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  • Lot# : 4306 Japan

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    1920 (July 30th to August 7th): Picture Postcard 'Scouts Thanksgiving Service Olympia, London 1920' with yellow special label 'I am off to the Boy Scout Jamboree' on picture side with portrait of Toyomatsu Shimoda the representative Commissioner of Japan and signed by his own hand, together with Japan 1 s. stationery card showing Japan's special Scout cancel. Fine.rnOwing to difficulties of transport it was not possible for Japan to send a party of Scouts to England, but they delegated Mr. Koshiba and Mr. Shimoda as their official representatives. After returning from the Jamboree, he established the Nihon Kenjidan ("Japan Stalwart Youth Troop") in 1921 and worked as Japan's first Chief Scout.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF