75 Years of Boys Scouts in South Africa – 1907-1982
Boys Scouts movement started in 1907 after Baden Powell experimental scouting camp in Brownsea Island. Scout troops were active in Cape,Transvaal & Natal. From 1909 t0 1922 scouting in South Africa developed on provincial basis- Four Parallel scout Association were created -For Whites in 1908,Blacks in 1919, Indians 1931 and Coloureds in 1934. In 1977 all four associations combined to form Boy Scouts Of South Africa
South Af
rica issued a stamp on 22 Feb 1982 to commemorate 75 Years of Boy Scouts in South Africa.Stamp features Lord Baden Powell.
FDC is listed with the stamp
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