New York OA Trader

An odd flap from Nischa Nimat Lodge #181recently appeared on eBay. It appeared to have a gray border not the white or black borders typical of most issues. Was it a new issue, something not previously cataloged?

Dave Scocca was the winning bidder and provided all of the scans in this post. He confirmed the color was true in the scan but…

On closer investigation, it’s the S-7 with a hand-colored border. I will send a separate message with scans plus some details of the edge that make this obvious–the gray doesn’t go all the way around to the back of the flap, and there are tell-tale dark edges on the blue sky and particularly the green grass.

181 Gray Border Rear View

And two more:

181 S? Left Front Edge View

You can see the part of the white border which has not been colored gray alongside the gray front edge.

In this scan, you will see the discoloration along the edge of the green grass on the bottom of the flap where is abuts the border.

181 Gray Border Bottom Edge

So is it or isn’t it?
No it isn’t a newly discovered issue, just a hand made oddity.

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A while back, I had a series of posts on the hardest NYS OA to collect. Ray Gould, had contributed his thoughts on the toughest pieces from the old Area 2-G Lodges. Not sure if this post should be in the Knowledge is Power series of the Hardest NY OA to Collect.

One of the issues Ray mentioned, was the Adirondack Lodge #357 R1.

This one just showed up on eBay, and there was some spirited bidding.  There were three bidders at $ 300 or more, and when the auction ended, it went for an even $ 350.00.

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The 1969 Area 2-G Conclave was hosted by Ko Nosh I Oni Lodge #34 and held at Camp Kingsley their Council Camp.

There are two issues known for this event, a pocket patch and a neckerchief.

and the neckerchief.

Has anyone seen any other issues for this conclave?

Thanks to Tom Wadnola for the images.

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There were 2 issues for the 9th Annual Area 2-G conclave held in 1962 at Camp Portaferry and hosted by Adirondack Lodge #357. Robert Sprague is listed as the Area Chief in Neale Cummings records.

The second issue was a neckerchief:

Thanks to Neale for the scans.  Is anyone aware of any other issues for this event?

A trio of issues from the 1964 Area 2-D Conclave hosted by Ta-Oun-Ya-Wat-Ha Lodge #268 and held at Camp Saratoga. Once again thanks to Tom Wadnola for the images.

First up is the pocket patch.

Next is the neckerchief.  While the neckerchief and patch share the Native American theme, they are not the same design.  The neckerchief while not identical is reminiscent of the Ta-Oun-Ya-Wat-Ha Lodge neckerchief designs.

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Another set of images, this time for the last Area 2-D Conclave held in 1972. thanks to Tom Wadnola for these images.  The conclave was hosted by Thay-En-Da-Ne-Gea Lodge #418 and held at Woodworth Lake.

First is the arrowhead-shaped pocket patch.

and next is the silk-screened neckerchief of the same design.

Were there any other issues for this event?

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1961 marked the 8th Area 2-G Conclave. The event was held at Camp Russell and the Host Lodge was Kamargo Lodge #294. According to information provided by Neale Cummings, the Area chief was Robert Fistic.

There were 3 items issued for this event; Update: 2 a pocket patches, and neckerchief (with patch) and a slide.

First the patch:

Update 07-08-2008: click on the image for a larger version, apparently there were two versions of the pocket patch a cut edge and a rolled edge.  The rolled edge more of a yellow color and the cut edge a gold border.

and the neckerchief:

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