- markmaierody
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Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Ascension Island has its own domain (.ac) so cant a flag be made from it? as for Tristan Da Cunha they have saint helena domaine (.sh) but have another flag ...is it possible to make AC a collectably flag on FC?
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- syrg
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Well, Ascension Island is a sister island of Saint Helena and although it has an own stamp, I'm afraid it will be impossible to make a flag out of it. But let's hope!
- Meiriongwril
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Currently, St Helena and Tristan have officially recognized flags. Ascension does not. However, the Ascension government is consulting on a flag design with the relevant British authorities.
Mind you, there is only a small population; as Wikipedia says: "There is no indigenous or permanent population on the island, although around 880 people live there as of 2010".
- Lorelei
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Ascension Island should be possible.
For example, I opened my phone bill today. It shows this:
1. Calls to St Helena - they are listed as St Helena. So it agrees with FC
2. Calls to Christmas Island - they are listed as Australia. So it agrees with FC.
3. Calls to Svalbard - listed as Norway. So it agrees with FC.
But:
4. Calls to Ascension Island - they are all listed as Ascension - not St Helena, UK/GB, or unknown.
And all these 4 places clicked on my counter.
Does my phone operator have a better tracking system than FC ?
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- Meiriongwril
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Hi Lorelei -
as I posted before, Ascension has NO flag - so what would be the point? It'd just show up as another Union Jack!
When it gets a flag, that'd be a different matter .....
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- Lorelei
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Meiriongwril wrote:
Hi Lorelei -
as I posted before, Ascension has NO flag - so what would be the point? It'd just show up as another Union Jack!
When it gets a flag, that'd be a different matter .....
Sorry, did not check your previous posts. Thanks for your advice anyway. It's sometimes OK to try for a different flag and see what happens. Who knows ?
- Meiriongwril
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
I gather they are planning a flag, but it's taken a long long time so far ....!!
Considering that both BAT and BIOT have flags, and only penguins (and the odd [very odd] scientist) lives in the first, and all the inhabitants were thrown out of the second to make room for US military bases, it seems strange that they have flags at all!
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- meme
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Lorelei wrote:
But:
4. Calls to Ascension Island - they are all listed as Ascension - not St Helena, UK/GB, or unknown.
And all these 4 places clicked on my counter.
Does my phone operator have a better tracking system than FC ?
@ Lorelei,
I think it's a much easier for your phone operator because Ascencion and St. Helena have different area codes...
- Naranja
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Meiriongwril wrote:
I gather they are planning a flag, but it's taken a long long time so far ....!!
Considering that both BAT and BIOT have flags, and only penguins (and the odd [very odd] scientist) lives in the first, and all the inhabitants were thrown out of the second to make room for US military bases, it seems strange that they have flags at all!
Penguins will visit us
- holland25
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Re: Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
BIOT used to be possible, high officers of the US Navy used to leave the flag... The lower positions used to leave a US flag.
251/251 countries and 3,860/3,860 flags collected.