Welcome to our online support to Philippine Scouts who would like to earn a badge for stamp collecting! Boy Scouts of the Philippines offers the following badge that could be awarded to stamp collectors:

Hobbies and Collections

1. Start a collection of at least 100 pieces.  Choose from any one of the following in which you are interested: coin collection, stamp collection, shell collection, leaves and barks of different trees, postcards, books.

2. Make a scrapbook or collection on any one of the subjects in the previous requirement.  Exhibit them during Patrol or Troop meetings.

3. Tell why your hobby is important.

4. Encourage your fellow Scouts and other youth to make their own collection of rare things.

5. Do the following:

a. Visit an art gallery or a museum.
b. Report the proper set-up, the new methods of laying out, and keeping rare collections.
c. Tell why a museum or an art gallery is important in one's country or community

RESOURCES:

• Merit Badge Center, Philippines
• Philippine Postage Stamps