Boy Scout Stamp Collecting Merit Badge Presentation

I have been asked to do a presentation to a Boy Scout troop July 27th about stamps. This presentation would be a primer to gauge their interest in obtaining their Stamp Collecting Merit Badge. I am wishing to give each scout a packet of stamps to spark their interest. If anyone has any duplicates they would like to donate I will gladly accept them. For those of you whom are scouts and/or mentor youth any suggestions for the presentation are welcome.

Send me an email & I will respond with my mailing address.

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I could also use some stamp publications ie. Linns, Scott Stamp Monthly to pass out.

A good website for scouting on stamps info including merit badge requirements is: http://www.sossi.org/website/youth.htm

Dude:

I responded to your e-mail... send me your address, too.

I've a small packet for you.

David

Thanks David. Address sent.

I just found out that there are 28 boys in this troop & I have 30 to 45 minutes of their time available. I was hoping for a small troop of maybe 15. I hope I can keep their attention. Also, at least 1 scout has the stamp collecting merit badge.

Send me your address and I'll find something for your scouts.

Butch

G'Day Dude,I would send you Aussie stamps but I don't think they would get there by the 27Th maybe a few days after the 27Th so is that O.K. with you.
regards Harry

Received your email. I'll put it out in tomorrows mail.

Butch

Harry thanks for the offer from down under.

Butch thank you as well.

Everyone is so generous!

Stamps will be mailed to you this morning,I've included one mint in with the 250 to 300 Australian stamps also I didn't check the watermarks on the roo's,the King George the V,K.G.VI and I don't check for rare stamps either,hope they like them.
regards Harry

Harry,
I am sure they will like the 'roos & all the other Aussie stamps. I hope they arrive by next Monday. I guess I'll have to see how fast those kiwi's can fly.( I know that's New Zealand)LOL

My mailman is going to love me when all these packets start arriving. I will tell him it is job security.

David & Butch,
I wanted to let you know that I have received your stamps.

Harry,
I'm still waiting for your to arrive, hopefully tomorrow-Monday.

If there is anyone else I forgot to say thank you too, my apologies.

One of my fellow SPS members gave me a box of WW stamps in ziplock bags sorted by country or region. Another gave me a large manilla envelope full of US definites. I will have plenty for the scouts to look through.

Dude:

Glad to hear the stamps arrived. Let us know how your presentation went.






David

Glad to hear the package arrived safely. Keep us posted on your presentation. I hope there is a lot of interest amongst the scouts.

Butch

Harry, Your stamps arrived yesterday- just in time. Boy was that package hard to open. One scout said he was interested in Australian stamps, so I promptly grabbed your package and told him these arrived today from a fellow in Aussie just for you.

Myself and another club member attended the scout meeting last night and had a great time. There were around 12-15 scouts in attendance. Usually, there are more, but they had just had week long summer camp the week before. There were a few whom already had a stamp collection or a family member whom collected. We gave out several bags of stamps & the info packets I had put together. The troop master asked me to become a merit badge counseler & they would have a class sign up for anyone interested. Overall, I think the presentation went well and there was some genuine interest from the scouts. I will keep you all posted with the results.

Can you use some more stamps

I should be able to get some together in the next couple of days.

Dianne