Scouting Stamps From Around The World

Here are images of the five semi-postal (charity) stamps in a Boy Scouts set, printed by photogravure, and issued by Indonesia on June 27, 1955 to publicize the First National Boy Scout Jamboree, Scott Nos. B83-87.

- nethryk

Boy Scout emblem


Scout signaling


Campfire


Scout feeding a fawn


Scout saluting

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Boy Scouts sitting by a campfire, designed and engraved by Jacques Gauthier after artwork by "Rafazinjato," and issued by Malagasy on June 6, 1964 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Scouting in Malagasy, Scott No. 356.

- nethryk

I was very involved in Scouting when I was growing up. I was in Order of the Arrow and I became an Eagle Scout just 7 days prior to my 18th birthday.

I have been thinking about starting a Scouting topical collection.

David

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Boy Scout "Progress" arrowhead emblem and a Maori pattern, printed by photogravure (Harrison & Sons, Ltd.), and issued by New Zealand on January 5, 1966 to publicize the Fourth National Scout Jamboree, held in Trentham, Scott No. 278.

- nethryk

Here are images of a Boy Scouts souvenir sheet and the five imperforate airmail stamps contained within it, printed by photogravure (Bundesdruckerei, Vienna), and issued by Nicaragua on April 9, 1957 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the Movement's founder, Lord Baden-Powell (1857-1941), Scott Nos. C386a, and C382-86. Note: On this souvenir sheet, the founder's birth year is erroneously indicated as 1856.

- nethryk



Reverend Joseph Alexander Harrison (1883-1964), a Moravian pastor who founded the Boy Scouts in Nicaragua.


President Anastasio ("Tachito") Somoza DeBayle (1925-1980) and Scout Leaders at the First Central American Camporee.


Boy Scout


Explorer Scout


Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB.

Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout saluting, the Cuban national flag, and the Cuban Boy Scout emblem, issued by Cuba on December 27, 1954 to publicize the third national Jamboree held in Wajay to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Scouting in Cuba, Scott No. 535. Note: While Scouting in Cuba started in 1914, the Asociación de Scouts de Cuba, founded in 1927, was formally suspended in 1961 following the Cuban Revolution. Today Cuba is one of only four of the world's independent nations that do not have Scouting.

- nethryk

Hungary Europa 2007
100 years of scouting


a)Canoeing scouts
b)A memorial stone, known as a symbol of the scout movement, made at the time of the first scout jamboree at Brownsea Island, Poole, England.

Lord Baden Powell and Scouts, designed and engraved by Jacques Jubert, and issued by France on February 20, 1982 to publicize Scouting Year, Scott No. 1822, Y&T No. 2201.

- nethryk

Bosnia-Herzegovina Europa 2007
100 years of scouting

I don't know much about the stamps of that country, but I'll admit I can't quite figure out all of the perforations used around that Bosnia-Herzegovina Europa 2007 -- 100 years of scouting souvenir sheet.

It would appear only the two central stamps are valid for postage, so all of the perforated green border stamps were merely labels and served no postal use. Granted, they needed a way to separate the stamps from the souvenir sheet that were valid for postage, but with ten (10) resulting green labels and only two (2) stamps valid for postage, it seems they went way overboard in the perforation process.

Perhaps the labels around the edges of the stamps allowed someone to collect them all, or to separate the two stamps when used for postage and fit the selvedge, labels and one stamp used on an envelope. Many choices there for a topical collector.

wt1 + Puzzler
I just visit the website of their postal administration and it's not the only sheet they have issued perforated like that. Here is a blog on Europa stamps where you have links to all European postal administration. For many countries of the old eastern block you can view all the stamps they issued since the 90's. Daniel

http://europa-stamps.blogspot.ca/

Found a pair of 1F Campfire stamps from 1939, overprinted on 1938 examples. I don't recall seeing them in this thread yet. I assume this is a French version of a Jamboree, though I don't know anything about French scouting.

I've seen imperfs and perfs, in five colors. Here is the green...I also have the red brown, and I'm pretty sure there are red, blue and violet colors, as well.



Feu De Camp | Arenes Du Lutece | 1 Juillet 1939

"Hands of four races" holding a Scout flag, airmail stamp designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by Mali on March 27, 1972 to publicize the World Boy Scout Jamboree, held in Cotonou, Dahomey (Benin), Scott No. C145.

- nethryk

A former Scout up to First Class, I have been a leader for 18 years with Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and most recently Venture Scouts. Working on rebuilding a Scout topical collection, expanding it into FDCs, Event Covers, and PPCs.
Early GS FDC:



An interesting cover I found in an auction lot. Also have a matching cover with the 1 paisa issue:



A couple PPCs I loaned to my daughter's Girl Scout Troop for Thinking Day:



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