Boy Scouts

The first stamp on this page was issued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. It was an organization meant to teach morals and ethics amongst boys, while building camaraderie and having fun. In 2018, in addition to boys, they changed their policy to allow girls, transgender, and homosexual children to join. To reflect this new inclusive policy, the name changed to Scouting America.

Also on this page is a stamp for the Camp Fire Girls – the last stamp at the bottom right. Camp Fire Girls is a similar organization to Boy Scouts, but for girls. The stamp commemorates its fiftieth anniversary. In 1975, they changed their name to Camp Fire Girls & Boys when they changed their policy to allow girls and boys.

Note

This year has another multi-color conservation stamp: this one for water conservataion. There are also more stamps that use more than two colors: the one of the Boy Scouts, the Camp Fire Girls, the flag, and others. It’s becoming a more colorful time – which is fitting since they’ve almost completely stopped making black and white movies, color televisions are being sold at reasonable prices, and people are using primarily color film for photography.

Incidentally, I’m somehow missing the Winter Olympic stamp in the middle of the top row. It was marked as a stamp I own, so I didn’t notice it until now. I’m going to the U.S. soon. I’ll try to get it when I’m there. The only problem is that I’ve already sent in my orders with the dealers there. I’d have to do another order, but I can’t do it for just this one low priced stamp. That means I’ll spend more money on other stamps to justify another order. I’ve already spent too much.

Contains 17 spots: own 17 – 17 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Apr 25, 2025

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description
1.1	✓	1145	Boy Scouts	4c (feb 1960) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	1146	Winter Olympics	4c (feb 1960) comm., dull blue
1.3	✓	1150	Water Conservation	4c (apr 1960) comm., green, brown orange, dark blue
2.1	✓	1149	World Refugee Year	4c (apr 1960) comm., grey black
2.2	✓	1151	SEATO Emblem	4c (may 1960) comm., blue
2.3	✓	1154	Pony Express	4c (jul 1960) comm., sepia
3.1	✓	1157	Mexico Independence	4c (sep 1960) comm., green & pink red
3.2	✓	1155	Employ the Handicapped	4c (aug 1960) comm., dark blue
3.3	✓	1153	U.S. Flag	4c (jul 1960) comm., red & deep blue
3.4	✓	1156	World Forestry Congress	4c (aug 1960) comm., green
3.5	✓	1163	Boys Clubs of America	4c (oct 1960) comm., multicolor

Other

4.1	✓	1162	Wheels of Freedom	4c (oct 1960) comm., dark blue
4.2	✓	1152	The American Woman	4c (jun 1960) comm., deep violet
4.3	✓	1164	New Post Office in Providence	4c (oct 1960) comm., red & deep blue
5.1	✓	1158	U.S. & Japan Relations	4c (sep 1960) comm., blue & pink
5.2	✓	1173	Communication for Peace	4c (dec 1960) comm., deep violet
5.3	✓	1167	Camp Fire Girls	4c (nov 1960) comm., red & deep blue

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.