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1.2 ... which is an immediate success, the seed planted on Brownsea Island takes root and spreads worldwide

Scouting spread qui ckly to the I ~ . . . ---·· .. -·-- :·1-£-8-;·;--;:;=~r~/ftlNH-:!i""" '.:fnJ .v"I\
Briti sh Empire and to other parts of .,_ .. _,,.... .......r·"'"'- .......... W'........ _._...._ ..... _
the world . Some countries took
longer until Sco uting was HIt.. ne~HHwe.U><s r"'"'-T_" AYo;v.:- ~/Jfi .1•77·;i;~,l;ti.;_f~tY,;lI
recogni sed. T he fi rst Scout troop in
Chin a was organi sed in 19 12, and c,,,,e-,..,.,.,,.T,, ,,, QfflO
in 1937 Chin a became a member
of the Internatio nal Scout Bureau. 1 '"IOfl"I"-" ~.. -

V-mail, sent from J>~ e-H4-/U.8>, S-~~tifU° f.i CHiN~
"Somewhere in China " fr1.o#G Hfi
S T.11.. we'LL !LoA-.>
to US.A . in 1945.
No other processed
pictorial Scout related
V-mails are recorded.

Scoutin g was fi rst introduced to A-...INJ""""
Japan in 1909. However, it was not
until 19 15 that Scouting started to 0Nt , ,..,Ttj
spread aro und the country.
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'Mihon ' {Specimen) overprint.

Baden-Powe ll ' s Scoutin g scheme was we lcomed by the youth s of a world in recess ion, with few
organised leisure acti vities fo r the yo uth . Norway ce lebrated their 25 th Scouting anniversary in 1936.

Registered printed matter from the Scou t Jubilee Camp to Sweden at 27 ore rate. 7 ore postage for
printed matter up to 50 g to Scandinavian countries and 20 ore registration fee , valid 1929-1946.