What's New:

01/07/12

In the 1950s Decade, 50FD-3a & 50FD-3b are added

01/08/12

In the 1950s Decade, 57-53.4 is added

01/19/12

In the 1940s Decade, 48FD-30c & 48FD-99 are added

01/22/12

In the 1950s Decade, 58-0.2 is added

02/03/12

In Cancellations, 2nd Camp Cancel "Registered" is added

10-1

$250

The American Boy Scout

10/13/10

Boston, MA

Printed

Brown

Stationery from the American Boy Scout New England Headquarters

The American Boy Scout[s], or ABS, was founded and incorporated in May, 1910 by the publisher, William Randolph Hearst, just 3 months after the publisher, William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America.   The ABS was a more military oriented group and they marched and drilled with rifles.   After just a few years the BSA absorbed most of the other Boy Scout groups and put the remainder out of business when they legally took ownership of the name "Boy Scouts", and all variants thereof, in 1919.   In the very beginning however, all Scout groups were properly and correctly identified as Boy Scouts.

This is the earliest known [United States] Boy Scout organization cover and the only one we know of from 1910.

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11-1

$175

Donation to Church

11/15/11

Chicago, IL

Printed

Blue

Backstamped "Forksville, PA NOV 17, 1911 REC'D"

Example is on a 1¢ Franklin 2nd class stamped envelope Scott #U400. The church name "M. E."

stands for "Methodist Episcopal" and was in common usage 100 years ago.

The sender, Major R.H. Hendershot, was a vaudeville performer and personality of the time.

He performed in churches as well as in halls & theatres. This cover would indicate that

he paid for the use of churches by making donations to church sponsored youth groups.

Ref: See SOSSI Journal, Jan/Feb, 2009, Page 5.

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16-1

$80

Lone Scouts of America

1916

Chicago, IL

Printed

Black

Stationery from the LSA National Headquarters

#9 envelope

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17-2   17-2 back

$80

W. D. Boyce - Lone Scout

1917

Chicago, IL

Printed

Black

W. D. Boyce Co. advertising cover promoting their four largest papers including the Lone Scout,

the LSA national publication.

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17-3

$70

First Class Badge on Troop 4, Schenectady, NY stationery

08/02/17

Schenectady, NY

Printed

Blue

The earliest known cover picturing a Scout Badge.

Troop 4, Schenectady, NY

See contents in "US Scout Covers", Letters & mailing section.

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17-4

$60

Boys' Life Activities

1917

New York, NY

Printed

Black

National Council, BSA

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18-2

$60

Meriden, CT Scout Headquarters Stationery

07/02/18

Meriden, CT

Printed

Brown on canary envelope

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19-1.1

$70

Lone Scouts of America  2½" Logo

12/30/18 example

Two Harbors, MI

Rubber stamped

Blue

01/11/19 example

Fort Lee, NJ

Rubber stamped

Blue

This rubber stamp logo was available from the LSA and the Scouts were encouraged to use it.

Lone Scouts did not have troop meetings and virtually all communication was by mail.

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Change:

Page 7 of the Catalog Introduction under "Not Included". Change "Personal stationery" to

"personal stationery except for Lone Scouts"

19-1.2

$60

Camp Glen Gray Stationery

07/28/19

Oakland, NJ

Printed

Black

The fluer-de-lis image is the Camp's initials, "G G", written in script.

Camp Glen Gray opened in 1917, closed in 2001, and this is the earliest known cover.

Actually, there was no Scout Camp named Montclair.  This was where the Scouts from Montclair camped.

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19-1.3

$60

Treasure Island Camp Stationery

08/28/19

Pipersville, PA

Printed

Green

Pipersville, PA was the Camp's postal address until 1931 at which time the Camp got its own Post Office.

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