No.92 Cover and FDCs on Scouts and Girl Guides - received on 2011/04/14 from UK

Great thanks to Laura for sending me pretty FDCs on Scouts and Girl Guides.

Girl Guides FDC, Australia 1960

Girl Scouts FDC, Canal Zone 1962

Scouting FDC, Israel 1968

Scouts FDC, Birmingham 1968

Scouts FDC, Maldive Islands 1968

No.72 Cover - received on 2011/03/17 from UK

Great thanks to Laura for sending me the m/s cover and two FDCs on Girl Guides.

The minituare sheet is "1980 London International Stamp Exhibition"

No.62 Cover - received on 2011/02/24 from UK

Great thanks to Laura for sending me the big cover and several stuffs about Girl Guides.

 

Some FDCs and stamps on Girl Guides/Scouts

Recently I collected some FDCs and stamps on Girl Guides and Scouts from Singapore Philatelic Museum.

Singapore Uniformed Groups in Schools 2007 FDC



Australia 75th Anniversary of Guiding 1985 - Prepaid Envolope



Grenada Grenadines 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides in Grenada 1976



Jersey International Youth Year 1985 FDC



Girl Guides of Canada 2010 FDC

It seems Girl Guides/Scouts is a popular topic on stamps in British Commonwealth countries. It has a long history. To commemorate 100 years of the Girl Guides, many countries issued stamps on this topic.

A First Day Cover of International Youth Year 1985

Today, I got a First Day Cover from my fiancee. The FDC is for the stamp issue "International Youth Year 1985" of Singapore. My fiancee purchased this FDC from Headquarters of Girl Guides Singapore where she received training as a Girl Guides Guider.

1985 was designated the International Youth Year (IYY), by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979 with the themes "Participation, Development, Peace". In Singapore, IYY is observed with an accent on youth, one of the vital assets. Activities abound, providing opportunities for physical, social, emotional, spiritual and intellectual expressions.

On this FDC, the stamp is the "10c" one among a set of three. This stamp shows the logos of 10 youth organizations/societies/clubs of Singapore. The reason why we collect this cover is because 2 of the logos are from Singapore Scouts and Girl Guides. The middle logo of the first row is for Scouts and the most-right one is for Girl Guides. The motto of these two organizations is: Be prepared.