while the National Coat of Arms with a yellow
pennant and crested with stars appears on the superior canton
near the staff, complementing itself with the word
"LIBERTAD" (Liberty) on the yellow stripe and the word
"JUSTICIA" (Justice) on the red stripe, both
embroidered in gold and made in capital roman letters. To
reverse, naturally divided in the same colors disposed on
inverted sense appear the motto "HONOR Y PATRIA"
(Honour and Homeland) and the denomination of the Battalion Nr.
6, in this case - also embroidered in gold and inscribed in the
same type of letters already mentioned.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
The current flag
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