Can't find state_province_id by abbreviation in API

So, let's say you're being good and don't want to use the deprecated Constant API. If you want to find what state_province_id Maryland is, you can just do
civicrm_api3('Address', 'getoptions', array(
'field' => "state_province_id",
'value' => "Maryland",
'country_id' => 1228,
));

Adding the country_id works--you can make sure you're getting the one in the US and not Maryland, Liberia. However, there's no way to get a state by abbreviation. I want to do something like:
civicrm_api3('Address', 'getoptions', array(
'field' => "state_province_id",
'abbreviation' => "MD",
'country_id' => 1228,
));