1. Discuss how you bettered your understanding of persons, places, institutions, history, and geography in your own country and in the world because of your collecting stamps.
PERSON: Daniel C. Beard (1850-1941), author, artist and naturalist, merged his "Sons of Daniel Boone" when the Boy Scouts were founded in the United States. Served as the only National Scout Commissioner for over 30 years.
TOGO, 1961
Two 0.50 franc special imperforate printed on card by Thomas De La Rue as submitted for final inspection and acceptance before the issue was released. Shows Dan Beard and the U. S. A. Boy Scout badge.
LIBERIA, 1979
"Scout Memories" by Rockwell, shows the great story teller Uncle Dan.
PLACES:
ATHENS, GREECE, 1963
Robert Baden Powell's painting "Athens at Dawn".
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, 1973
Shows the sacred Moslem shrine, the Kaaba, toward which believers turn when praying.
PASONANCA PARK, PHILIPPINES 1970
The amphitheater named as a memorial to a Scout killed in an airplane accident while enroute to the 1963 XI World Scout Jamboree (Marathon, Greece).
INSTITUTIONS:
MALI, 1973
WORLD SCOUT CONFERENCE
Promotes the 26th World Scout Conference.
