MAKE AN OFFER. THE MORE YOU BUY THE BETTER DEAL I WILL ACCEPT This postcard provides information about the state of Connecticut. It mentions the state flower, the Mountain Laurel, as well as the state capital, Hartford. The nickname of Connecticut is the Nutmeg State. It also includes some statistics from 1940, such as the population of 1,709,242 and the area in square miles of 4,965.