7. Prepare a page showing ingenuity in displaying one or more stamps. Use clippings, drawings or any other means to emphasize the story behind the stamp or stamps.

MIHON (SPECIMEN) OVERPRINT

1,500 mihon issued.  Much fewer in number than the 65,000 mihon issued for the next Scout stamp 15 years later.

Page from
Field Book

JAPAN, 1949

Stamp design by Masaru Kimura, based on a photo of U. S. Scout George Russell in the Boy Scouts of America's "Field Book".  Scoutmaster William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, an author of the "Field Book," took photos of Scouts in his troop in Mendham, NJ for use in the book.  The source has been confirmed by Japanese officials.  The face on the stamp has been slightly orientalized, but otherwise pose, lines and shadowing are exactly the same as in the photograph.

FIRST DAY COVER
The cachet of this philatelic first day cover re-emphasizes the design source.