First Day Covers

First Day Covers are specially designed envelopes with an illustration, containing one or more stamps and the First Day Cancellation, all thematically related to the subject of the stamp.

Wednesday 4 September 2013

The 4th APR Scout Leaders Summit –2003


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The 4th APR Scout Leaders Summit is a high-level summit meeting of the leaders of the Asia-Pacific scouting the fourth time which held at Cibubur, Jakarta on 12 – 14 October 2003.
Previously been held in  Philippines (1994), Japan  (1997), and Australia (2001).This event has attended by leaders from 23 organizations scouting in Asia Pacific to discuss the development of scouting in the region.
The Post Indonesia released a special FDC to commemorate this event on October 12, 2003. Design of FDC feature a picture of one scout goes to scout camp and  presented logo of the summit. The stamp affixed on this FDC features Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX and Lord Baden Powell.

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Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX was acclaimed as Chief of Scout of Indonesia, meanwhile Lord Baden Powell was acclaimed as Chief Scout of the World. The Cancellation postmark same as logo of the summit, black colored.

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