Levy’s Boy & Girl Scout Cachet Covers of the United States

by Jay L. Rogers
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43-1

43-1a

Patriotic During Boy Scout Week

Printed Red, blue and black Nelson White As #32-1 without text

a. 02/11/43 Nashville, Tennessee

$12

b. 02/12/43 FDC “Four Freedoms” stamp.
Washington, District of Columbia

$18

43-1.1

43-1.1

$30

S43-4 Volunteers for Victory Label

04/09/43 San Francisco, California  Printed  Blue and red The Girl Scouts
3⅝" x 6¼" envelope

43-2

43-2

$20

Wayne Troop 2 Birthday

04/15/43 Wayne, Michigan Mimeographed Violet Troop 2,
Wayne, Michigan

43-2.1

43-2.1

$25

Camporee and Court of Honor

05/31/43 Port Jervis, New York  Printed  Red and blue Walter T. PoPenger patriotic. Additional text typed in red.

43-3

43-3

$38

Treasure Island Camp Stationery

07/16/43 example Treasure Island, New Jersey  Printed  Green
Philadelphia Council Scout summer camp post office
Machine Cancel.  Also see #50-8 for similar cover with Hand Cancel.

43-4

43-4

$40

Scouting Must Go On

Circa 1943 Wilmington, Delaware  Printed  Black
#10 envelope

43-5

43-5

$20

Every Troop a Camping Troop

1943 Pontiac, Michigan  Printed  label S43-1 Green, black and
white National Council, BSA Example is 3rd class
undated mailing from Clinton Valley Council, Pontiac, Michigan
#10 envelope

43-6

43-6

$22

Scout News  Circa 1943 Altoona

Pennsylvania  Printed  Black  Example is 3rd class undated mailing of Blair-Bedford Council newsletter. #10 envelope

43-6.1

43-6.1

$20

Girl Scouts National Headquarters Stationery

11/08/43 New York, New York  Printed  Black
11/14/45 Second example New York, New York To Canada

Similar cover dated 10/27/42 with "inc." under "Girl Scouts" is listed in Corner Cards in the "Non-cachet US Scout Covers".

43-7

43-7

$45

Agricultural Service

12/21/43 or shortly thereafter Washington, District of Columbia  Printed  Black
Insert U.S. Government Printing Office.
#11 brown envelope.  Free franked cover precludes positive identification of mailing dates and locations.

43-8

43-8

$25

Scout Badge

11/01/43 Example Northview, Missouri Rubber stamped Blue
Other examples: 11/06/43 and 04/12/44, Cleveland, Ohio;   01/17/44, Portland, Indiana;   03/31/44, Ready, Kentucky.
Also see 44-0.1

All known copies of this cachet, as well as 44-0.1 are thermographed.  This cachet is unique in that it is the only one thermographed where the ink was applied with a rubber stamp.  There are 6 small dots to the right of the badge on all examples.

The unmailed cachets were prepared by one person and then made available for general use.