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Funnel bases could vary with chartered ships, normally retaining the company panel. Rosanoski observed Alaska Rex at Lyttelton on 2 August 1986 with a mid-blue rectangular flag, not a swallowtail. The globe within the upper R had seven vertical white lines and one horizontal line. Other sources and the funnel design suggest a swallowtail. Worn-off points were considered, but Louis Loughran had another earlier report of a rectangular flag and suggested a possibly mismanufactured batch used up. Neither explanation is established.

Other sources show only five vertical globe lines, possibly through space limitations; Rosanoski’s own small illustrations could accommodate only three.