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The International Federation of Scout and Guide Stamp Collecting Organizations (IFSCO) Classifications of Boy Scout & Girl Scout new postage stamps and postal stationery issues is provided for your reference.

ARGENTINA
XII Jamboree Scout Panamericano, held in San Rafael (Mendoza) Argentina, from January 8-16, 2005. Issue Date: 15 January 2005.
1v stamp. value 75c.
Design includes emblem, Scout giving salute, mountains, campfire, flag.
Designer: Mosca Ochenta; offset in sheets of 20, quantity printed 104,000.
See stamp || See FDC

LESOTHO
80th Anniversary of Lesotho Girl Guides Association.
Issue Date: 12 December 2005.
5v stamps, denomination .70, 1.0, 1.50, 2.10, LSL, M 10.00, plus 1v M/S of M 10.
Issuing authority Lesotho Postal Services,
Printer BDT International Security Printer.
See stamps || See M/S

ROMANIA
Romania´s Scouts. Issue Date: 15 June 2005.
4v, 4v M/S, 3x4v Maxi sheet: values RON 2.20/22.000 ROL. Design includes emblem, tourist orientation activity, rock climbing, the activity of marking the tracks in the mountains and the supervision of the fire in national natural parks.  First Day Covers: 550 pcs. equipped with the set and 550 pcs. equipped with the block. Designer: Sorin Tarlea. Also reproduced in Romania Philatelic Collection Booklet 2005. Quantity printed: 244.800.
See M/S || See Maxi Sheet || See FDC || See book

ST VINCENT
St. Vincent issued 4 April 2005
100 years of Rotary International and it's 2005 convention held in Chicago from 18-23 June 2005.
Issue Date: 4 April 2005. 3/v M/S, the first stamp on the sheet shows a Scout in uniform, others show Dr Salk and polio immunization.  The white text reads "Jehanzeb Khan Disabled By Polio As A Child".
See Stamp || See M/S

TUNISIA
37th World Scout Conference.
Issue Date: 5 September 2005.
1v, printed in sheets of 50, value 600 millimes.
Design includes conference and Tunisian Scout logos, Boy Scout blowing a horn, globe outline. Office National des Postes Tunisie, Printer: Imprimerie des timbres-poste de la Tunisie.
Designer: Skander Gader.
Quantity printed: 200,000.
See Stamp || See Maxi Sheet || See FDC

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2nd International Scout Gathering.
Issue Date: 1 April 2005.
2v stamps, 50 Fils, 375 Fils. Emirates Scout Association - Scout Mission of Sharjah sponsored the event.  The gathering was held from April 1, 2005 to April 9, 2005 at the AI-Badea District Scout camp.  The camp theme and logo design represented "Scouting and Belongingness." Designer: Emirates Scout Association. Printing: Lithographic, Printer: Joh - Enschede - Holland. Quantities: 50,000 each, FDC.
See stamps || See FDC

ARGENTINA
XII Jamboree Scout Panamericano, held in San Rafael (Mendoza) Argentina, from January 8-16, 2005.
Issue Date: 15 January 2005.
Offered only for sale in the Filatelia branch of the Post office.
See postcard || See FDC

A local post is an independent mail system or service not operated by a Postal System that is a member of the U.P.U.

Great Britian Scout Christmas Posts are issued each year.
Scout and Guide Charity Christmas Posts

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.

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.

BENIN
•M/S, 2v Big Cats, text logo "Scouts - Be Prepared"

CONGO
Unnecessary issue designs include:
•5x M/S featuring Walt Disney art, fauna and the Scout emblem.
•M/S of Butterflies, Concorde jet, Rotary & Scouts.
•M/S of Owls, Minerals & Scout emblem.
•M/S of Penguins, lighthouses & Scout emblem.

DJIBOUTI
•M/S "Animals of the Artic" 4v stamps also featuring lighthouses and the Scouts emblem.
•M/S "Eagles" 4v stamps also featuring the Scouts emblem, Baden Powell, and Almandino.

GUINEA
Unnecessary issue designs include:
•4x M/S of Scouts playing basketball, 1v and 4v stamps includes Baden Powell.  Gold or Silver foil, perf and imperf.
•4x M/S of Scouts playing chess, 1v and 4v stamps includes Baden Powell.  Gold or Sivler foil, perf and imperf.
•4x M/S of Scouts playing chess or basketball, 1v or 4v stamps includes Baden Powell.

GUINEA BISSAU
Unnecessary issue designs include:
•Two 6v M/S and 1v S/S. S/S of dog and cat, selvage with Scout illustration, M/S dog and cat stamps with Baden Powell image, M/S owl and mushroom stamps with Baden Powell image.

IRAQI KURDISTAN REGION
Not a postal entity. Illegal issues include:
•2 M/S of 8v with fire engines, Baden Powell & Scout emblem.
•3 M/S of 8v with light houses, Jules Verne, Baden Powell & Scout emblem.
•3 M/S of 8v with Legendary Cars, Jules Verne, 100th anniversary of Scouting.
•M/S sheetlet with Owls, Baden Powell, Scout emblem.
•M/S of 8v with Baden Powell paintings, Scout emblem.
•M/S of 8v with Tall Ships, Baden Poweel & Scout emblem.

IVORY COAST
Unnecessary issue designs include:
•2x M/S of Scouts and meteorites, 4v (2x designs) includes Baden Powell. Gold or Sivler foil, perf.
•2x M/S of Scouts playing chess or basketball, meteorites, 4v stamps includes Baden Powell, gold or silver foil.

LIBERIA
Owls of the World, 2v M/S and 2x S/S. Scout logo in design.

MALI
Unnecessary issue designs include:
•S/S "The Century of the Theory of Relativity" 2v stamps of Albert Einstein and also featuring the Space Shuttle, jets, helicopters, the Concorde jet, the Scouts emblem, and F1 racing cars.
•M/S of 2v owls and minerals, image of Baden Powell bordered by English text "Be Prepared."

REDONDA
Not a postal entity.  Multiple 8v M/S issues purported to be from the Island Kingdom of Redonda.  The center of each sheet contains an unvalued 9th label with an image of Baden-Powell, the old logo of the Scout Association of the UK, and text "150th anniversary of the birth of Baden-Powell," and "100th anniversary of the World Scouting Movement." Topics of M/S include: • Butterflies, Part I
• Butterflies, Part II
• Cats & Dogs, Part I
• Cats & Dogs, Part II
• Horses, Part I
• Horses, Part II
• Ferrari Formula I, Part I
• Ferrari Formula I, Part II
• Motorcycles

These are stamps or labels that contain design features that could be easily mistaken as a Scout stamp.

BELGIUM
Timbres de l’été: c’est les vacances! (Stamps of Summer - It's the holidays).  Design shows outline of hiker wearing shorts in the outdoors.

HUNGARY
Scout Airmail stamp commemorate of the 1933 World Jamboree.
Issue date and place: September 15, 2005 at Budapest (Hungary).
Designed and printed by Koleszár Zoltán.

MONTSERRAT
Rotary International 100th Anniversary.
One of four stamps in issue depicts a green shamrock in a circle.  The stamp has green text with "Shamrock."  Design could be confused with Girl Guide emblem.

NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Post at Pacific Explorer 2005 minisheet commemorating both the 90th anniversary of the World War I Battle of Gallipoli and the 150th Anniversary of the 1st New Zealand stamp.  The design shows four "diggers" from the Australian Army and not Scouts as described by the Stanley Gibbons catalog.

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