SCOUT POSTCARDS & SCOUTING QSL CARDS

"ELLIS, KANSAS / Fed by springs and streams, this scenic two-mile / long lake... / Card produced by Explorer Post 115, Ellis..." chrome mailed there 1965. $1.25

"GB3OCT" Mitcham (South London) England shortwave QSL card with Boy Scout logo in red, used 1961, paper browning with age, trivial corner wear. $2.50 se(m) NEW / NY / BAGO

    "Juliette Gordon Low--Founder of Girl Scouting in U.S.A." circa 1950 black & white portrait, corner crease, faint album impressions at the corners. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 sw(s)n

    "LS4CSI" QSL card on speckled paper publicizing the XVI Interamerican Scout Conference in Buenos Aires (XVI Conferencia Scout Interamericana) 18-23 Setiembre 1988), 2 different scout logos on front, explanations in English & Spanish on the back, small upper corner bend. $4.50 sa NEW / NY / BAGO

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"'SCENE AT CAMPING HEADQUARTERS' / All around this are fly Council Flags from all over the / U. S. & Europe..." unused chrome from Dexter Press. $1.25

    "Sweyolakan on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.  10" showing Camp Fire Girls paddling in war canoes near a dock, linen postcard mailed 1946, stamp removed, tiny corner crease. $2.25 is

"WA0IEF" Fairmont Minnesota QSL card with hobby-related art mailed there 1970 by operator Gary G. Hanson, cancel ink on front. Scout emblem on back, because he was the District Scout Executive at the time. $2.50 ms

"Where ever did you learn to / kiss like that?" / I played the Cornet it the Boy- / Scouts for three years!" faintly signed Donald McGill art showing man & woman in embrace, writing on back by serviceman circa 1943. small corner crease, minor corner wear. $3.50 as

"WN5BUP  WN5BUQ  WN5BUR / WN5DRY / TROOP 18" West Memphis Arkansas QSL postcard mailed 1972, BSA troop sponsored by Post 5225 of the VFW. $2.00

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OTHER SCOUTING MEMORABILIA
(EARLY 1950's)

"30 / thirty years / Anniversary /  Reunion /  Dinner / troop 250 / Boy Scouts of America  Cleveland Ohio" sixteen-page booklet plus covers: program, personal history of its long-time Scoutmaster Felix A. Danton, roll of honor listing all Eagle Scouts & Quartermaster Sea Scouts; detailed chronology of outstanding events in the troop's history since inception in 1925; acknowledgments of sponsors, committee members, officers, patrol leaders & patrons. This booklet is the history of one of the oldest troops in the USA. $18.00

"CUB SCOUT GRADUATION CERTIFICATE" used as intended on 25 October 1954 when a Cub Scout who had attained the rank of Webelo in Pack 100 became a Tenderfoot in Boy Scout Troop 250. Signed (among others) by Felix A. Danton, founding Scoutmaster of one of the oldest troops in the USA. $5.00 sd

"Directory of Officers & Scouts / Troop 250 Boy Scouts of America / Cleveland 3, Ohio" stapled to "Patrol Organization". Undated but early 1950's when the troop was sponsored by the Lake Shore Post No. 273 of the American Legion. The Troop Committee included: Rudy Zgonc (chair), Adolph Kotnik, Edward Bradach, Joseph Smole, Reverend Raymond T. Hobart, Ted S. Janas, Walter Bubley Sr., Michael Kolar Sr., Jack Sulak, Anton Zabukovec, Milliam Tomc, Frank Siewiorek & James Slapnik Jr. Folded 8-1 / 2"x11" pages with a little writing on back. $2.50

"FOURTH NATIONAL /  Jamboree / Camp Where Washington Camped / VALLEY FORGE, PA. JULY 12-18, 1957..." poster-size announcement in red, white & blue; folded into quarters as intended; preliminary reservation form, requirements for attendance, excursion possibilities & many illustrations. $10.00 sp

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"Give / SCOUT GIFTS / for Christmas /  1955" 24-page catalogue meant to be mailed bulk rate, but also handed out at the meetings. Exceptionally interesting insight into Scout gear & pricing at the time. Citing just a few things:  Explorer wallets, official flashlights, trail chef cook kit, official sheath knives, Scout wool socks, official zipper duffel bag, glass bow archery set, model train kits, whittling kits, etc. Nice! $13.00

ABOVE LEFT: "FIRST / CLASS /  SCOUT" citation in red, white & blue, 8-1 / 2"x11" folded to fit pocket as intended, yellowish paper in spots. One of the things received when achieving the rank in the early 1950's. $2.50

ABOVE RIGHT: "Inspection Report" filled out for a Scout in the early 1950's, black & red on yellow paper, well illustrated to show correct uniform appearance & correct placement of insignia. Folded 8-1 / 2"x11" with additional creases from Scout. $5.00

Junior Leader magazine, Vol. 14 No. 7 (April 1957). Canadian publication sent to Scouts in leadership positions. 16 pages, many illustrations & interesting ads. Many subjects include: how to bind books, camp & patrol den ideas, neckerchief slide contest, make & mend. brownish paper, vertical crease through center probably due to mailing, razor cut on back page. $4.25
 

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Junior Leader magazine, Vol. 14 No. 8 (May 1957). Canadian publication sent to Scouts in leadership positions. 16 pages,  many illustrations & interesting ads. Many subjects including: Baden-Powell Centenary Fund, sailboat nomenclature, patrol projects, up Mount Klitsa, lost kits & neckerchief slides. yellowish paper, internal tear on back page, small corner crease on several pages. $4.25

"PATROL RECORD / TROOP 250 / K.O.R.T. PATROL" pocket-size record book for a patrol leader, copyright date 1948 but used in early 1950's. Patrol members at the time included: Dan Siewiorek, Mike Shimko, Richard Slaper, Joe Hocevar & Frank Praznik. $4.75

"Presenting / TROOP 250'S MINIATURE / WORLD JAMBOREE / ... / JUNE 24 - 25 -26, 1955 / Chagrin Scout Reservation /  Bentleyville, Ohio /  Honoring / THE 21st TROOP / BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA / LONDON, ONTARIO" eight 8-1 / 2"x11" pages stapled, detailing the concept & planned program & listing the personnel of both troops. $4.75 so(l)o(b)

    See also Scouting topical stamps. Shown is the Nigerian Scout souvenir sheet of 1965.

    See also Scout topical covers. Shown is a 1969 cover to Chicago franked by two Guyana Caribbean Scout Jamboree stamps.

"TROOP 250 MOBILIZATION / SOANG. PATROL CHART" two 8-1 / 2"x11" sheets stapled together, giving a call list, instructions & explanation of intended use. Back page creased. When the patrol members included: Victor Strauss, Thomas Ballish, Ronald Vokac, Ralph Prawdzik, Richard Frazier, Joe Roesmann & Alan Hood. Interesting. $2.50

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