56-0.1

$15

Scouts on Stamps Society Meeting Notice

01/12/56 Trenton, New Jersey Printed Black

Printed label Green #7¾" envelope LeRoy Edwards
Edwards sent out notices - for the upcoming meeting at his house on 01/29/56 - to New York City Area and northern New Jersey members. This was the 4th meeting of the group and the formational meeting for SOSSI Chapter #2; The George Washington Chapter. Prior meetings were held on 05/05/55 and 10/02/55 at the home of Sheldon Levy, and 11/19/55 at Edwards’. The subsequent meeting on 03/11/56 was the first meeting of the George Washington Chapter. Also see 56-1 and 56-10.

56-0.2

$15

Join Us Fun - Adventure Citizenship

1956 Oakhurst, New Jersey Printed Blue Printed Black corner #10 envelope
Monmouth Council, Oakhurst, New Jersey. With "Onward For God and My Country" meter in Red.

56-1

$8

George Washington Chapter Meeting

03/11/56 New Brunswick, New Jersey 100 Printed Black
George Washington Chapter, SOSSI LeRoy Edwards [89]

56-1.1

$15

Appalachian Trail Council Stationery

03/56 Example Pottsville, Pennsylvania Printed Green Appalachian Trail Council, Pottsville, Pennsylvania #10 envelope
This example is a 3rd Class mailing of the 1956 Schiff Scout Reservation Junior Leaders Training Camp application.

56-1.2

$15

Alhtaha Council Stationery

03/28/56 Paterson, New Jersey Printed Red and blue Alhtaha Council, Paterson, New Jersey #10 envelope

56-2

Middlesex Council Scout Show

New Brunswick, New Jersey Printed Troop 31, Milltown, New Jersey

a. 04/05/56 Text in blue, Scout in red [90-1]

$6

b. 04/06/56 Text in red, Scout in blue [90-2]

$6

56-3

$6

Onondaga Scouting’s Adventureland

04/07-08/56 Syracuse, New York 660 Rubber stamped
Red, green and blue Troop 6, Syracuse, New York [91]

56-4

Mansfield Merit Badge Exposition

04/07/56 Mansfield, Ohio 1,200 Rubber stamped
Text in blue or red with silk screened border and badge.
Troop 3, Shelby, Ohio

a. Red [92-1]

$6

b. Green [92-2]

$6

c. Blue [92-3]

$6

d. Violet [92-4]

$6

e. Black [92-5]

$6

56-5

$7

Eagle and Silver Awards

04/15/56 New York, New York 348 Printed Red, dark blue and gray blue
Troop 26, Bronx, New York [93 1st Printing]

56-6

$6

Eagle and Silver Awards

04/15/56 New York, New York 1,757 Printed Red,
blue and gray blue Troop 26, Bronx, New York [93 2nd Printing]

56-7

San Francisco Exposition

04/20-21/56 San Francisco, California Troop 15
and Pack 16, San Francisco, California

a. Rubber stamped Blue [94]

$4

b. Printed Black

$6

56-8

$5

FDC Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp

05/05/56 Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Printed
Green and red Troop 41, Minneapolis, Minnesota [95]

56-9

$4

Scout-A-Rade

05/05/56 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Printed
Green Troop 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [96]

56-10

$10

SOSS George Washington Chapter Meeting

05/05/56 New York, New York 25 Printed Black
LeRoy Edwards [97]

56-11

$5

Scouting’s Big Show

05/11-12/56 Cincinnati, Ohio 400 Printed
Blue and red Post 6, Cincinnati, Ohio [98]

56-12

Reading Scout Fair

Reading, Pennsylvania 1,036 Printed Troop 40, Reading, Pennsylvania
Scout Cancel #8a with 20mm bars is shown.

a. 5/17/56 Red and blue without rubber stamp.
Cancel #8a. [99-1]

$10

Also, 5/19/56 with Troop 40 rubber stamp in green. Scout Cancel #8b with 67mm bars.

$20

b. 5/18/56 Brown and orange without rubber stamp.
Cancel #8a. [99-2]

$10

Also, with rubber stamp Cancel #8a.

c. 5/19/56 Green and violet With Troop 40
rubber stamp in green. Cancel #8a [99-3]

$10

Also, cancel #8b.

$20

56-12.1

Reading Scout Fair Special Cancel

Reading, Pennsylvania Printed C. G. Junior III
Scout cancel #8b with 67mm bars is shown.

a. 05/17/56 Green, Blue circle Cancel #8b

$20

b. 05/17/56 Purple, Orange circle Cancel #8b

$15

c. 05/17/56 Blue, Red circle Cancel #8b

$20

05/18/56 Blue, Red circle Cancel #8a

$20

d. 05/18/56 Black, Purple circle Cancel #8a

$10

e. 05/19/56 Blue, Green circle Cancel #8a

$15

56-12.2a and 56-12.2b

Ribbon and "Onward For God and My Country" Stationery

Printed Red and blue #10 envelope

a. Northeast Ohio Council, Ashtabula, Ohio

$15

05/17/56 Ashtabula, Ohio Northeast Ohio Council, Ashtabula, Ohio
This example with "Give to Your Boy Scouts Chest Fund Campaign" slogan meter.
Note the double strike of 2¢ and 4¢ making the rate for a 2 ounce, 6¢ mailing. Ralph Henn, the addressee, is the same Ralph Henn in the side bar story on pages 42 and 43 of
the Print Catalog.

b. Istrouma Area Council, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

$15

04/17/57 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Istrouma Area Council, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

56-13

$6

District Camporee

05/18/56 Chester, Pennsylvania Block stamped Black [99A S]

56-14

$4

Scouting’s Big Show

05/18/56 Cleveland, Ohio 755 Printed Green
Troop 15, Cleveland [100]

56-15

$10

46th National Meeting

05/25/56 Cincinnati, Ohio Hectographed Violet
With or without Johnny Appleseed picture rubber stamped in
Blue. Also on Yellow card, on which the blue stamp appears green.
Willard H. Boyles [101]