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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

හිංසනය පිටු දකිමු

කාන්තා හිංසනයට එරෙහිව ලෝක බාලදක්ෂයෝ පෙරමණට එති

‘හිංසනය පිටු දකිමු’, ‘කතුන්ට ආචාරශීලීව සලකමු’ ‘මගේ මවට හා සොහොයුරියට සේම සමාජයේ සෙසු කතුනටත් කරුණාව දයාව දක්වමු’ යනාදී තේමාවන් සහිත පුවරු ඔසොවාගත් ලක්ෂ සංඛ්‍යාත බාලදක්ෂ බාලදක්ෂිකාවෝ මේ සාමකාමී පෙළපාළියට එක්ව සිටියෝ ය.
 
කාන්තාවන්ට සහ ළමයින්ට එරෙහි හිංසනය පිටු දැකීමට දැන් මුළු ලෝකයම එක්ව පෙළ ගැසෙන හැටි පෙනෙන්නට තිබේ‍. හිංසනය පිටු දැකීම යහපත් සමාජයක් ගොඩ නැගීමෙහිලා මහෝපකාරී වන මූලික පියවරක් ලෙස පිළිගෙන තිබීම මීට හේතුවයි‍. මේ අනුව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයෙහි කාන්තා හිංසන විරෝධී වැඩසටහන යටතේ ලොව පුරා රටවල් 146 ක බාලදක්ෂයන් හා බාලදක්ෂිකාවන් එක්ව හිංසනයට එරෙහිව පෙළ ගැසෙති.
 
පසුගිය නොවැම්බර් 25 වැනි දාට යෙදුණු ලෝක කාන්තා හිංසනය පිටුදැකීමේ දිනය සමරමින් ලෝක බාල දක්ෂ සංගමය එහි සියලු ම ශාඛා සංවිධාන සම්බන්ධ කරගනිමින් දැවැන්ත අන්තර්ජාතික වැඩසටහනක් දියත් කර තිබේ. ගැහැනු ළමයින්ට සහ ස්ත්‍රීන්ට එරෙහි ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය මෙලොවින් තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා ජනතාව දැනුවත් කිරීම මේ වැඩ සටහනේ අරමුණ වේ. කුඩා කල සිට ම පිරිමි දරුවන් සිය මවට, සහෝදරියනට හා මිතුරියනට ගෞරවයෙන් ආචාරශීලීව සලකන්නට පෙලඹවීම මඟින් සමස්ත කාන්තා සංහතියටම ආචාරශීලීව හා හිංසනයෙන් තොරව සැලකීමට හුරු කිරීම මෙමඟින් අරමුණු කෙරේ.
 
යුරෝපය, ඇමෙරිකාව, ආසියානු, අරාබි හා මැද පෙරදිග ඇතුළු සියලු කලාපවල රටවල බාලදක්ෂ ව්‍යාපාර හරහා මේ අරමුණ ව්‍යාප්ත කෙරේ. මෙය එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය මඟින් අරඹන ලද දින 16 ක වැඩසටහනකි. ලෝක බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය හා බාලදක්ෂිකා සංගමය (WAGGGS) නියෝජනය කරමින් මිලියන දහයකට අධික බාල දක්ෂයන් සංඛ්‍යාවක් සිය පාසල් හා අධ්‍යාපන ආයතන තුළ මේ වැඩසටහන ක්‍රියාවට නංවති.

ලෝකයේ බොහෝ රටවල මිශ්‍ර පාසල්වල මෙන් ම පාසලෙන් පිටතදී ද දිනපතා ම පාහේ ගැහැනු ළමයි පිරිමි ළමයින් මෙන් ම වැඩිහිටි පිරිමින් අතින් ද හිංසනයට හා පීඩාවට පත් වෙති. ඇනුම්, බැණුම්, උසුළු විසුළු, ගුටි බැට මෙන් ම, දූෂණය දක්වා වූ විවිධ මානසික හා ශාරීරික පීඩාවන්ට ගොදුරු වන දැරියන් මෙන් ම කාන්තාවන් ද අපමණ වෙති. කුඩා කාලයේ පටන් ම පිරිමි ළමයින්ට එහි ඇති වරද වටහා දෙමින් කාන්තාවන් හට ගෞරවනීයව හා සමානව සලකන්නට හුරු කිරීම මේ වැඩසටහන් මඟින් අපේක්ෂා කෙරේ.

අන්තර්ජාලය හා පරිගණක වෙබ් අඩවි ඔස්සේ කතුන්ට සිදුවන අවමන් - අපහාස, අසභ්‍ය යෝජනා , චෝදනා, බලහත්කාරකම් හා තර්ජන ගර්ජන ද ශීඝ්‍රයෙන් වර්ධනය වෙමින් පවතී. මේ අකටයුතුකම් පිළිබඳ කාන්තාවන් මෙන් ම පිරිමින් ද දැනුවත්කර, ඒවා නතර කිරීම ද, ඊට එරෙහිව නෛතික ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගැනීම ද මේ වැඩසටහනෙහි එක අංගයක් වේ.
  • ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බාලදක්ෂ ව්‍යාපාරය හා බාලදක්ෂිකා ව්‍යාපාරය ද මේ වැඩසටහනට ක්‍රියාකාරී දායකත්වයක් සපයන අතර සියලු පාසල් මඟින් මේ පණිවිඩය ජනතාව අතරට ගෙන යන්නට පියවර ගෙන තිබේ.
  • රුවන්ඩාවේ සියලු පාසල්වල ශිෂ්‍ය ශිෂ්‍යාවන් එක්ව හිංසන - විරෝධී සංගම් අරඹා, ඒ මඟින් සිය සහෝදර සිසුන් හා පිරිමි ඥාතීන් මේ පිළිබඳව දැනුවත් කිරීමට කටයුතු යොදා ඇත.
  • ඉතාලියේ බාලදක්ෂයන් හා බාල දක්ෂිකාවන් එක්ව සිය පාසල් සගයන් දැනුවත් කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන් මාලාවක් ක්‍රියාවට නංවා තිබේ.
  • එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය මඟින් පසුගිය නොවැම්බර් මස 25 වැනි දා ඇරැඹුණු මේ ලෝක ව්‍යාප්ත වැඩසටහන දෙසැම්බර් 10 වැනිදාට යෙදෙන මානව හිමිකම් දින‍ය දක්වා පැවැත්වේ.
  • එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය සඳහන් කරන පරිදි ලොව පුරා සෑම රටකම කාන්තාවෝ සිය අධ්‍යාපන ‍මට්ටම හෝ ආර්ථික මට්ටම කවරක් වෙතත් ශාරීරිකව, මානසිකව සහ ආර්ථික වශයෙන් හිංසනයට ලක් වේ.
එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ දත්ත අනුව ලෝකයේ වෙසෙන සමස්ත කාන්තා ජනගහනයෙන් තුනෙන් එකක් ම කවරාකාරයෙන් හෝ හිංසනයට බඳුන් වෙති. මොවුන් ගෙන් සහනය පතා යොමු වන්නේ 40% ක් පමණකි. එලෙස හිංසනයට බඳුන්වන කතුන්ගෙන් පොලිසියේ සහනය පතන්නේ 10% ක් පමණි. රටවල් 60 ක යෞවන යෞවනියන් 2000 ක් සම්බන්ධව කෙරුණු ඡන්ද සමීක්ෂණයකින් හෙළි වූයේ ඒ රටවල පාසල් සිසුවියන් ගෙන් හරි අඩක් ම හිංසන, බලහත්කාරකම් හා තර්ජන හේතුවෙන් සිය අධ්‍යාපන කටයුතුවලට බාධා කිරීම්වලට ලක් වන ‍බවයි. පිරිමි ළමයින්ගේ බලකිරීම් මත තමන් අකැමැති ක්‍රියාවලීන්ට නතුවීමට සිදුවන සිසුවියන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව ද ඉහළ බව මෙයින් හෙළි වී තිබේ. බොහෝ විට මොවුන් නරකට පොලඹවන්නේ සම වියැති සගයන් හෝ ගුරුවරුන් බව ද මෙහිදී හෙළි වී තිබේ.

එංගලන්තයේ සියලු පාසල්වල සිදුවන ලිංගික හිංසන හා අපරාධ පිළිබඳ සොයා බලා නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ලෙස එරට මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් පොලිසියට උපදෙස් දී තිබේ. පසුගිය වසර 3 ඇතුළත එක්සත් රාජධානියේ පාසල් තුළ නීති විරෝධී ලිංගික අපරාධ 5,500 කට වඩා සිදුවී ඇතැයි එරට පොලිස් වාර්තා පෙන්වා දෙයි. එංගලන්තය, ස්කොට්ලන්තය හා වේල්සය ඇතුළු මහා බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය පුරා ක්‍රියාත්මක වන පරිදි එක්සත් රාජධානියේ බාලදක්ෂ ව්‍යාපාරය දීපව්‍යාප්තව සහ සැඟව තිබෙන මෙවැනි ලිංගික හිංසන පිටු දැකීමට වන හදිසි මෙහෙයුමක් දියත් කිරීම සඳහා රජයට බල කෙරෙන පෙත්සමක් ද ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ.

මේ වැඩසටහන දියත් කිරීමට පෙර එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයෙහි හිටපු සභාපති බෑන් කී මූන් මහතා කියා සිටියේ “කාන්තාවන්ට හා දැරියන්ට ‍එරෙහි හිංසනය ඔවුන්ගේ මූලික මිනිස් අයිතිවාසිකම් උල්ලංඝනය කිරීමක්” බවයි. එය රටක මහජන සෞඛ්‍යයට හා රටෙහි යහපැවැත්ම එරෙහිව බලපාන, රටෙහි තිරසාර සංවර්ධනය සඳහා එල්ල වන ප්‍රධාන බාධකයක් වන බවත් එයින් පවුලට, ජන සමාජයට මෙන් ම රටේ ආර්ථිකයට ද එල්ල වන බලපෑම අතිවිශාල බවත්, මෙයින් සිදු වන පාඩුවට වන්දි ගෙවීම ලෝකයට එතරම් පහසු කටයුත්තක් නොවනු ඇති බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටී.

විශේෂ ස්තූතිය

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Global Centenary Celebration of CUB Scouting (1916-2016)

CUB Scouts Centenary of Sri Lanka- 2016

Founder of World Scouting Sir Robert Baden Powell Started the Scout Movement in 1907 for character development of children and dedicate them self to serve others. In 1916 our Founder Created the Wolf Cub Programme for young people aged between seven and eleven years. In 2016 Scouts Celebrate the Centenary of Cub Scouting. 
 
In 2016 we will commemorate one Hundred Years of the Cub Scout Section with local and 11th National Cubboree Celebrations. Cub scouting originally identified as Wolf Cubs was started first in Sri Lanka by the Scout Troop at  Richmond College Galle. To that effect Richmond College Scout Troop, Sri Lanka Scout Association and the World Scout Association Celebrate the Cub Scouting in 2016.
 

The Scouts are trained under five categories according to their age group, 5-7 years as Singithi Scouts, 7-11 Years as Cub Scouts, 11-15 Years as Junior Scouts, 15-18 Years as Senior Scouts and 18-24 as Rover Scouts. Presently we have nearly 20,000 Girls and Boys as Cub Scouts as members of the Sri Lanka Scout Association.

The philatelic Bureau of the Department of post issued a New Postage Stamp in the denomination of Rs.10.00 to Commemorate the Centenary of the World and Sri Lanka Cub Scouting on 13th May 2016.
 Date of Issue:

2016-05-13
Denomination: Rs.10.00
Catalogue No. CSL 2161
Stamp Designer. Mr. Sanath Rohana Wikramasinghe
Sheet Composition: 20 stamps per sheet

By 2023 Scouting will be the world’s leading educational youth movement, enabling 100 million young People to be active citizens creating positive change in their communities and in the world based on shared values. What better way to reach out and touch lives in our efforts to create a better world for them to start building characters, resilience, leadership and responsibility in young people nurturing them from a young age through Cub Scouting.



Global Centenary Celebration of World Scouting (1907-2007)

100 Celebration of World Scouting Stamp

The Scouting 2007 Centenary Comprised Celebrations Around the World in which Scouts Celebrated 100 years of the World Scout Movement. The original celebrations were focused on the United Kingdom, such as the camp on Brownsea Island, the birthplace of Scouting, and the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, Essex. The Centenary celebrations began on 1 January 2007, and members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) were encouraged to start their programme on that day, and continue right through the year. In London, there was a New Years Day Parade of Scouts. In towns, flags were flown to celebrate Scouting. 



 

 In 2007 year scouts around the world will celebrate 100 years of world scouting. During these 100 years stamps with scouting theme has left its mark around the global community. Scouting on stamps is a popular theme one can find stamps dating far back as 1918 to the current issue where many countries from around the world is issuing stamps to celebrate the centenary. Sri Lanka Postal Department Issued an Rs 5.00 stamp depicting four member categories of scouts of Sri Lanka. This is the seventh issue of Sri Lanka Scout / Guide Stamps Of which the first was issued in 1962 to commemorate 50 years of scouting in Sri Lanka. It was thought appropriate to start such society where new members and experienced can gather to exchange ideas and stamps in this 100th year.
Souvenir Card
1st Day Cover

  





















 

WORLD ORGANIZATION OF THE SCOUTING MOVEMENT

WOSM has requested National Scout Organizations to encourage Scout stamp issues by their countries to commemorate the Centenary of the Scouting Movement.  August 1, 2007 will mark the the dawn of a new century for Scouting around the World. 

EUROPA
PostEurop, the association of European public postal operators has announced the Europa theme for 2007 is "100 years of Scouting (the Scout movement and its history in each country)".  The date of issue of Europa stamps is generally set for 9 May each year on Europe Day.  Between 45 to 60 postal agencies could issue Europa theme Scout stamps.

The World Scout Bureau and PostEurop held the 2007 Europa Stamp Competition only open to scouts worldwide.  Scouts were able to vote electronically on PostEurop’s website for their choice of the best Europa Scout stamp design.  The result of this competition was announced during the Plenary Assembly in Vienna in September 2007 and the winning postal operator, Armenia, received its prize from the hands of local Scouts. 


STAMPS {IFSCO Class "A"}
ÅLAND
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  1v, €0.70, quantity 300,000.  Gutter pair possible.  Design by Kjell Ekström.
Stamp || FDC
ALBANIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 24 October 2007.  2v, 2v SS, 2x FDC.
Stamps || SS || FDCs
ANDORRA (French Post)
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 5 May 2007.  1v, 0.54 €.
Stamp || FDC
ANDORRA (Spanish Post)
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  1 value.  Issue Date: 23 April 2007.  0,58€, quantity 300,000.
Stamp || FDC || Maxicard
ANGOLA
100 years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 1 June 2007.  4v, SS.
Stamp || FDC || SS || SS FDC
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
100 Years of the World Scout Movement, 21st World Scout Jamboree.  Issue Date: 18 January 2007.  3v MS at $4 each stamp, SS at $6.
MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
ARGENTINA
PRO-FILATELIA.  Issue Date: 28 July 28 2007.  4v, semi-postal.  All stamps are surcharged double the face value of postage: 25c+25c, 50c+50c, 75c+75c, $1+$1, FDC.  Design features Centenary of the Scouting Movement.
Stamps || MS || FDC
ARMENIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 12 September 2007.  1v.  Quantity: 100,000.
Stamp || FDC
ASCENSION ISLAND
Centenary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  4v, 0.35p, 0.40p, 0.50p, £1.25.  MS of 8, FDC.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || MS || FDC
AUSTRIA
100 years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 26 January 2007.  4v, MS, 0,55 €.  Quantity 450,000.  Design by Günter Reichenpfader.
MS || FDC
AUSTRIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 16 June 2007.  1v, € 0.55, quantity 800,000.  Design: Hannes Margreiter.
Stamp || FDC
AZERBAIJAN
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 2 April 2007.  2v, 20.- & 60.- AZM, MS with both stamps together, booklet.  Designer: Khasay Mirzoyev.  Quantity: 12,500 sheets, or 50,000 each stamp.  FDC.
Stamps || MS || MS || Booklet || FDC
AZORES
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  1v, 0,61 € in sheetlets of 8.  2v SS 0,61 €.  FDC, maxicard.
Stamp || FDC || MS || SS || SS FDC || Maxicard || Booklet
BAHAMAS
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  4v: 15c, 25c, 50c, 65c.  2v MS: $1.50 containing 70c and 80c.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || FDC || MS || MS FDC
BANGLADESH
100 Years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  2v: 10 TK.  FDC.  Quantity: 50,000.  Designer: Lakashman Sutradhar.
Stamps || FDC
BELARUS
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  2v.  Issue Date: 4 May 2007.  2v, 2x MS.  500 BYR and 1000 BYR.  Quantity: 70,000 each.  Design Scout square knot, Emblem of the National Scout Association of Belarus.  Decorated booklet with sheetlet of 7 stamps and 1 label with Baden-Powell, quantity 10,000.  Designers: Artiom Rybchinski, Svetlana Lumyanskaya.  FDC.
Stamps || MS #1 || MS #2 || Booklet || FDC
BELGIUM
Scouting in it's World History.  Issue Date: 30 April 2007.  1v, SS, 0.46 & 0.65 €.  The stamp of B.P. will be issued in a illustrated sheetlet containing 10 stamps.  Designs by Jijé (B.P. with Scouts) are taken from his story "Baden-Powell," published in SPIROU (Robbedoes) as part of a weekly from 1948-1950, and later as an album by Dupuis.  Presale April 28th.  Quantity: 700,000 stamps and 700,000 sheets.
Stamp || MS || SS || FDC
BERMUDA
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 23 August 2007.  4v: 35c, 70c, 85c, $1.10.  2v MS: $3.25 containing $1.25c and $2.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || FDC || MS || MS FDC
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 15 February 2007.  2v, MS, 2x SS, booklet.  Design by S. Brackovic.
Stamps || MS || SS #1 & #2 || Booklet
BOSNIA (CROAT POST)
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  2v, 100 BAM each.  Offered in MS of 2x2 and MS of 2x4 with two labels with Baden-Powell design.  Designer: Gordan Zovko.  FDC, Maxi Card.
Stamps || MS #1 || MS #2 || FDC
BOSNIA (SERB POST)
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 3 May 2007.  2v: 1.00, 1.50 BAM, booklet, FDC.
Stamps || MS || Booklet || FDC ||
BOLIVIA
100 years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 1 August 2007.  2v: 7.50, 8.50BS, FDC.
Stamps || FDC
BRAZIL
100 years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 23 April 2007.  1v.  First day of issue cities: Curitiba, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo.  FDC.
Stamp || FDC
BULGARIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 26 April 2007.  2v, 0,55 & 1,50 BGN.  Available in 4x2 MS, and booklet of 4x2 with smaller versions of each stamp.  Quantity: 10,000.
Stamps || MS || Booklet || Maxi cards || FDC
CANADA
100 Years Of Scouting.  Issue Date: 25 July 2007 at the Canadian Jamboree.  1v, 52c.  FDC.
Stamp || Booklet || FDC
CAYMAN ISLANDS
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  4v: 25c, 75c, 80c and $1.00.  2v MS: $2 containing 50c and $1.50.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || FDC || MS || MS FDC
COLOMBIA
Centenary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 26 June 2007.  4v, MS of 8x.
MS || FDC
CROATIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 16 April 2007.  2v, se-tenant in sheets of 20; 1,000 numbered booklets, FDC.  Designer: Alenka Lalic.  Quantity: 200,000.
Stamps || MS || FDC || Booklet
CYPRUS
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 3 May 2007.  2v, booklet, 30 & 0.40 CYP.  FDC.
Stamps || Booklet || FDC
CZECH REPUBLIC
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 5 May 2007.  1v, 11.- CZK.  Design: Jirí Petrácek.  FDC.
Stamp || FDC || MS
DENMARK
Centenary of the Scout Movement – Europa.  Issue Date: 6 June 2007. 2v, 4.75 & 7.25 DKK.  Designed by graphic artist Torben Skov.
Stamps || Booklet || FDC
DOMINICA
100 Years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 10 January 2007.  3v MS, SS.
MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
ECUADOR
33rd Interamerican Scout Conference and 100 Years of the World Scout Movement.  Issue Date: 29 March 2007.  2v, $.25 and $2.00.  250 numbered FDC.  8-page brochure with historic and technical information about this issue.
Stamps || FDC
EGYPT
100 Years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 6 June 2007. 1v, 150pt.  FDC.
Stamp || FDC
EL SALVADOR
100 Years of World Scouting - 85th Anniversary of the Scouting Movement in El Salvador.  Issue Date: 21 June 2007.  2v, $ .10.  Quantity: 200,000.  FDC.  Design: Jose Franciso Guadron.
Stamps || FDC
ESTONIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 3 May 2007.  1v.  20.50 EEK, or € 1.31.  FDC.  Designer: Jaan Saar.  Quantity: 170,000 stamps or 17,000 MS.
Stamp || MS || FDC
FALKLAND ISLANDS
Centenary of Scouting - The Gift of RRS Discovery 1937.  Issue Date: 23 July 2007.  4v, 0.10p, 0.20p, 0.25p, £2.00.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.  FDC.
Stamps || FDC
FAROE ISLANDS
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 10 April 2007.  2v, 5.50 & 10.  DKK.  FDC.
Stamps || MS || FDC
FIJI
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  4v: 50c, 90c, $1.50 and $2.00.  2v MS: $3 containing 2x $1.50.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || MS || FDC || FDC
FINLAND
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 07.  2v.  2x 0.70 €.  Design: Susanna Rumpu and Ari Lakaniemi.
Stamps || MS || FDC || Max Card
FRANCE
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  1v.  0.60 €.  Presale May lst, Strasbourg, general sale May 2nd.
Stamp || FDC
GAMBIA
Boy Scout Centenary. Issue Date: 15 February 2007.  4v MS, SS.
Stamp || MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
GERMANY
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 3 May 2007.  1v, 0.45 €.  MS.  Design: Susanne Oesterlee.
Stamp || MS || FDC
GHANA
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007.  Issue Date: 15 May 2007.  3v MS, C12,000.  SS.
MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
GIBRALTAR
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 30 June 2007.  4v, 0.08, 0.40, 0.42 & 1.- GBP.  4v MS of 10 stamps.
Stamps || MS || FDC || Presentation Pack
GREECE
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 25 May 2007.  2v, 0.65 & 3.15 € in MS of 8, booklet.
Stamps || MS || Booklet || FDC
GREENLAND
Scouts in Greenland - Europa.  Issue Date: 15 January 2007.  2v, 5.75 & 7.50 DKK.  Also issued as 2x mini-sheets of 8 stamps + 1 vignette, and in booklet of 12 self-adhesive stamps containing 6 of each stamp.  Design: Nuka K. Godtfredsen.
Stamps || FDC || MS #1 || MS #2 || Booklet cover || Booklet FDC || Booklet insert || 5.75 Max Card || 7.50 Max Card
GRENADA
100 Years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 15 February 2007.  4v MS at $2 each stamp, SS at $6.
MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
GRENADA CARRIACOU & PETITE MARTINIQUE
100 Years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 16 January 2007.  4v MS at $2 each stamp, SS at $6.
MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
GUATEMALA
Centenary of the World Scout Movement.  Issue Date: 5 December 2007.  1v, Q.0.20.
Stamp || FDC
GUERNSEY
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 23 May 2007.  6v, 2v are EUROPA.  Designer: Björn Von Schlippe.  FDC, presentation pack.
Stamps || MS 32p || MS 37p || MS 45p || MS 48p || MS 50p || MS 71p || Presentation Package || FDC
GUYANA
Boy Scout Centenary.  Issue Date: 22 February 2007.  3v MS, SS.
MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
HONG KONG (CHINA)
2007 Centenary of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 1 March 2007.  This 4 stamp set is silver foiled.  It features a likeness of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder, and images of the Hong Kong Scout Badge, Hong Kong Scouts’ world record for knotting and a tent symbolizing one of scouting’s most popular activities.  Designer: Clement Yick.  FDC, SS, Maximum card, Presentation Package.
Stamps || FDC || SS || SS FDC || Presentation Package || Postcards
HUNGARY
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  2v, 210 + 210 UHF, MS, 4v SS.
Stamps || SS || Booklet || FDC
ICELAND
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 24 May 2007.  2v.  Values 80.- & 105.- ISK.  Both stamps are also to be issued in MS and two booklets of 10 stamps each.
Stamps || MS || Booklets || FDC || Self-Adhesive Stamp || Self-Adhesive FDC
INDONESIA
100th anniversary of World Scout Movement.  Issue Date: 1 August 2007.  2v, Rp 2,500.  Quantity: 200,000 sets.  Also 2v in Booklet, quantity: 10,000.  FDC.
Stamps || Booklet stamps || Booklet || MS || FDC
IRELAND
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  2v, 0.55 & 0.78 €.  Both stamps also issued on two MS of 10 stamps.  Quantities: 55c / 330,000 and 78c / 280,000.  FDC.
Stamps || MS || FDC
ISLE OF MAN
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 22 February 2007.  6v.  28p, 31p, 44p 72p, 83p, £1 GBP.  2v MS of 50p, £ 1.50 GBP.  Only two stamps (0.31 & 0.44 GBP) out of this set of six Scout stamps are bearing the official Europa logo.  The two Europa stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps.  Quantity 450,000.  Stamps designed by Norman Sayle.  25-page prestige stamp booklet designed by Mike Southall, MBE, the Assistant Island Commissioner (Explorer Scouts) for the Isle of Man.
Stamps || MS || FDC || MS FDC || Europa MS || Europa FDC || Prestige Booklet || Presentation Pack || MS Presentation Pack
ISLE OF MAN
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 26 July 2007.  2v MS of 50p, £ 1.50 GBP.  This is a special overprint of the previously issued MS for the World Jamboree.  Design includes WJ logo.
MS
ISRAEL
Centenary of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 17 April 2007.  1v, sheet of 8 stamps, with 4 tabs displaying Scout badges.  Designer: Hadar Shechter.  4 stamp booklet, Maxi Card, FDC.
Stamp & tab || FDC || MS || Booklet || Maxi Card || MS FDC
ITALY
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 23 April 2007.  2v, MS.  0,60, 0,65 €.
Stamps || FDC || MS || MS FDC || Maxicard
JAMAICA
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  4v: $5, $10, $30 and $70.  2v MS: $150 containing $50 and $100.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || MS || FDC || FDC
JERSEY
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 6 March 2007.  4v, 2v will be marked Europa.  Values 34, 37, 42, and 74 p.  4 MS of each individual design with identical selvage.  Designed by Colleen Corlett.  Printed by Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH, Austria.  FDC and Presentation Pack.
Stamps || MS #1 || MS #2 || MS #3 || MS #4 || Presentation Pack || FDC
KAZAKHSTAN
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 8 May 2007.  2v, 25.- & 65.- KZT.  Designer: Danijar Mukhamedjanov.  Quantity: 300,000 se-tenant pairs or 75,000 MS.  FDC.
Stamps || MS || FDC || Booklet
KIRIBATI
Centenerary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 21 September 2007. 4v. perf and imperf SS.
Stamps || SS || FDC
KOSOVO (UNMIK)
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 12 May 2007.  2v, 0.70 & 1.- €.  2x MS of 10 stamps, SS.  Design: Lirijon Kadriu and Shpejtim Kursani.  FDC.
Stamps || SS || MS || FDC || FDC
LATVIA
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 28 April 2007.  1v, MS, FDC.  Designer: L. Danilans.  Quantity: 200,000 stamps or 20,000 MS.
Stamp || Sheet || FDC
LIBERIA
100 Years of World Scouting, World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 15 March 2007. 4v MS at $50 each stamp, SS at $150.
MS || MS FDC || SS || SS FDC
LIECHTENSTEIN
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 5 March 2007.  1v, issued in sheets of 20.  1,30 CHF.  FDC, maximum card.
Stamp || Sheet || FDC || Maxi Card
LITHUANIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 14 April 2007.  2v.  2x 1.70 LTL.  Also in MS.  FDC.  Designer: V. Jasanauskas.  Quantity: 200,000 stamps or 20,000 MS.
Stamps || MS #1 || MS #2 || FDC #1 || FDC #2
LUXEMBOURG
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 22 May 2007.  2v, 0,50 & 0,70 €.  Designs: winners of a Scout/Guide competition: 0,50 € Jenny Spielman, 0,70 € Jean Heuschling.
Stamps || FDC || MS .50€ || MS .70€
MACAU (CHINA)
Centenary of the Foundation of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  5v, SS, FDC.
Stamps || SS || FDCs
MACEDONIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  2v, 60.- & 100.- MKD, SS, 160.- MKD.
Stamps || MS || MS || SS || FDC || SS FDC
MADEIRA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  1v, 0,61 € in sheetlets of 8.  2v SS 0,61 €.
Stamp || MS || SS || Booklet || Maxicard || FDC || SS FDC
MALDIVES
100 Years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 21 February 2007.  1v, 3v MS, SS, FDC.  MRf115, MRf125.  Designer:  Designer Faiyal Ahmed.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
MALTA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  2v, 0.16 & 0.51 MTL, MS.
Stamps || MS 1 || MS 2 || Booklet || Presentation Pack || FDC
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Centenary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 25 June 2007. 4v, $.41.  MS, FDC.  Design: D. Zoe Seemel.
Stamps || FDC || MS
MAURITIUS
Anniversaries & Events - Centenary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 4 December 2007.  1v is Scouting of 4v set, Rs15.
Stamp || FDC
MEXICO
100 Years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 30 June 2007.  2v, $6.50p, 10.50p.  Sheet of 50x.  FDC.  Quantity: 150,000 each stamp.  Design: Nicolas Flores Togno.
Stamps || Souvenir card || FDC
MICRONESIA
100 Years of the Scout Movement, 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 11 January 2007.  3v MS at $1 each stamp, SS at $2.
Stamp || MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
MOLDOVA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 8 May 2007.  2v, 2.85 & 4.50 MDL, SS, 2x MS of 10 stamps, booklet of 6 stamps (3 stamps of each).  Designer: Vitaly Pogolsha.  Quantity 100,000 stamps or 10,000 MS and 7,000 booklets.  FDC.
Stamp || MS || Booklet || FDC
MONACO
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 4 May 2007.  2v, MS.  0,60 €.  MS of 10 stamps.  Designer: Guéorgui Chichkine.
Stamps || MS || FDC
MONTENEGRO
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 20 April 2007.  2v, MS, SS, FDC.  1,50 €.  Booklet.
Stamps || MS || MS || SS || Booklet || FDC || MS FDC || SS FDC
MONTSERRAT
100 Years of the Scout Movement, 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 9 March 2007.  4v MS, SS, FDC, SS FDC.  Designer: Michael Feigenbaum.
MS || SS || FDC #1 || FDC #2
MOROCCO
Centenary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 7 August 2007.  1v, 7.80 MAD.
Stamp || FDC
NEPAL
Centenary of the World Scout Movement, 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 4 September 2007.  1v, Rs.2. MS, FDC.
Stamp || MS || FDC
NETHERLANDS
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 26 July 2007.  2v, 0.72 €.  MS, booklet.  Designer: Joost Zwarte, quantity 273,000 sheets.
Stamp || MS || Booklet || FDC
NEVIS
100 Years of the World Scout Movement, 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 29 January 2007.  4v MS, SS at $5.
Stamp || MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
NEW ZEALAND
2007 Centenaries - World Scouting.  Issue Date: 24 April 2007.  2v of 8v issue, 50c and $2.00.  Various combinations of all 8v are offered in sheet and block printings.  FDC.  Designer: Stephen Fuller.  Designs include Lt.  Col.  David Cossgrove who introduced the movement to New Zealand in 1908, and modern Scouting activities.
Stamps || FDC
NORWAY
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 11 May 2007.  2v, 9.- & 11.- NOK.  Designed by Arild Yttri and Martin Mörck.
Stamps || FDC || Presentation Folder || Collector Sheet || Collector Set
OMAN
Centenary of World Scout Movement & Diamond Jubilee of Scout Movement in sultanate of Oman.  Issue date: 30 December 2007.  1v. 250 Baisa.
Stamp || FDC
PALAU
Boy Scout Centenary.  Issue Date: 15 February 2007.  3v MS, SS.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
100 years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 23 May 2007.  4v, 4v MS, SS.
Stamps || MS || SS || FDC || MS FDC || SS FDC
PARAGUAY
100 years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 11 October 2007.  2v, G 700, G 6,000, FDC.
Stamps || FDC
PERU
100 years of the Scouting Movement.  Issue Date: 30 July 2007.  2v, $3.
Stamps || FDC
POLAND
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 5 May 2007.  1v, 3Ztk.  Quantity: 1,000,000.
Stamp || MS || FDC
PHILIPPINES
100 Years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 1 August 2007.  2v, SS, FDC.  Quantity: 50,000 each.
Stamps || SS || FDC || SS FDC
PORTUGAL
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  1v, 0.61 € in sheetlets of 8.  2v SS 0,61 €.  Designer: Sofia Martins.  Quantity: 300,000.
Stamp || MS || SS || Booklet || FDC || SS FDC || Maxicard
ROMANIA
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 3 May 2007.  2v, 2,10 + 7,70 RON.  6v MS of each design, 2x variations of SS, changing positions of each stamp and border text on the selvage from green to brown.
MS #1 || MS #2 || SS #1 || SS #2 || FDC || Maxi Cards
ST. HELENA
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  4v: 15p, 30p, 50p and £1.00.  2v MS: £2.00 containing 2 x £1.00 stamps.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || MS || FDC || FDC
ST. KITTS
Boy Scout Centenary.  Issue Date: 3 January 2007.  3v MS, SS.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
ST. LUCIA
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 2007.  2v: 30c, $5.  2v MS: $5 containing 2 x $2.50 stamps.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || MS
ST. VINCENT (BEQUIA)
Boy Scout Centenary.  Issue Date: 15 January 2007.  3v MS, SS.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
ST. VINCENT (MUSTIQUE)
Boy Scout Centenary.  Issue Date: 2007. 6v MS, SS.  Issued both Imperf and Perf.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
100 Years of World Scouting, 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 15 January 2007.  3v MS at $4 each stamp, SS at $6.  IMPERF versions also of MS, SS.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (CANOUAN)
100 Years of World Scouting, 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 2007.  21v, each 75c.  MS.
MS
SAN MARINO
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 2 June 2007.  2v, € 0,60 + € 0,65.  Quantity: 140,000.
Stamps || MS || FDC || Maxicard
SERBIA
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 3 May 2007.  2v, 2x sheet of 8, booklet.  20., 46.- RSD.  FDC.  Designer: N. Skocajic.
Stamps || MS || Booklet || Maxicard || FDC
SIERRA LEONE
Boy Scout Centenary.  Issue Date: 15 February 2007.  4v MS, SS.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
SINGAPORE
Uniformed Groups in School.  Issue Date: 19 September 2007.  2v of 9 set are Scouts.  FDC and presentation kit.
Stamps || FDC
SLOVAKIA
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 30 May 2007.  1v, 18.- Sk, 10 stamps per sheet.  Designer: Alexej Vojtášek.  FDC.
Stamps || MS || Maxi card || FDC
SLOVENIA
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 23 March 2007.  1v in sheetlet of 8x, € .50, vignette.  Designer: Matjaž Ucakar.  Quantity 160,000.
Stamp || MS || FDC
SOUTH AFRICA
Centenary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 22 August 2007.  2v, each B5, MS, FDC.
MS || FDC
SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
Scouts of the Quest.  Issue Date: 15 October 2007.  5v, 25p, 50p, 60p, 85p, £1.05.  Designer: Andrew Robinson
Stamps || FDC
SPAIN
Centenary of the Scout Movement – Europa.  Issue Date: 23 April 2007.  1v, 0.58 €.  Quantity: 1,000,000.
Stamp || FDC
SRI LANKA
100 Years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 26 May 2007.  1v, Rs 5. (5 Rupees).  Quantity: 1,000,000.
Stamp || FDC
SWEDEN
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 22 March 2007.  2v,BREV.  SEK 22, FDC SEK 26, Collector's sheet SEK 42.  Stamp designer: Ingela Peterson Arrhenius.  Also issued in a booklet of 4 stamps, two of each stamp.
Stamps || Booklet || FDC
SWITZERLAND
Centenary of the Scout Movement – Europa.  Issue Date: 10 May 2007.  1v, 1.00 - CHF, FDC.  Sheet contains 2 different labels with the Boy Scout and Girl Guide emblems and commemorative text.  Designer: Marc Weller.
Stamp || Sheet || FDC
TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Centenary of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 28 November 2007.  1v, NT$12.00.  Designer: Wang Ben.  Quantity: 990,000 stamps, sheets 15v (5 x 3), FDC.
Stamps || MS || FDC
TRISTAN DA CUNHA
Centenary of Scouting, World Scout Jamboree 2007 & 150th Anniversary of Birth of Lord Baden-Powell.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  4v: 15p, 20p, £1.25 and £1.40.  2v MS: £3.00 containing 2 x £1.50 stamps.  Designer: Andrew Robinson.
Stamps || MS || FDC || MS FDC
TURKEY
Centenary of the Scout Movement – Europa.  Issue Date: 9 May 2007.  2v, 60 & 70 Y.Kurus.  Total issue of 250,000 each.
Stamps || FDC
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
100 Years of Scouting.  Issue date: 4 May 2007.  2v, 0,80 + 0,80 YTL sheetlets of 16 and SS imperf.  1,60 YTL.
Stamps || FDC || SS || SS FDC
TUVALU
100 Years of World Scouting.  Issue Date: 15 August 2007.  4v, 30c, 75c, $1, $2.  SS, $3.
Stamps || SS || FDC || SS FDC
UKRAINE
100 Years of Scouting – Europa.  Issue Date: 28 April 2007.  2v, issued in MS of 8, booklet.  2.50 & 3.35 UAH.  Designer: Alexander Kalmykov.  Quantity: 150,000.
Stamps || MS || Booklet || FDC
UNION ISLAND GRENADINES OF ST. VINCENT
100 Years of World Scouting, 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 3 January 2007.  3v MS at $4 each stamp, SS at $6.
MS || SS || MS FDC || SS FDC
UNITED KINGDOM
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 26 July 2007.  6v, 2v will be marked Europa.  Values 1st Class, 46p,48p,54p,69p,78p.  Designer: Jez Fry.  FDC.
Stamps & FDC [outside website]
URUGUAY
Centenary of Scouting - Children Drawing Contest.  Issue Date: 8 September 2007.  2v, $15 UYU, SS of 2v, $25 UYU each.  Designer: Diego Tocco.  Quantity: 10,000.
Stamps || SS || FDCs
VATICAN CITY
100 Years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 12 June 2007.  2 v, sheets of 10, 0.60 & 0.65 €.
Stamps || MS || FDC || Maxicards
ZIMBABWE
Centenary of Scouting.  Issue Date: 20 February 2007.  4v. $400, 1500, 2000, 2500.
Stamps || FDC

STAMPS {IFSCO Class "B"}
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
150th Anniversary of the St. Mary's Children's Home.  Issue Date: 21 September 2007.  1v of 4v features the Cub Scout Pack.  $4.50.  Design: Troy Rhodes.
Stamp || FDC
CZECH REPUBLIC
Back cover of Rychle Sipy booklet.  Issue date: 30 May 2007.  Richle Sipy ("Red Arrows" booklet issued in conjunction with Richle Sipy stamp.  Richle Sipy was fictional group of boys in stories by Czech author, Jaroslav Foglar.  The booklet pane consists of 8 Richle Sipy stamps plus 4 Jaroslav Foglar labels as gutters.  The booklet back cover has information about Foglar and his Scouting connection.  The first few lines translate as follows:
"Born in Prague-Podskali.  His father died when he was four years old.  At thirteen he entered the scout trail ("path") and first published in the newspaper.  From 1925 he led scout camps, and two years later took over the leadership of the scout Prague Two's (famous Prazska Dvojkaj)...."

POSTAL STATIONERY {IFSCO Class "A"}
BANGLADESH
100 Years of Scouting.  Issue Date: 9 July 2007.  Postal Card: 2 TK.  Quantity: 2,000.
Envelope || FDC
BULGARIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.
Envelope || FDC
CANADA
100 years of Scouting - L’Association des scouts du Canada.  Issue Date: 1 August 2007.  Envelope: $2.50,  Quantity: 10,000.
Envelope (front) || Envelope (reverse) || FDC
GERMANY
Pluskarte IBRA Essen 2009 – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 16 June 2007.  Same value as stamp.
Postal Card || FDC
GERMANY
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Issue Date: 20 September 2007 at Philatelia Köln.
Postal Card
ISLE OF MAN
100 Years of Scouting.  4v Stamp card set using same Scout commemorative design.
Postal Card Commitment || Postal Card Water Activities || Postal Card Camping || Postal Card Hiking
LATVIA
90 years of Latvia Scouting.  Issue Date: 30 July 2007.  2 postcards.
Postal Card #1 || Postal Card #2
MALTA
Maltex 2007 Philatelic Exhibition.  Issue Date: 2007.  The two stamps imprinted on Postal Card #28 are the 16c / Euro 0.37 and 51c / Euro 1.19 stamps issued earlier this year to commemorate the worldwide Scout Movement and one of the visits to Malta of the founder of the Movement, Lord Baden-Powell.
Postcard
ROMANIA
100 years of Scouting – Europa 2007.  Two printed value envelopes and two printed value Postal Cards with several cachet designs each.  Some identical cachets were also used on Postal Cards with the 2007 stamp issue and a Scout design seal.
Envelope #1 || Envelope #2 || Postal Card #1 || Postal Card #2
UNITED KINGDOM
100 Years of Scouting.  Issue date: 26 July 2007.  The first three postal cards have identical 1st indicia while the last three have identical 54p indicia.  The reverse side of the postal cards are printed with designs of the six stamps issued for 100 years of Scouting.  Designer: Jez Fry.  In addition to the prepaid postal cards, Royal Mail issued six similar post cards with same designs but in different colors and slightly smaller.
Postal Card #1 || Postal Card #2 || Postal Card #3 || Postal Card #4 || Postal Card #5 || Postal Card #6
Post Card #1 || Post Card #2 || Post Card #3 || Post Card #4 || Post Card #5 || Post Card #6 
 


"P" Privates {IFSCO Class "E"}
Use of "P" or personalized stamps has become a popular way to commemorate a local Scout event or activity, but these are not official Scout issues by postal agencies or catalogued as Scout stamps.
BELGIUM
Centenary of Hergé - The adventures of Tin Tin.  Issue Date: 22 May 2007.  Duo-stamp booklet contains 1 personal label with Tin Tin in Scout uniform matched to a postage bearing stamp.
Booklet
JAPAN
22nd Asia Pacific Regional Scout Conference 2007.  Tokyo, Japan.  Issue Date: October 2007.  Stamp with the pictures will be issued and sold through the local post office during the conference.  The part of the tab under the stamp designed in advance can take an original design.
NETHERLANDS
Centenary of Scouting - 21st World Jamboree.  Issue Date: 2 January 2007.  1v, € 0.44, available in 10v MS.  The stamp is an imprint of the WJ logo on the personalized stamps sold by the Post Office.
Stamp || MS
SPAIN
Exposición Filatélica Barnafil'2007.  Barcelona, Spain.  Issue Date: 26 April 2007.  1v, available in booklet of 3.  Quantity: 1,000 booklets.  Design features Baden-Powell and event name.
Stamp || FDC
UNITED KINGDOM
Centenary of Scouting Smilers Sheet.  Design incorporates Rule Britannia 1st Class stamp sheet with a reproduction of the 1957 2 1/2d Scout stamp on the labels.  Only 250 sheets printed, issued for the Thematica Exhibition held on the 23rd June 2007.
Smilers Sheet
UNITED KINGDOM
2007 Earl Shilton Scout Group Smilers Sheet.  Design incorporates the World Jamboree logo on the White Ensign Design sheet.  For MS#1, only 100 sheets printed, and for MS#2, only 250 sheets printed.  Created by the Earl Shilton Scout Group in conjunction with the Hinckley and District Philatelic Society.
MS #1 || MS #2
 

MISTAKEN {IFSCO Class "C"} These are stamps or labels that contain design features that could be easily mistaken as a Scout stamp.  Use of "P" or personalized stamps has become a popular way to commemorate a local Scout event or activity, but these are not official Scout issues by postal agencies or catalogued as Scout stamps.
SPAIN
XXXIX LA FERIA NACIONAL DEL SELLO 2007.  Madrid, Spain.  SS with photo of early Spanish Scout leader, WOSM logo.
CINDERELLAS {IFSCO Class "D"}
Cinderellas are "labels that are not issued by a federal government for the purpose of paying postage."  Many of these are privately printed or overprinted stamps by dealers, so they never had any postal value or use.  Their production and sale is banned by the U.P.U. and member states.
ABKHAZIA
100 Years of Scouting – Europa.  2v, MS of 10v and in booklets.  Design using Normal Rockwell paintings includes "EUROPA," Scout logo.
GUINEA (REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEA)
Centenary of Scouting.  Numerous issues including:
• Scouting & Mushrooms 1v, 3v SS
• Scouting & Minerals 1v, 3v SS
• Scouting & Orchids 1v, 3v SS
• Scouting & Chess 1v, 3v SS
KARABAKH
100 Years of Scouting – Europa.  2v, MS of 10v and in booklets.  Design using Norman Rockwell paintings includes "EUROPA," Scout logo.
MS #1 || MS #2
MALTA
Sovrano Ordine di Malta.  MS of 9, v.  €2.20 per stamp.
MS

PMR (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic)
100 Years of Scouting – Europa.  2v, MS of 10v and in booklets.  Design using Norman Rockwell paintings includes "EUROPA," Scout logo.
Stamps || Sheets


Special thanks to our Stamp New Issue Reporters: Carmelo Casano, Maurizio Cavalli, Ric Galvez, Philippe van Hille, Ng Hueeling, Keith Larson, Torbjorn Larssen-Fedde, Bob Lee, Tony Manson, Adri Saltzherr, Berthold Sinaulan, ScouterStamps, Fay Shepherd, Hallvard Slettebø, Colin Walker.
 

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Inventor and Designer

The founder of Scouting, Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell born in 1857 in England. He lived a busy and adventurous life, and as a boy spent much of his spare time in open-air pursuits, hunting in the woods, and joining his brothers in expeditions by land and in their boats. Thus he developed his powers of observation and resourcefulness and acquired many useful skills.

Records of kites are found very early in Chinese history, and it is prophetic that they were first used in warfare, specifically in military signaling. When messages had to be sent over dangerous country, brilliantly colored kites were flown high enough to be seen. The Chinese general Han Sin used the kite as early as 200 B.C., when he was tunneling beneath the walls of his target—the Wei-Yang palace.

From Korea, too, come the tales of kites in war. Once, on the eve of a particularly critical battle, a Korean general attached a lantern to the tail of a kite and raised it into the air at night. His soldiers, believing this light to be a token of divine assistance, took new strength and courage. A later Korean general, when barred by a river across his route, flew a string to some people on the opposite bank, and thus drew across the ropes for a bridge.

Our earliest record of the kite as a man-lifting affair comes from ancient Japan. Two golden images of fish high atop the castle of Nagoya-Gyo are said to have motivated this feat. The golden fish attracted the greed of a bandit named Ishikawa Goyemon, but the baron who occupied the castle 400 years ago kept it heavily guarded. The bandit seated himself in a trapeze attached to the tail of a huge kite. In the dead of night, his cohorts maneuvered him into the air, and he flew to the rooftop. Once there, he stole many of the golden scales from the ornaments, then descended and escaped undetected.

Another legend from Japan is about two rival villages that had long competed in an annual contest to determine which excelled in the art of building and flying kites. Each year the kite-masters offered larger and more elaborate entries, but finally it turned into a personal battle between the two leading kite-masters. A meeting was arranged one evening to settle the issue once and for all. What had started as a friendly contest of the winds became a war of words, as the two wizards of kite-craft huddled with their supporters around a small Japanese stove called a hibachi—a porcelain urn filled with ashes and a few burning sticks of charcoal. When it seemed that no conclusion could be reached, one of the kite-masters produced a tiny kite about the size of a postage stamp and unreeled a gossamer line like a spider web. By using only the meager heat from the charcoal stove, he flew and controlled his doll-sized kite so well that he won the honors.

Riding up with Kites

About 50 years after Pocock's experiments, man-lifting kites began to appear all over the world. Lawrence Hargrave was among the first to begin working in earnest. He made many attempts at flight, mostly with the birdlike, flapping-wing ornithopters, and he is credited with inventing the box kite in 1885. But it was in 1893 that he built three large kites and attached them at intervals to a long line. The combined weight of his body and this rig came to 208 pounds, but he managed to raise himself 16 feet above the ground. At that point, he decided that he was quite high enough and returned safely to the earth.

Man-lifting kites came into vogue toward the end of the last century. This rig was designed by Captain B. F. S. Baden-Powell, who on one occasion rose to a height of 100 feet.

Photo: Royal Aeronautical Society
Other man-carrying kites were being flown in England. At Pirbright camp in 1894, Captain B. F. S. Baden-Powell of the Scots Guards constructed a huge kite 36 feet tall, and it got him off the ground. But later that year, with five smaller kites only 12 feet high, he raised his 150-pound body to an altitude of 100 feet. Baden-Powell's kites were also put to use in transferring mail from the destroyer Daring to another ship.

In the Boer War in South Africa, English soldiers were hoisted aloft in kites to spy on the enemy. Also in England, Colonel S. F. Cody, the first man to fly an airplane in the British Isles, experimented with man-lifting kites. His results eclipsed previous efforts, for in 1905 a kite of his design lifted a man to—hold your seats—an altitude of 1,600 feet! Colonel Cody also made flights in an untethered kite powered by a 12-horsepower engine.

In the United States, where actual flight was soon to be realized, men were also flying huge kites. One Lieutenant Wise, using a series of four Hargrave-type kites, lifted 229 pounds, including a man, over 40 feet into the air. In the same year, manless kites were also reaching higher and higher into American skies. W. A. Eddy made up a train of nine Malay kites attached to a cord two miles long. The top kite of this fantastic rig soared to an alti-tude of 5,595 feet and remained aloft for 15 hours.
Men had floated aloft in balloons, glided on fabric wings, and risen on kites. All that remained was to sever the slender string that bound them to the earth. For this, the world looked to the Wrights.

from :http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/