Sunday 12 May 2013

Youth organisations

Girls Brigade and Boys Brigade stamp postcards


From 1982, a set of stamps as shown on PHQ (Postal HeadQuarters) stamp cards, depicting youth organisations.  The upper ones are the Girls' Brigade and Boys' Brigade, the lower ones Guides/Brownies and Scouts/Cubs.  I believe all these organisations have changed fairly radically since 1982 in an effort to remain relevant with the changing times.

This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"

7 comments:

  1. Yet another set that I have not seen before, I can only plead I was out of the country when these were issued.

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  2. I only vaguely remember seeing these even though there would have been more post with stamps on back in the early 1980s. I've wondered what PHQ stood for.

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  3. When I was at the Brownies/Guides age (60s) you knew a lot of people who were also involved or at least familiar with it, but now I don't know anyone whose children are in Brownies.

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  4. We have Girl Scouts and brownies in the USA, and Boy Scouts and cubs. I am not familiar with the brigades.
    Thank you for participating this week!

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  5. Yes the guide/scout uniforms are radically different nowadays.

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  6. Great stamps! Yes, I was a Brownie in England and so I wore that uniform. Everything about the Brownies has changed radically, not just the uniforms!

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  7. It's nice that they still exist. In the US,I always look forward to the annual sale of Girl Scout cookies..yummy, especially the samosas.

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