The earliest US Scout cancellations, cancel #1 through cancel #13 were issued for the Boy Scouts.
Including the different types, the naval ship cancels, and summer camp cancels, there are 26 of these.
21 are pictured in the Print Catalog and two are pictured in the "Cancellations" Section of "Additions", all full size.
USA Scout Cancel #14
This is the first United States Girl Scout Cancellation. There are four types.
 Cancel 14a Type I Slogan Box Closed, "50TH " 18 different locations |
 Cancel 14b Type II Slogan Box Open, "— 50TH" 9 different locations |
 Cancel 14c Type III Slogan Box Closed, "50TH" 1 location |
 Cancel 14d Type IV Slogan Box Open, "50TH" 1 location |
The cancels were used from 01/01/62 through 03/12/62 from 29 different cities. Each location
used only one type of cancel. First day of use varied among locations. For all, the last day of
use was March 12. Just four examples of the Greenwich, CT cancel are known (to the author)
and it is the scarcest of the lot. There are 24 different cachets known. The detail appears
on the following chart of 280 different covers. Click on 1962 at the top of the page to
see all the referenced cachets. Bold entries are recent changes and additions.
| Location | Cancel | 1st Date | Last Date | Cachet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarillo, TX | Type II | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4, 6b, 8, 17, 17.1, |
| Arlington, TX | Type I | 16-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 2, 5, 6b, 8, 17, 17.1, 18a |
| Azle, TX | Type II | 16-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 3, 4, 5, 6b, 8, 17, 17.1 |
| Durham, NC | Type I | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 2, 3, 6a, 8, 10, 17, 17.1 |
| Falls Church, VA | Type III | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 7, 8, 10, 17, 17.1 |
| Fort Worth, TX | Type I | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1c, 6b, 7, 8, 17, 17.1, 18b |
| Greenwich, CT | Type I | 8-Feb | 12-Mar | 62-4, 5, 21 |
| Henderson, NC | Type II | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 17, 17.1, 18a |
| Holyoke, MA | Type I | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 17.1, 18a |
| Jackson, MI | Type I | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1c, 1d, 1e, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 17, 17.1 |
| Lakewood, CA | Type I | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 5, 4, 8, 17, 17.1 |
| Lincoln, NE | Type I | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1c, 3, 5, 6b, 10, 8, 17, 17.1 |
| Livermore, CA | Type I | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1e, 4, 8, 10, 17, 17.1 |
| Logan, WV | Type IV | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1d, 1e, 5, 7, 8, 11a, 12, 17.1, 18a, 21 |
| Long Beach, CA | Type I | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1d, 1e, 4, 5, 8, 17, 17.1 |
| Lovington, NM | Type II | 16-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 3, 5, 6b, 7, 8, 17, 17.1 18b |
| Lynn, MA | Type I | 11-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1c, 1e, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 17.1, 18, 21 |
| Lynnfield, MA | Type I | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1b, 1d, 1e, 2, 5, 6a, 7, 8, 10, 17, 17.1, 20 |
| Medford, OR | Type II | 2-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1b, 1e, 3, 4, 7, 8, 17, 17.1, 21 |
| Monticello, NY | Type II | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1d, 1e, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 17, 17.1, 20 21 |
| Oklahoma City,OK | Type I | 31-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1b, 1c, 1e, 3, 6b, 8, 10, 17, 17.1, 19 |
| Oxford, NC | Type I | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1b, 1c, 1e, 4, 6b, 8, 17, 17.1 |
| Roanoke, VA | Type I | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 6c, 7, 8, 11b, 13, 17, 17.1, 18a, 20 |
| Rochester, NY | Type I | 19-Feb | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1e, 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 17.1, 21 |
| Roswell, NM | Type II | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1b, 1d, 1e, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 17 17.1 |
| San Rafael, CA | Type II | 1-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 1d, 1e, 3, 5, 6a, 8, 10, 17, 17.1 |
| St Louis, MO | Type II | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1a, 1b, 5, 7, 8, 15, 17, 17.1 |
| Topeka, KS | Type I | 12-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1c, 1e, 3, 5, 8, 17, 17.1, 20 |
| Wichita, KS | Type I | 15-Jan | 12-Mar | 62-1b, 1c, 1e, 5, 8, 17, 17.1 |