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June 22nd, 2010
Second Jamboree Trade-O-Ree Announced
I had previously passed along an announcement from Roger Ward of a Trade-O-Ree to be held during this Summer's BSA National Jamboree. Richard Shields has also asked me to share information about another Trade-O-Ree that will be held near the Fort A.P. Hill.
2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE TRADE-O-REE
Sponsored by The Society of Scout Memorabilia Dealers
Fri. July 23rd Sun. Aug 1st
Fri. 7/23 3pm to 1am; Sat. 7/24 noon to 1am;
Mon-Thur 7/25-7/29 Noon to 11pm
Fri. 7/30--Sat. 7/31 noon to 1am; Sun Aug. 1st noon to 5pm
Buses Welcome Plenty of Free Parking
Buy, Sale and Trade
All kinds of Boy Scout Memorabilia
Eagles Lodge
21 Cool Springs Rd. Fredericksburg, VA
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June 16th, 2010
Jamboree Trade-O-Ree Announced
Roger Ward recently sent me information for a trade-o-ree (TOR) to be held near this Summer's BSA National Jamboree. I gladly pass this along here.
2010 Jamboree 100th Ann BSA Patch Show At
The Ramada Inn Fredericksburg South,VA
Siesta Beach Trading Company presents the
2010 Jamboree 100th Ann BSA Patch Show
Friday July 23rd to Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
12 Day Show From Friday To Tuesday
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June 15th, 2010
Just Whose Centennial Is It?
Many lodges and councils are issuing patches this year for the BSA's centennial. I even recently started to build a page on this site for these issues. However this isn't the only significant Scouting centennial that will occur within the next few years. Gap Danish recently sent me an image of a new jacket patch from Nachamawat 275 (Penn's Woods Council, PA) that I believe may be the first OA lodge or chapter issue for the Order of the Arrow's centennial in 2015!
The patch's design pays tribute to the history of the OA in this lodge's area. It includes the totems of Nachamawat's predecessor lodges -- Hopocan 275, Wopsononock 347, and Amadahi 441 -- as well as the current lodge totem and that of Unami 1. It also includes three different National OA logos rendered as smoke.
It will probably be some time until OA centennial issues start appearing in earnest. When they do, a page will be added to this site for them.
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June 13th, 2010
Tschipey Achtu Issues First Flap
I recently announced on this blog the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge. At that time I had no news about patches. Mike Conkey recently acquired the newly issued first flap from this lodge and thanks to him for providing this image.
Notice that the new flap bears no lodge number. In that earlier blog entry I reported that the lodge's web page on the council's website refers to this as Tschipey Achtu Lodge #397, even though lodge numbers are no longer assigned on a national basis. There has been some discussion about this.
At this time I have no further details about the patch. This lodge's issues will be shown on the Tschipey Achtu lodge page of this site.
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May 6th, 2010
National OA Issues for BSA Centennial
The National Order of the Arrow is selling several items of merchandise in their online trading post for the BSA centennial. These items include a flap (conveniently sold either singly, or in three, 10 or 20 patch bundles), neckerchief, neckerchief slide, cap and hat pin.
The single flap is sold enclosed in a special portfolio and includes a message from the 2010 National Chief and Vice Chief. It is clearly states this flap is not to be worn on the uniform.
Upon trying to place an order, a shopper is advised that, "Any orders containing BSA 100 Anniversary products will not be shipped until June 15th, 2010."
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March 28th, 2010
Made In China
Check out this recent post on Roy More's blog:
http://thescoutpatchauction.com/blogsite/2010/03/23/this-is-wrong
I am not a supporter of Big Labor and learn very much to the political and fiscal right however I agree with Roy that there is something inherently wrong with this.
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Archive for January, 2009
New Achpateuny Jacket Patch on eBay
While reviewing eBay data for this site’s price guide, I saw an interesting item worth sharing here. It is a jacket patch for the “East Wind Dancers” from Achpateuny lodge 498, not yet listed in Blue Book. Most likely this piece was issued within the past few years. It was listed on eBay as item number 350154677029. As such listings become unavailable for viewing over time, a partial screencap of the auction is show at the head of this post. Please click on the image if you want to see a larger version of it.
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Narraticong 9 ZS8?
Randy Holden recently sent me images of two fakes from this lodge that had been making the rounds for at least a year now. They have appeared repeated on eBay. These are forgeries of the lodge’s S7 and S8. Randy has tentatively labeled these the ZS7 and ZS8 and I will follow his lead on this site.
These fakes are very easy to spot. The original issues were made using “Swiss embroidery”. The fakes use the contemporary “computer design” embroidery.
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Lowaneu Allanque 41 ZS1?
David Pede recently sent me images of two fakes from this lodge that had been making the rounds. These are forgeries of the lodge’s S10 and S11, probably the two most difficult flaps for collectors of this lodge. David has tentatively labeled these the ZS1 and ZS2 and I will follow his lead on this site.
There are a couple significant differences between authentic copies of the S10 and S11 and these fakes. The S10 and S11 were produced by adding additional lettering to a small stock of S9, after initial production. As such the “Past Chief” and “Past Adviser” text is stiched through the plastic backing on these patches. On the fakes none of the embroidery, except for the border pierces the plastic back.
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- 1958 Dixie Fellowship
Posted on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 in Area 6-B – Views: (34)
The seventh Dixie Fellowship, the 1958 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Steere. Catawba 459 was the host lodge. This was the second time Catawba hosted at Camp Steere. Continuing the tradition started in 1953, the Confederate Battle Flag was used in the patch’s design.
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There has been an odd hole in the Blue Book listings for this lodge’s event patches for 1981 and 1982. Eswau Huppeday lodge had been consistently issuing events patches since the mid-70s. I also knew that patches had been listed in these years as I had pricing data for them.
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Recent OAImages News
August 31st, 2010
I Got Plenty of Nothing
"I got plenty o'nothin' and nothin's plenty for me..."
Wow, where did August go? Most of the month has gone by with nothing new appearing on this blog. It seems like it was only a few days ago that I was struggling with the server switch and site relocation. That is all done now and things appear to be going well. There are still some issues with broken links and missing images but I may be able to resolve that over the weekend. It's good to not have to worry about possible hardware failures.
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August 8th, 2010
25 Hours Later
The mail server at OAImages' new home has now remain unblocked by what I call the "internet gods" for over 25 hours now. That's a very good sign that they agree my server is clean and not a spammer. It appears my email problems are now resolved.
I only wonder who had this ip address before me and what were they doing to merit notice by CBL.
I will continue to monitor this situation. However if you have trouble getting email from this site's server, especially concerning passwords for the members area, please see my previous post on this subject.
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August 7th, 2010
Concerning Email and Broken Links
Update: 8/7/10 @ 1400: The block by CBL has been lifted for over four hours now. This is a good sign, but not a resolution of the problem below... yet.
Automated emails from this site's mail server are currently being blocked by many or most ISPs. It has been listed on the Composite Blocking List for being compromised in some way. I have already had it delisted, but it has been listed again.
This most directly affects subscribers to the site as it prevents automated messages concerning passwords from being delivered. I consider this a critical issue. If it cannot be resolved soon, I will return to the old server and hosting solution. In the mean time, please read the rest of this message if you are experiencing difficulties logging into the members area!
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August 6th, 2010
Watching The Traffic
I've been watching the traffic flow into the site since I flipped the switch here last night. It looks like DNS entries propagate very fast these days! That's a far cry from what I remember when I first built this domain when it still took several days for a DNS change to take effect.
If you want to see what sort of traffic this site gets, you can view the stats here:
http://www.oaimages.com/webalizer/usage_201008.html
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August 5th, 2010
Wilkommen, Bien Venue, Welcome
If you see this post you have accessed OAImages on its new home. It has been running at its IP address for over a week now. A few days ago, oaimages.net was pointed here. Late Thursday night, the switch was flipped for OAImages.com. It may take a couple of days for the DNS changes to propagate around the internet so some visitors may see this site sooner than others.
I expect there to be a few hiccups. Please let me know, preferably in the comments, if you experience any problems.
Thank you.
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July 28th, 2010
Today's Status Report
"Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo." - Robert Byrne
Another portion of this site's move has been accomplished. This blog's software, Wordpress, is now installed and running at the new location. Perhaps I should call it "OAImages Blog 2.0"?
Until the move is final, this blog will continue to be updated periodically. However, my primary focus now is on the site move. All previous blog posts and data will be transferred to the new location in due course.
My goal is to be moved into the new location by the time everyone returns home from the Jamboree, or shortly thereafter.
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Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on January 31st, 2009 at 9:51 am 
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