![]() |
John's Jottings July/August 2012 by John Ineson |
![]() |
![]() One of the most important Scout collections to appear on the market recently was that of Ernie Stermole
from Australia. Sold by Prestige Philately of Boronia near Melbourne, the collection contained philatelic items
Good prices are still being made on eBay for scarce items. In early July, an official partly addressed Danish Scout cover in poor condition and sent from Denmark to the 1929 World Jamboree made £563 (US$ 875 €675). A month earlier a 1947 World Jamboree Die Proof from France in brown made £435 (US$ 675 €522). As I find that collectors of Scout badges and ephemera are not really made welcome at the Annual Gilwell Reunion, I and many of my friends will be attending the popular annual meeting at Midhurst, Sussex over the weekend of Friday 31 August to Sunday 2 September. I also look forward to meeting many of our overseas members at the Euro-Scout meeting being held at Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany from September 27-30. |