There are many Scout cachets that are known applied only to the backs of covers. Where the front also bears a different but known cachet, the Levy # is referenced. Some covers are cacheted front as well as back, but only the backs have a Scouting reference. Finally, some labels are used as seals on the back of covers that bear no cachet on the front.
Front Back
13th Anniversary & First Day of Boy Scout Week
02/08/23
Grand Forks, ND
Galaxy Precancel Co., Grand Forks, ND
On #U458 stamped envelope
Used as seals on the back are two copies of S22-1, the earliest known National Council Label.
Front Back
14th Anniversary, BSA Yakima Council Advertising
02/08/24
Yakima, WA
Printed
Black corner on front
Purple cachet on back
Owners of the advertised businesses are presumably Yakima Council members.
Front Back
National Council Air Mail Corner with S28-3 Label on Back
12/06/28
New York, NY
Printed
Red & blue
Used as seal on back is Label S28-3. See it in the Labels section of Additions.
It is unknown on a cover front.
Front Back
Cattaraugus Cutlery Company Advertising Cover
07/22/32
Little Valley, NY
Printed
Red & black
#10 "Trans Opake" window envelope
Cattaraugus Cutlery was one of the earliest manufacturers of Boy Scout pocket knives.
Front Back
The Boston Store Advertising Cover
01/19/38
Phoenix, AZ
Printed
Blue
#10 envelope
Official Phoenix Outfitters Boy Scouts of America.
Front Back
Boy Scout Mail with Union Council Silver Anniversary Cachet on Back
05/02/39
Elizabeth, NJ
Rubber stamped
Black
Levy #38-2
Cachet not yet reported on cover front.
Also on back is Label S39-1.
Front Back
Mid-Valley Council Corner with S44-1 Label on Back
12/02/39
Peckville, PA
Rubber stamped
Purple
Also Used as seal on back is Label S44-1.
It is unknown on a cover front.
The Catalog lists 1944 as the first known year of use. This cover shows that year to be 1939.
Front Back
Cattaraugus Cutlery Company Advertising Cover
10/25/40
Santa Monica, CA
Printed
Multicolored
Jay Dunn added his own corner address to an unused "The Knife with the Compass" envelope from [around] 1915 and used it 25 years later.
Front Back
FDC 1950 Jamboree Boy Scout Stamp
06/30/50
Valley Forge, PA
Mimeographed
Orange Front Green Back
Levy #50FD-32
Front Back
Count Me In
Bristol Council, Bristol, CT
12/52
Bristol, CT
Printed & folded self mailer
Red & Blue
Levy #52-11
See it in the Additions 1950s section.
Front Back
1953 3rd National Jamboree
07/17/53
Santa Ana, CA
Rubber Stamped
Black
National Council, BSA
Levy #53-15b on #7¾ envelope with open sides. Back is Blue & Printed. The sheet the cover was made from was
printed by SOSSI. The same sheet was used to make #53-11a, b, c; 53-12a, b; 53-15a, b, c, d, e, & 57-53.4.
Front Back
200th Anniversary of Westminster, MA
07/15/59
Westminster, MA
Printed
Black
Troop 33, Westminster, MA
Front Back
Fort Niagara Bicentennial
07/23/59
Youngstown, NY
Printed
Backs Rubber stamped
Blue
Troop 44, Newfane, NY
a. Red front
b. Blue front
Front Back
25th Anniversary Golden Gate Bridge
05/27/62
San Francisco, CA
Printed
Red
Pack 122, San Francisco, CA
