20-0.1

$80

S20-1   10th Anniversary Label    "Do a Good Turn Daily" - Ask a Boy Scout - He Knows

example

01/29/20

Washington, DC

On #U429 stamped envelope

Printed label

Red & blue

Label from National Council, BSA    See S20-1 in Labels Section.

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21-1

$45

Boy Scout Message

06/17/21

Detroit, MI

Printed

Brown on Manila

Troop 77, Detroit, MI

It would appear that Troop 77 was sponsored not by the usual church, school,

or civic organization, but by the Solvay Processing Co., a major chemical manufacturer.

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21-2          (formerly 21-1)

$45

Utica Council Stationery

11/05/21

Utica, NY

Printed

Black

Utica Council, NY

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22-1.1

$45

Headquarters Sonoma County Council Stationery

07/19/22

Petaluma, CA

Printed

Black on green

Addressed to Luther Burbank.

Sonoma County Council, Petaluma, CA.

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19-1.1b

$70

Lone Scouts of America  2½" Logo

02/20/22 example

Richlands, VA

Rubber stamped

Violet

This rubber stamp logo was available from the LSA and the Scouts were encouraged to use it.

Lone Scouts did not have troop meetings and virtually all communication was by mail.

See 19-1.1a in the 1910s Section for two earlier blue covers.

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23-1

$120

S14-2 Hinds Boy Scout Advertising Picture Stamp

01/30/23

New York, NY

Multicolored label on Printed blue on blue Type II National Council corner.

This is the earliest [known to the author] use of the earliest US Boy Scout label on cover front.

The addressee, J. Emory Renoll, was a stamp dealer who advertised in Boys' Life. Boy Scout labels

appear on many of his covers. In Jan, 1923, there were only two illustrated labels to chose from:

S14-2 from 1914,& S22-1 from 1922.

See the first cover in the

Cover Backs with Cachets section. ex Walter Grob

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23-2         (formerly 23-1)

$50

Miami Council Stationery

09/21/23

Miami, FL

Printed

Blue

Miami County Council, Miami, FL

#10 envelope

Three examples of this cover are recorded, one each from Sept, Oct, & Nov, 1923.

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23-3      Front      Back

$35

Timely Expressions of Friendship and Appreciation

10/18/23

Seattle, WA

Printed

Red

UY7m Message card of paid reply postal card.

Herbert Schooley, Publisher   Seattle, WA

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24-0.1

$45

Ventura County Council stationery

02/13/24

Santa Paula, CA

Printed

Brown

Ventura County Council, Santa Paula, CA

#10 envelope

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24-0.2

$45

Local Headquarters Girl Scouts stationery

02/21/24

New Brunswick, NJ

Printed

Blue

Girl Scouts of New Brunswick, NJ.   Earliest recorded use of the Trefoil on cover.

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24-1.1

$50

Lone Scout Circular Red Emblem

06/21/24

San Jose, CA

Printed

Red & blue

Theron E. Fox personal stationery

1924 was the last year of the LSA & the year it merged with the BSA.

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25-2.1

$50

Troop Leaders Weekly Bulletin

circa 10/25

Seattle, WA

Printed

Green

#U481 printed matter #10 envelope

Boy Scouts of America, Seattle WA

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25-2.2

$50

Seattle, WA Boy Scouts Stationery

circa 10/25

Seattle, WA

Printed

Green on yellow #10 envelope

Walking Scout with placard.

Same as #25-2 in Print Catalog.

Boy Scouts of America, Seattle WA

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25-2.3

$50

Seattle, WA Boy Scouts Stationery

circa 10/25

Seattle, WA

Printed

Black

#10 envelope

Boy Scouts of America, Seattle WA

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25-4

$50

S25-4 Label on Iron Range Area Council Stationery

12/22/25

Iron Mountain, MI

Printed

Black on blue

"Do a Good Turn Daily"

With Boys' Life "An Ideal Christmas Gift" Label.   See S25-4 in Labels Section.

See enclosed letter in L. Letters & Mailings

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26-1

$50

Gee!  It's Great To Be A Scout

1926

Logansport, IN

Printed

Black

Three Rivers Council Stationery

#9 envelope

267

26-2

$80

16th Anniversary Week Label

02/09/26

example

East Orange, NJ

Printed label

S26-1

Brown, orange, black & white

Labels from National Council, BSA were made available to local Councils.

267

26-2.2

$50

On to Hot Springs

08/18/26

San Diego, CA

Printed

Red

#10 manila

Region Twelve, BSA

267

26-2.1

$80

1926 Every Scout in Camp Label

09/04/26

example

Boy Scout Headquarters [of Redwood Area Council]

Santa Rosa, CA

Printed label

S26-2

Brown, orange, black, blue & white.

See S26-2 in Labels Section.

Labels from National Council, BSA were made available to local Councils.

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26-3

$50

What is of more importance than a Boy?

10/13/26

Springfield, OH

Printed

Brown on light brown

Clark County Council, Springfield, OH

#7¾" envelope

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27-0.1

$80

15th Anniversary Label

01/19/27

example

New York, NY

Printed label

S25-2

Red, blue & violet-brown   Blue on blue National Council stationery

Label from National Council, BSA See S25-2 in Labels Section.  The addressee was a stamp dealer

who had placed a classified ad in Boys' Life.   See enclosed invoice in L. Letters & Mailings

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27-2

$75

Vacation Training Camp

08/17/27

Avalon, Catalina Island, CA

Printed

Black

Pasadena District Council, CA

This is the earliest known US Sea Scout cover.

267

28-0.1

$40

Camp Yawgoog Summer Camp Information Sheet

03/28

Providence, RI

Printed

Black

Greater Providence Council, Providence, RI

8½" x 11" sheet folded in thirds & used as self mailer.   See L. Letters & Mailings in Non-cachet US Scout

Covers for the entire opened sheet.

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28-0.2

$65

Pine Grove Camp

07/04/28

Pine Grove Furnace, PA

Printed

Black & blue on canary

Cumberland County Girl Scouts, PA

Earliest recorded use of the "Running Girl" logo on cover.

267

28-0.3

$45

Girl Scouts   Welch, WV   Stationery

04/02/28

Welch, WV

Printed

Brown on Manila

Girl Scouts of Welch, WV

267

28-1.1

$50

Chicago Council Stationery with [Camp] Owasippe Cancel

08/14/28

Owasippe, MI

Printed

Brown & red on Brown envelope

Chicago Council, Chicago, IL

Same envelope as used for 28-1.   See 28-1 in the Print Catalog.   The Owasippe Scout camps

were one of only five Scout camps to have their own seasonal post office.  See 38-1 in the Print Catalog.

267

28-1.2

$40

Camp Kelcema

07/12/28

Silverton, WA

Printed

Green

Everett Area Council

267

28-4

$40

Equipment Catalog

1928

New York, NY

Printed

Black

Back cover of 6"x9" self mailed 16 page catalog.

Also shown, half size, is the opened back & front 12"x9" cover.   Additional pages were stapled in,

folded in half, closed with a circular red seal & self-mailed.    Outdoor Supply Co. New York, NY

267

29-0.1

$35

Katahdin Council Stationery

02/20/29

Bangor, ME

Printed

Brown

Katahdin Council, Bangor, ME

#U481 stamped envelope

267

29-0.3

$55

Department of Rural Scouting - Lone Scouts

01/17/29

New York, NY

Printed

Blue on blue

Department of Rural Scouting included Lone Scouting, Farm Troops & Farm Patrols.

National Council type VI address.

This example has the S29-2 label used as a seal on the back.

See the enclosed letter in L. Letters & Mailings

267

29-0.2

$45

19th Anniversary Week Label

1929

example

On U420 precancel #10 stamped envelope

Warren, PA Boy Scouts of America, Warren PA stationery.

Printed

Blue

Printed label

S29-2

Multicolored

This is the only recorded example on cover front. See it on cover back in D. Cover Backs with Cachets

Boy Scouts of America, Warren PA stationery.

Printed

Blue

267

29-2.1

$45

Pine Tree Troop 11   New Orleans, LA

07/24/29

new Orleans, LA

Printed

Green on Pink

Sent to the New Orleans Troop at the World Jamboree in Arrow Park, Birkenhead, England.

New Orleans Council, New Orleans, LA

 

See the cover back in D. Cover Backs with Cachets

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29-3

$35

Camp Hutchins Stationery

07/26/29

Pana, IL

Printed

Green on Green

National Trails Area Council, Pana, IL

See the enclosed letter home in L. Letters & Mailings

267

29-4

$30

York County Council Stationery

11/02/29

Biddeford, ME

Printed

Black

York County Council, Biddeford, ME

The Council Was in existence 1927 thru 1935

at which time it merged with the Pine Tree Council of Portland, ME.

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