Scouting on Stamps

By Ie-Bin Lian

Chairman of Programme Subcommittee, APR 2013-2015

International Commissioner, Scout of China (TAIWAN)

Professor, National Changhua University of Education, Grad. Inst. of Statistics and Information Science.

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Preface

    Starting as a cub scout 40 years ago, the author now is serving as a consultant of a rover crew in university. Before colleting the scout stamps 20 years ago, I consider my understanding of the World Scouting was fragmented. One of the major benefits of the hobby is that I started to get more complete picture of Scouting through my own research on the stamps systematically. And I would like to thanks Mr. John Fogg at the public dept. of the UK Scout Assoc. at Baden-Powell House (UKBPH) for letting me quote their article.

On 29 July, 1907, Baden-Powell and some boys set off to Brownsea, starting the pioneering experimwnt for Scoutings. The figures on stamps are the boating activity and a tent they set.

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I roughly classified the Scouts on Stamps into the following categories:

1.     Commemorative stamps for World Scout Jamboree

2.     Commemorative stamps for other Scout Jamboree/Camporee/Moot

3.     Anniversary of World Scouting

4.     Anniversary of country/region Scouting

5.     Commemorative stamps for Scout conference/Forum

6.     Commemorative stamps for BP and Scouts with significant contribution

7.     Girl Scout/Guide on Stamps

8.     St. George on Stamps

9.     Special or unclassified (not for scouting, but with scout emblem on it)

Commemorative stamps for World Scout Jamboree

The first three jamborees did not have the stamps issued.

  The 4th World Scout Jamboree- 1933, Hungary

The 5th World Scout Jamboree- 1937, Holland

The 6th World Scout Jamboree- 1947, France

The 7th World Scout Jamboree- 1951, Austria

The 8th World Scout Jamboree- 1955, Canada

The 9th World Scout Jamboree- 1957, UK

The 10th World Scout Jamboree- 1959, Phillipine

The 11th World Scout Jamboree- 1963, Greece

The 12th World Scout Jamboree- 1967, USA

The 13th World Scout Jamboree- 1971, Japan

The 14th World Scout Jamboree- 1975, Norway

The 15th World Scout Jamboree- 1983, Canada

The 16th World Scout Jamboree- 1988, Australia

The 17th World Scout Jamboree- 1991, South Korea

The 18th World Scout Jamboree- 1995, Holland

The 19th World Scout Jamboree- 1999, Chile (under construction)

The 20th World Scout Jamboree- 2002-03, Thailand (under construction)

The 21st World Scout Jamboree- 2007, UK

The 22nd World Scout Jamboree- 2011, Sweden (under construction)

The 23rd World Scout Jamboree- 2015, Japan (under construction)

Asia Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree.

In particular, to celebrate the 20^th APR Scout Jamboree held in Pingtung, Taiwan, the Post Bureau issued the first-ever triangular Stamp in Taiwan.

Commemorative stamps for other Scout Jamboree/Camporee/Moot

Anniversary of World Scouting

Anniversary of country/region Scouting

Commemorative stamps for Scout conference or Forum

Commemorative stamps for BP and Scouts with significant contribution

Girl Scout/Guide on Stamps

St. George Stamps

Special or unclassified (not for scouting, but with scout emblem on it)

I also added a page with 50 stamps of Scout portraits painted by artist Norman Rockwell. For more details of him, please visit the home page of Norman Rockwell Museum