33-1
$6
33-1a
$10
23rd Anniversary
02/08/33 New York, New York and Long Island City, New York
About 3,800
rubber stamped. Blue and violet Stamp Tongs of Astoria [11]
a. Violet text at top only, no picture. New York, New York
$10
All covers are sequentially numbered on back.
33-1b
$30
Boy Scout Ten Year Program
02/04/33 Memphis, Tennessee Rubber stamped Blue #U436 stamped #10 envelope
National Council, BSA made this rubber stamp available nationwide.
This example is on Chickasaw Council, Memphis, Tennessee, corner card rubber stamped in black.
Other known examples are from 02/08/33 Dayton, Ohio; 02/13/33 Olney, Illinois; 04/10/33 Los Angeles, California
and 04/22/33 Reading, Pennsylvania
Very few of these covers seem to have survived. Ironically, its usage by "Stamp Tongs of Astoria" on 33-1 remains the second most common pre 1948 US Scout cover.
33-2
$20
Scout Sunday & Lincoln's Birthday
02/12/33 Long Island City, New York Rubber stamped
Blue and violet Stamp Tongs of Astoria
All covers are numbered on back. The sequence used on 33-1 is continued and
a number 3846 is known. About 50-100 made.
33-2.1a and 33-2.1b
Exhibition and Award Ceremony
02/08/33 Chicago, Illinois Printed #U481 stamped #10 envelope
Chicago Council, Chicago, Illinois
a. Red Example also cacheted with 33-1
$40
b. Green Example also cacheted with 33-1 and 33-2.2
$40
On the back of these covers, the numbering sequence is continued from 33-1 and 33-2; these being from 3900 to 3905.
The signature of Arthur Lutz, ASM Troop 53, Queens Council, is associated with the 33-1 cachet. Lutz lived in Long Island City; his Troop 53 was in Astoria. Whereas most 33-1 covers were machine cancelled "New York, N.Y. 15", some were cancelled "Long Island City, N.Y. 2". Astoria and Long Island City are contiguous communities in the Boro of Queens in New York City.
Arthur Lutz most likely was "Stamp Tongs of Astoria".
33-2.2a and 33-2.2b
Chicago Council Stationery
02/33 Chicago, Illinois Printed Black #U481 stamped #10 envelope Chicago Council, Chicago, Illinois
a. A separate image is not available. For clarity, the above 33-2.1b image is shown with the extraneous information removed.
$25
b. As a. without "Postmaster:" message.
$25
33-2.2c
$25
Chicago Council Stationery
1932-1933 Chicago, Illinois Printed Black
Chicago Council, Chicago, Illinois #10 envelope
Similar to 33-2.2a but a Form 3547 instead of a 3457 and "9 W. Washington Street" instead of "9 West
Washington Street". As the "West" is used on subsequent dated covers, this "W." address
probably precedes the 02/33 date of 33-2.2a.
33-3a
33-3b
33-3c
33-3c.1
33-3c.1 back
Great Americans' Birthday
Printed Green Walter MacPeek also on cards except 33-3c on card does not have pre-printed address
a. 02/08/33 Washington, District of Columbia Boy Scouts of America
$17
b. 02/12/33 Hodgenville, Kentucky Abraham Lincoln
$20
c. 02/22/33 Washington's Birthplace, Virginia George Washington
$20
c.1 same as 33-3c but printed on card
$20
33-3.1
$30
Boy Scout Week
02/08/33 New York, New York Printed Multicolored Label
S33-1 National Council, BSA Example with #33-1 on
same cover. A 2nd example is 02/—/33 Washington, District of Columbia,
undated 3rd class prepared by Walter MacPeek and mailed
during Boy Scout Week.
33-4
$35
Boy Scout Week and Oglethorpe
02/14/33 Brooklyn, New York Typed Green Hungarian World Jamboree label and S33-1 multicolored Boy Scout Week label. First day of sale of Oglethorpe stamp in New York.
33-4.1
$25
1930 Boy Scout Twentieth Anniversary Label (part)
02/33 Washington, District of Columbia Portion of Printed label with black ink border S30-1 Multicolored and black
Label by National Council, BSA. Cover by Walter MacPeek.
MacPeek cut down the 1930 label to handmake a [probable] 1933 Scout Week cover.
The S30-1 label to scale is shown for comparison. For 1930 usage, see D. Cover backs with cachets.
33-5a
33-5b
Washington's 201st Birthday
02/22/33 Washington, District of Columbia Rubber stamped
Boy Scout Stamp Club of Washington, District of Columbia
Cachet was also used in 1934 see 34-1.5
a. Purple
$20
b. Violet
$20
33-5.0
$35
Franklin Roosevelt inauguration Troop 2 Boy Scouts of America Corner
03/04/33 Washington, DC Corner, Printed Blue
Cachet, Rubber stamped Green
Harry Pride, Scoutmaster, Troop 2. Westbrook, Maine
33-5.1
$35
Camp Falling Rock
04/22/33 for example Newark, Ohio Printed Green
Licking County Council
33-6a
$30
33-6b
$25
Troop 3 Needham Mass 1919-1933
Hand drawn in ink and pencil Black, blue, red, green, brown
Scout I. S. Harrington Any one of several locations and dates including seapost. All sent to Harrington. #33-6 are those covers with “1919 1933” within the circle. All others are #33-7.
a. Example: 05/02/33 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii [12b]
$20
b. Examples:
05/25/33 Century of Progress 3¢ Stamp - First Day Cover
Chicago, Illinois
05/25/33 Century of Progress 1¢ Stamp - First Day Cover
Chicago, Illinois
First Voyage SS Pershing posted Dec 1932 Hong Kong
33-7
$30
Troop 3 Needham Mass
Hand drawn in ink and pencil Blue, black, red, green, brown
Scout I. S. Harrington Any one of several designs
including JASM Badges, Scout Badges, Scout bust. Sent to
or from Harrington. Example: 04/10/33 Boston, Massachusetts
Mailed at sea franked with Canadian stamp.
33-8
$20
100th Anniversary Lincoln as Postmaster
05/07/33 Springfield, Illinois Printed Black Lincoln Trail Hike insert
Abraham Lincoln Council [12a]
33-9a
33-9b
33-9e
33-9f
100th Anniversary Lincoln as Postmaster
05/07/33 Springfield, Illinois Rubber stamped Black
facsimile signature. Insert Abraham Lincoln Council
a. Violet [12b]
$20
b. Black
$20
c. Violet top, blue bottom
$20
d. Blue, also canceled New Salem, Illinois
$20
e. Purple, also canceled Metamora, Ill
$15
f. Purple top, blue bottom
$20
33-9.1a
33-9.1
100th Anniversary Lincoln as Postmaster Lincoln Circuits
05/07/33 Different typed descriptions for each city. Deboice name is Rubber stamped.
Abraham Lincoln Council, Springfield, Illinois and Benjamin S. DeBoice #6¼ envelopes
a. Purple Rubber stamped Black rubber stamped facsimile Lincoln signature.
Examples: Taylorville, Illinois Petersburg, Illinois Bloomington, Illinois
$25
b. Violet Rubber stamped Without facsimile signature.
Examples: Mount Pulaski, Illinois Lincoln, Illinois Monticello, Illinois
$25
33-10
$20
100th Anniversary Lincoln as Postmaster
On Lincoln cover and letter reproduction. Springfield, Illinois
05/07/33 Printed Black Abraham Lincoln Council [12c]
33-11
$28
100th Anniversary Lincoln as Postmaster
05/07/33 Springfield, Illinois Rubber stamped Black
facsimile signature. Letter carried over Trail
Violet top, blue bottom Abraham Lincoln Council
$20
33-12
$20
Commissioning Lincoln Postmaster
05/07/33 Springfield, Illinois Printed Black
Abraham Lincoln Council [12d]
33-13
$25
Commissioning Lincoln Postmaster
05/07/33 Springfield, Illinois Printed Black
As #33-12 without background Abraham Lincoln Council
33-13a
$25
Commissioning Lincoln Postmaster
05/07/33 Springfield, Illinois Printed Black
As #33-13 with 33-9b added
33-13.1
$20
First Voyage of S.S. Washington Troop 2 Boy Scouts of America Corner
05/10/33 US-Germany Paquebot seapost Corner, Printed Blue
Cachet, Rubber stamped Violet
Harry Pride, Scoutmaster, Troop 2. Westbrook, Maine
33-14
$60
Brooklyn Wali-ga-zhu
05/20/33 Brooklyn, New York Printed Blue [13]
33-14.1
$350
Scoutogram from a USA Territory: The Philippine Islands
05/23/33 Manila, P.I. Printed Black
Philippine Council, Boy Scouts of America, Manila, P.I.
This example went from Manila to Shanghai with 38¢ postage due being applied to the
back of the cover in China.
This single piece is the only BSA cachet cover (known to the author) from the Philippine Islands when they were a territory of the USA.
See the SOSSI Journal, March/April, 2009 for the full story.
33-14.2
$25
Century of Progress 3¢ Stamp - First Day Cover Troop 87 - Paris, Tennessee
05/25/33 Chicago, Illinois Printed Blue Troop 87, Paris, Tennessee Stationery.
33-14.3
$20
First Flight Commemoration Troop 2 Boy Scouts of America Corner
05/27/33 Baltimore, Maryland Corner, Printed Blue Cachet, Rubber stamped Black
First Trans-Atlantic Flight Trepassy to Lisbon May 27, 1919
Harry Pride, Scoutmaster, Troop 2. Westbrook, Maine
33-14.4
$25
Century of Progress 3¢ Stamp - First Day Cover Troop 33 [Los Angeles Area], California
05/25/33 Chicago, Illinois Printed Black on Manila Troop 33 The Golden Bears Stationery.
33-14.5
$10
Century of Progress 3¢ Stamp - First Day Cover corner ad BSA Supply Dept, Chicago, Ill
05/25/33 Chicago, Illinois
33-15a
33-15a cutout on card
33-15c
33-15f
33-15g
10th Anniversary Troop 5
05/31/33 Monongahela, Pennsylvania Printed Troop 5,
Monongahela Green text and Scout Badge
a. Silver background, black single line circle
$35
b. Silver background, black triple line circle
$38
c. Silver background, no circle
$38
d. Gold background, black single line circle
$38
e. All Blue, single line circle
$40
f. Green, blue, red, yellow tripleline circle.
$35
g. Green Text, Silver Background Black Double Line Circle
$35
33-16
$35
10th Anniversary Troop 5
05/31/33 Monongahela, Pennsylvania Printed Black Troop 5, Monongahela
33-17a
33-17b
Edmonds Salutes Old Ironsides
07/07/33 Everett, Washington Printed U.S. Frigate Constitution ship cancel
Also 07/14/33 Sea Scout Ship Richard E. Byrd
a. Black [13A S]
$35
b. Black and multicolored by hand
$45
33-18
$35
Delmont Centennial
07/27-28/33 Delmont, Pennsylvania Printed Red Delmont Boy Scouts
33-19
Century of Progress Boy Scout Day - First Class Emblem
08/25/33 Chicago, Illinois Rubber stamped Chicago Council
33-20
$18
Century of Progress Boy Scout Day - Merit Badge
08/25/33 Chicago, Illinois Printed Green [14b S]
33-20.1
$18
Century of Progress Boy Scout Day - Hall of Science
08/26/33 Chicago, Illinois Printed Violet Typed Black #6¼ envelope
Boy Scout Day was Aug 25. This cover was likely posted too late in the day and received a 1am postmark
on the 26th.
33-21a
33-21b
U.S.S. Macon First Flight
09/13/33 Ardsley on Hudson, New York 107 made Rubber stamped Sea Scout Ship Alliance
a. Green cachet, blue sponsor
$60
b. Blue cachet, green sponsor
$60
33-22
$60
U.S.S. Macon First Flight
09/13/33 West Point, New York 100 made Rubber stamped
Orange and black Sea Scout Ship Alliance
33-23
$60
U.S.S. Macon First Flight
09/13/33 Yonkers, New York 50 made Rubber stamped
Blue and red Sea Scout Ship Alliance
33-23.1
$20
Troop 41 New Orleans, Louisiana
09/16/33 Memphis, Tennessee Printed Blue
Probably mailed back to New Orleans by a Troop member traveling in Memphis.
33-24
$85
Camp Royaneh
11/2/33 San Francisco, California for example
Printed Green
Same cachet as 32-9.1 which is brown.