The first 23 covers listed are
50th Anniversary Girl Scouts of USA covers with Scout Cancel #14
In use 01/01/62 - 03/12/62
Click on 1962 GS Cancel #14 for the Cancel Details
62-1
Boerger A.B.C.
Printed
Green with different colored frames
a.
Red frame
$6
b.
Brown frame
$6
c.
Blue frame
$6
d.
Green frame
$6
e.
Orange frame
$6
Example
03/02/62
Lakewood, CA
Cancel #14a
[Dean 69]
319
62-2
$6
Clyde Sarzin
Printed
Green
Example
01/01/62
Jackson, MI
Cancel #14a
319
62-3
$6
Kokomo Stamp Club
Thermographed
Green & brown
Example
03/12/62
Azle, TX
Cancel #14b
319
62-4
$6
62-4 with Greenwich, CT cancel
$25
Milton Klein - Small Trefoil "1912 - 1962"
Printed
Green
Example
03/12/62
Azle, TX
Cancel #14b
319
62-5
$6
62-5 with Greenwich, CT cancel
$25
Milton Klein - Small Trefoil "Special Cancellation"
Printed
Green
Example
01/25/62
Azle, TX
Cancel #14b
320
62-6a
62-6b
Ross-Cachets
Printed
Green
a.
First Day of Use 01/01/62 Example Durham, NC Cancel #14a
$12
b.
Last Day of Use 03/12/62 Example Oklahoma City, OK Cancel #14a
$12
320
62-6c
$15
Ross-Cachets w/o "First Day" or "Last Day"
Printed
Green
Example
01/03/62
Roanoke, VA
Cancel #14a
320
62-7
$6
Milton Klein - Large Trefoil "Special Cancellation"
Printed
Black
Example
01/15/62
Henderson, NC
Cancel #14b
320
62-8
$6
Fidalgo
Printed
Green, blue & red
Example
03/12/62
Henderson, NC
Cancel #14b
[Dean 77]
320
62-9
$6
Milton Klein - Girl Scout
Printed
Green
Example
01/15/62
Holyoke, MA
Cancel #14a
321
62-10
$6
Milton Klein - Badge
Printed
Black
Example
01/11/62
Jackson, MI
Cancel #14a
321
62-11a 62-11b
Dean
Printed
Green
Examples
01/01/62
a.
"Logan, West Virginia" Cancel #14d [Dean 70-1-A]
$8
b.
"Roanoke, Virginia" Cancel #14a [Dean 70-2-A]
$6
321
62-12
$6
C. G. Junior III - Celebration
Printed
Green
Example
03/12/62
Lynn, MA
Same cachet as 62FDCZ-40a
Cancel #14a
321
62-13
$7
C. G. Junior III - Special Cancel
Printed
Blue & red
Example
01/01/62
Roanoke, VA
Cancel #14a
322
62-14
$6
Kilish
Printed
Black
Example
03/12/62
Roswell, NM
Cancel #14b
322
62-15
$6
Prince L. Watkins
Rubber stamped
Black
Example
03/12/62
Saint Louis, MO
Cancel #14b
322
62-16
$6
Santiam Girl Scout Council, Salem, OR
Printed
Dark green
Example
03/12/62
Rochester, NY
Cancel #14a
Same cachet as 62FDCZ-25
322
62-17
$6
John Owen
Rubber stamped Trefoil in Green, Foil label in Black & green
Example
03/12/62
Lakewood, CA
Cancel #14a
323
62-17.1
Bennet D. Kitts
Rubber stamped Trefoil
25mm Diam.
a.
Green
$7
b.
Blue
$8
Example
01/01/62
Livermore, CA
Cancel #14a
323
62-18a 62-18b
Mrs John Bridgewater
Rubber stamped Trefoil in Green
21mm Diam.
All Bridgewaters are numbered lower left corner in pencil.
a.
Example 01/15/62 Henderson, NC Cancel #14b
$6
b.
With Girl Scout Thinking Day text Hand written in Green ink
$8
02/22/62 Example Lovington, NM Cancel #14b
323
62-19
$8
Crosby
Thermographed
Green with Black & white photograph
Example
03/12/62
Oklahoma City, OK
Cancel #14a
This is a reuse of 48FD-19a. See the Print Catalog.
323
62-20
$7
Ed Ross
Printed
Green
Example
01/06/62
Lynnfield, MA
Cancel #14a
[Dean 74]
During May of 1962, Ed Ross offered to print this cachet on SOSSI members' envelopes.
324
62-21
$6
62-21 with Greenwich, CT cancel
$25
Generic - Envelopes
Printed
Blue
Example
02/01/62
Lynn, MA
Cancel #14a
324
62-22a 62-22b
52nd Boy Scout Week Cancel #14b
Saint Louis, MO
02/08/62
Printed
Dark blue & green
Post 3, Saint Louis, MO
a.
As pictured
$6
b.
Additional Post 3 cachet rubber stamped in black
$7
Content error
This was the 44th Boy Scout Week, not the 52nd. The first Boy Scout Week was in 1919.
See 19-1 in the Print Catalog.
324
62-23a
62-23b
62-23c
62-23d
Build Serve Achieve
Printed
Blue & gray on blue #10 envelope
a.
National Council BSA, New Brunswick, NJ with "Build Serve Achieve"
Scout meter cancel in blue. Example 01/04/62
$6
Scout meter cancel in red. Example 09/19/62
$6
b.
National Council, BSA, New Brunswick, NJ with "Strengthen America
Character Counts" Scout meter cancel in blue. Example 02/16/62
$6
c.
Region 2, BSA, New York, NY. Example 04/09/62
$8
d.
National Council, BSA, New Brunswick, NJ with "Strengthen America
Be Prepared Be Fit" Scout meter cancel in red.
Example 03/02/63 6"x9" envelope
$6
This cachet graphic was promoted by and available from National Council for Councils to use and further distribute.
324
62-24
$4
Boy Scout Week
02/07/62
Vicksburg, MS
Printed
Blue on blue envelope
Troop 109, Vicksburg, MS
Also on white envelope. Also with "Cachet" misspelled "Cached" on blue envelope.
325
62-24.1
$8
Boy Scout Badge
1962
St Louis, MO
Printed
Blue
#10 envelope
325
62-25
$5
T'kope Kwiskwis Lodge, WWW Stationery
Example 09/17/62
Seattle, WA
Printed
Red & black
T'kope Kwiskwis Lodge, WWW, Seattle, WA
#10 envelope
Image & corner card text used on 62-26b
325
62-26
Potlatch 1962
02/03/62
Seattle, WA
Printed
T'kope Kwiskwis Lodge, WWW, Seattle, WA
a.
Red-brown & black Image shown
$5
b.
Red & black
$5
Same cachet as used on 62-25 #10 envelope stationery.
325
62-27
$4
Philmont
02/07/62
Cimarron, NM
Printed
Brown on #6¼ orange envelope
Killbuck District, Buckeye Council, OH
325
62-28
$4
Boy Scout Week
02/07/62
Lansing, MI
Rubber stamped
Black
Post 5, Lansing, MI
Same cachet as used on 60FD-114 in the Print Catalog & on 61-3
326
62-29
$4
Boy Scout Week
02/08/62
Saint Louis, MO
Printed
Light brown & brown
St. Louis Chapter, SOSSI
326
62-30
$5
Boy Scout Week
02/08/62
Canton, OH
Printed
Blue & gold
Troop 122, Canton, OH
326
62-31
50 Years of Scouting
02/12/62 - 03/20/62
Brooklyn, NY
Printed
Brown & yellow-green
Iroquois Troop 62, Brooklyn, NY
a.
As pictured
$4
b.
As a. plus Hand Colored
$6
326
62-32
$5
FDC Project Mercury Stamp - John Glenn
02/20/62
Cape Canaveral, FL
Printed
Brown
Post 97, East Paterson, NJ
327
62-33
$6
FDC Project Mercury Stamp
02/20/62
Billings, MT
Printed
Blue
Troop 2, Billings, MT
327
62-33.1
$5
FDC Project Mercury Stamp
02/20/62
Assonet, MA
Printed
Brown
327
62-34
$4
Drecopex '62
02/22/62
Columbia, SC
Printed
Black
Dreher Stamp & Coin Club, Columbia, SC
327
62-35
$5
50 TH Anniversary the Girl Scouts
03/12/62
Savannah, GA
Thermographed
Green & gold
Walters
[Dean 75]
328
62-36
$5
Girl Scouts USA Golden Jubilee
03/16/62
New York, NY
Mimeographed
Purple
Dean
[Dean 80]
Floyd V. Steutel-Dean wrote in his 1965 Girl Scout Cachets "(Post Office error,
clerk didn't change date in cancelling device to 17 March)"
328
62-37
Scouting Trails in Action
05/26/62
Valley Forge, PA
Silk screened
Yellow & blue
Troop 224, Darby, PA
Cachet similar to 60-145 in the Print Catalog.
a.
As pictured
$6
b.
As a. with detailed Scout Badge rubber stamped
in blue over yellow Badge.
$6
328
62-38
$6
Cavalcade of Scouting
03/30-31/62
Worcester, MA
Printed
Red, blue & olive
Mohegan Council, MA
Also
Used as FDC of World United Against Malaria stamp
03/30/62
Washington, DC
328
62-39
$5
Area 11B Conference - Order of the Arrow
03/31/62
Brinnon, WA
Printed
Red & blue
Insert
T'Kope Kwiskwis Lodge, WWW, Seattle, WA
329
62-40
$4
Scout-O-Rama
04/07/62
Cortland, NY
Printed
Green
Tioughnioga Council, Cortland, NY
329
62-41
$6
FDC Shiloh Stamp - Battle of Shiloh
04/07/62
Shiloh, TN
Printed
Black & blue
Insert
Troop 343, Memphis, TN
Also on #10 envelope
329
62-42
FDC Shiloh Stamp - Confederate Leaders
04/07/62
Shiloh, TN
Also Corinth, MS
Printed
Black & red on gray envelope
Insert
Troop 343, Memphis, TN
Also on #10 envelope
Shiloh, TN
$6
Corinth, MS
$8
329
62-43a 62-43b
FDC Shiloh Stamp - Union Generals
04/07/62
Printed
Black & blue
Insert
Troop 343, Memphis, TN
a.
Shiloh, TN
$6
Also on #10 envelope with 62-42 added as second cachet.
$12
b.
Savannah, TN
With addition of Grant's Headquarters cachet rubber stamped in red.
$10
Also without Grant's Headquarters Cachet on both #6¾ & #10 envelopes.
$8
330
62-44
$4
Congratulations Girl Scouts
04/07-08/62
Logansport, IN
Printed
Brown & green
Logansport Stamp & Coin Club,
Logansport, IN
[Dean 81]
330
62-45
$5
Let Freedom Ring
Big Show BSA
04/13/62
Cincinnati, OH
Printed
Red
Cub Pack 354, Cincinnati, OH
The circular Cub Scout cachet in purple, used to appear as a cancel, is on an uncancelled envelope with the 62-45 cachet. Both cachets on the same cover remain unknown (to the editors) but are thought likely to exist.
330
62-46
$4
Dogwood Arts Festival
04/22/62 - 05/05/62
Knoxville, TN
Printed in Green
Hand painted in Pink
Tanasi Girl Scout Troop 312, Knoxville, TN
[Dean 82}
330
62-46.1
$6
Order of the Arrow Area III-C Pow Wow
04/27/62
Gore, VA
Printed
Red & black
#7¾ envelope
331
62-47
$4
On My Honor Troop 111
04/28/62
Harrington Park, NJ
Printed
Red & blue
Insert
Troop 111, Harrington Park, NJ
331
62-48
$6
Scout Show
05/4-6/62
Clifton, NJ
Printed
Red, blue & green
Insert
Example with "Support Scouting" meter cancel
Post 74, Clifton, NJ
#10 envelope
331
62-49
$4
Scout-O-Rama
05/4,5/62
Buffalo, NY
Printed
Red & gray
Buffalo Area Council, Buffalo, NY
331
62-50a 62-50b
Scouting in Action
05/10/62
Philadelphia, PA
Printed
Liberty Bell Chapter, SOSSI
Yellow envelope
a.
Blue & red
$3
b.
as a. plus hand colored & additional black, rubber stamped cachet.
$6
332
62-51
$4
Scout • O • Rama
05/11,12/62
San Francisco, CA
Printed
Brown
Troop 15, San Francisco, CA
332
62-52
$4
Yonkers Scouting Exposition
05/12/62
Yonkers, NY
Printed
Red & black
332
62-53
Stamp & Coin Club Exhibit
05/12/62
Cheektowaga, NY
Mimeographed
Troop 840, Cheektowaga, NY
a.
Trefoil Green [Dean 84-1-A]
$6
b.
Trefoil Green & red [Dean 84-1-B]
$7
c.
Circle Blue [Dean 84-2-A]
$7
332
62-54a 62-54b
Boy Scout Day
Seattle World's Fair
05/19/62
Space Needle, WA
Printed
Red, blue & black
T'kope Kwiskwis Lodge, WWW, Seattle WA
a.
As pictured
$5
b.
With additional "World's Fair" cachet used to appear as cancel.
Rubber stamped in black.
$6
333
62-55a 62-55b
Boy Scouts of America
Seattle World's Fair
Space Needle, WA
Printed
Blue, yellow & red
National Council, BSA
a.
Example 05/19/62 Used on other dates throughout Fair.
$5
05/29/62 With Centex Exhibition Station cancel.
$6
b.
05/26/62 With additional typed "Oregon Day" text in black.
Troop 126.
$6
333
62-56
$4
Wooden Nickle (Sic)
Cavalcade of Scouting
05/21/62
Brockton, MA
Rubber stamped
Red & black
Troop 300, Brockton, MA
333
62-57
$4
Paxton District Spring Camporee
05/25/62
Linglestown, PA
Printed
Red & black
Paxton District, Keystone Area Council, PA
333
62-59
$6
Golden Jubilee Troop 5
05/25/62
Columbia, SC
Xerox copy on 5.4" x 7.5" yellow sheet
Black
Palmetto Chapter, SOSSI
334
62-60
$4
Scout-O-Rama
San Mateo County Council
05/25,26/62
San Mateo, CA
Printed
Black
Troop 160, Redwood City, CA
334
62-61
$5
Camporee
Yonkers
05/25,26/62
Cornwall, NY
Printed
Black & green
334
62-62
$4
Camporall
Buffalo Area Council
06/1-3/62
Orchard Park, NY
Printed
Gray & green
Ganasota Chapter, WWW, Buffalo , NY
334
62-63
$5
North Shore Area Council Stationery Scout & Badge Cachet
06/8/62
Example
Glencoe, IL
Printed
Green
North Shore Area Council, Glencoe, IL
With "Build Serve Achieve" meter cancel in red.
#10 Envelope
Used through 1964
335
62-63.1
$5
North Shore Area Council Stationery Build Serve Achieve Cachet
1962
Example
Glencoe, IL
Printed
Green
North Shore Area Council, Glencoe, IL
With "Build Serve Achieve" meter cancel in red.
#10 Envelope
Used through 1964
335
62-64
$4
Scout-O-Rama
Chief Okemos Council
06/09/62
Okemos, MI
Printed
Red
Post 5, Lansing, MI
335
62-65
$5
Long House Dedication
06/9/62
Monroe, WA
Printed
Brown
Insert
T'kope Kwiskwis Lodge, WWW, Seattle WA
335
62-66
$4
Flag Day
06/14/62
Anacortes, WA
Printed
Red & blue
Senior Troop 27, Anacortes, WA
335
62-67
$5
Camp Onteora
06/30/62
Livingston Manor, NY
Block print & hand colored
Black & gray
Troop 514, Malverne, NY
Opening Day of 1962 season at Onteora Scout Reservation, Nassau County Council, NY.
336
62-68
$4
Oregon Trail Council Stationery
07/03/62
Example
Eugene, OR
Printed
Black
Oregon Trail Council, Eugene, OR
Example with "Support Scouting" meter in blue.
336
62-69
$4
Alpine Trek
07/16/62
Marblemount, WA
Printed
Black, green & orange
Troop 81
336
62-70
$5
1st Biennial National Tour
Explorer Post 3
07/17/62
Cimarron, NM
Printed label
Multicolored
Post 3, St Louis, MO
336
62-71
$5
Philmont
Scout Ranch Expidition (sic)
07/17/62
Cimarron, NM
Printed
Yellow & black
Post 3, St Louis, MO
337
62-72
$5
Latvian Scout & Guide Camp
45th Anniversary Latvian Scouts
07/29/62
Example
Brooklyn, NY
Printed
Green
1961 "Founder of Latvian Scouting" label
Printed in Red
Advertising the Latvian Scout & Guide camp to be held 08/25/62 - 09/2/62 in Kalamazoo, MI.
#10 Envelope
337
62-73a 62-73b
Our Cabaña
Girl Scout Senior Roundup
Printed & Rubber stamped
Green
Senior Troop 65, Baldwin, NY
#7¾ envelope
a.
04/24/62 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico First day of Session
07/18/62 Button Bay, VT First day of Roundup
$10
b.
04/30/62 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Last day of Session
07/31/62 Button Bay, VT Last day of Roundup
$10
A remarkable cachet cover set of two for the opening days and closing days of two camps in two countries each franked with the two stamps of the International Joint Issue for Mexican Independence. These covers likely went through the mail; first from Mexico to Baldwin, NY, and then from Button Bay, VT to Baldwin, NY.
337
62-74
$4
Cathoree X
08/17/62
Aurora, IL
Printed
Blue
Kedeka Area Scouts, Aurora, IL
337
62-75
$4
Camp-O-Ral
Bucktail Council
Donkey Baseball
08/18/62
Clearfield, PA
Printed
Blue, red & yellow
Insert
Bucktail Council, DuBois, PA
338
62-76
$4
Dixipex V
Cahaba Council, Birmingham, AL
08/21/62
Balboa, CZ
Printed
Blue
Hand colored
Red
Dixipex V, Birmingham, AL
338
62-76.1
$5
Ukrainian Scouting (PLAST) 50th Anniversary Jamboree
08/28/62
Chatham, NY
Printed
Blue
Rubber stamped
Black & purple
Brown label
The meter is a Scout meter.
Also #10 envelope
PLAST
Opening day of Jubilee Jamboree held Aug 28 - Sep 3, 1962, at PLAST camp
Vovcha Tropa (Wolf's Trail) in East Chatham, NY
Four different labels were used and are shown in a block of four. From UL clockwise: Tyowsky, PLAST founder; Levistzky, Chief; first camp stamp, & Golden Jubilee badge.
338
62-77
Latvian Scouts Camp
45th Anniversary Latvian Scouts
08/29/62
Kalamazoo, MI
Rubber stamped
Violet
1961 "Founder of Latvian Scouting" label
Printed in Red
a.
Printed Green
$5
b.
Printed Red
$5
338
62-78a 62-78b
Ohio State Fair Salute to Girl Scouts
08/29/62
Thermographed
Bear Claw Cachet
a.
Gold & green
$4
b.
Gold
$4
339
62-79
$4
Last Run of the "General"
Tanasi Girl Scout Troop 312
08/30/62
Knoxville, TN
Rubber stamped Blue-green graphics by Bridgewater
Green typed text by Tanasi Girl Scout Troop 312, Knoxville, TN
339
62-79.1
$6
Last Run of the "General"
Tanasi Girl Scout Troop 312
08/30/62
Knoxville, TN
Typed Green text added to 62-46 Printed Green Dogwood Arts Festivial covers.
Tanasi Girl Scout Troop 312, Knoxville, TN
339
62-80
$4
Pontiac Press Stationery
Girl Scouts 50th Anniversary
08/30/62
Warwick, RI
Printed
Blue
Pontiac Press, Warwick, RI
#10 envelope
339
62-81
$5
First Tidewater Council Wood Badge Course
09/8-15/62
Spring Grove, VA
Rubber stamped
Black
Forrest M. Harrell, Jr.
Also cancelled in Norfolk, VA
340
62-82
$4
Third Annual Fall Rally
09/15/62
Burien, WA
Printed
Brown
Insert
T'kope Kwiskwis Lodge, WWW, Seattle, WA
340
62-83
$5
Stamp Scheme
Boy Scout World Bureau
09/30/62
Example
Norfolk, VA
Rubber stamped
Blue
Forrest M. Harrell, Jr.
#7¾ envelope
340
62-84
$4
First Anniversary Palmetto Chapter SOSSI
10/07/62
Columbia, SC
Printed
Blue & red on gray envelope
Palmetto Chapter, SOSSI
Note on this example that the circular slug of the cancel is inverted.
See 61-41 for similar cover.
340
62-85
$4
Boy Scout Skill Show
10/11/62
Bloomsburg, PA
Printed
Black
341
62-86
$4
Girl Scout Guides at World's Fair
10/18/62
Space Needle, WA
Printed
Black, yellow, gold, red & green
San Juan Girl Scout Council, Seattle WA
341
62-87
$4
Boy Scout Guides at World's Fair
Last Day
10/21/62
Space Needle, WA
Printed
Black, yellow, brown, red & blue
San Juan Girl Scout Council, Seattle WA
341
62-88
Scouting Is All O.K.
33 1/3 rpm phonograph recorded messages impressed on coated picture side of cards.
Printed
Black
5"x6"
National Council, BSA & NASA
Picture sides are shown half size.
a.
10/30/62 New Brunswick, NJ Joseph A. Brunton, Jr.,
Chief Scout Executive Ellsworth H. Augustus, President
$20
b.
11/07/62 Houston, TX Virgil "Gus" Grissom
$20
c.
11/07,14/62 Houston, TX John Glenn
$20
d.
11/20/62 Houston, TX Explorer & John Glenn
$20
e.
11/28/62 Houston, TX Augustus & Brunton with photographs of
Shepard, Grissom & Glenn
$25
f.
10/30/62 New Brunswick, NJ Boy Scout & John Glenn
$25
12/06/62 Houston, TX
$25
g.
10/31/62 Houston, TX Alan Shepard
$25
341
62-89
$4
Duty to God & Country
11/27/62
Example
Phoenix, AZ
Printed
Brown
Boerger A.B.C.
342
62-90
$4
50th Anniversary GSUSA
6th Anniversary Troop 256
12/9-28/62
Billings, MT
Printed
Green
Troop 256, Billings, MT.
342