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Many BSA Collectors have been intrigued by BSA issues from outside on the United States. Whether from Transatlantic Council, Far East Council, Direct Service there is an active collecting community for these issues.

Roy More interviews Bob Cylkowski on a display of some of his Far East Council memorabilia at a recent Calumet TOR.

Region 13 is a term used by collectors for Boy Scout Items from outside the US. As Roy explains a Region 13 patch;

Region 13 was never an official BSA designation for a region which makes it somewhat notorious in collecting circles. The symbol in the center showing “13″ on top of a group of “C”s translates into “Region 13 across the seven seas.” Pretty punny.

As one of the major Scouting Memorabilia dealers, Roy’s blog is often the site to find interesting and unusual collecting specialties.

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John Pannell posted a link to Arrow Corps 5 patches on his blog.  At this point in time, there are no patches pictured from New York OA Lodges, nor am I aware of any NY lodges planning to issue patches for that event.

Does anyone know if any of the New York State OA Lodges are planning to or have issued  patches for Arrow Corps 5?

Please send information and/or images to nyoatrader@nyoatrader.com

John Pannell has an important post on a new decision, fresh from National to abolish Lodge names.

Read it now!!

Updated: Please note the date of this posting.

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