I know, this is another flag, but this one ties in to another set we featured a lot earlier. But more about that later.
This flag is for Bangladesh, and it is one of the later flags to be adopted in the South Asian region, in January 1972. It is a simple scheme of a dark green background with a red disc, which is sometimes said to represent the sun, overlaid on top. The reason for the sun is that when it rises it marks a brand new day, so that links in with a brand new start for the area. It was actually based on a revolutionary flag, used in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, but that contained a yellow map inside the disc, and that was not carried forward. There are lots of reasons cited as to why. The most popular is that it was too hard to line it up and avoid the show through blur it, and this does have some truth because if you look at this flag the red disc is not in the middle, so it would indeed look odd if the flag was made of very thin material.
Now this set was issued by F. & M. Dobson (Southern) Ltd, who were based in Biggin Hill. And there is indeed a Northern group, based in Ponteland, Northumberland, and called F. M. without the ampersand, who, in 1981, issued another set of cards, in conjunction with The Evening Chronicle, and called "Newcastle & Sunderland`s 100 Greatest Footballers".
Our set was issued before that, and is described as "FLAGS OF THE WORLD. 85 x 60. Nd. (144)". The intriguing thing is the mention of "A Pear Publication" - which I cannot track down. Anyone know any more?