J A (Jac) Joel joined the 3rd Pretoria (Sunnyside) Scout Troop in Pretoria, South Africa in 1923, and subsequently served as ASM, SM, and GSM in that Group. He was appointed as Assistant Divisional Commissioner of the new Northern Transvaal Division in 1955, and served as Divisional Commissioner from 1962 to 1972.
Jac Joel, an architect by profession, was a keen philatelist, and assembled a comprehensive collection of Scout Stamps, which was near to complete when he donated it to the Northern Transvaal Area of the Boy Scouts of South Africa in 1989. The Area maintained the collection by subscribing to new Scout Stamp issues for a number of years, but terminated this in 1996 when it became clear that many countries were printing stamps with Scouting themes purely for commercial reasons.
| THEME | SHEETS | |
| Introduction |  |
Dedication of the collection by Jac Joel Baden Powell |
| The Classics of Scout Stamps |  |
Mafeking Siam Roumania Czechoslovakia |
| Scouting principles and activities |  |
The Scout Method The Scout Emblem The Scout Sign Scouting Activities World Brotherhood through Scouting Faith in Scouting Scout funds This is what it is all about |
| Scouting World Wide World Scout Conferences World Scout Jamborees |
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World Scout Bureau The World Organisation of the Scout Movement 13th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 24th Conferences 4th to 15th Jamborees |
| Anniversaries of Scouting |  |
The 50th Anniversary of each National Association The 60th Anniversary of each National Association The 60th Anniversary of World Scouting The 65th Anniversary of World Scouting The 75th Anniversary of World Scouting |
| Regional and National Activities |  |
Africa Region, Southern Zone Africa Region Africa Region - 75th Anniversary of Scouting Inter America Region The Caribbean Islands, 75th Anniversary Asia Pacific Region Pacific Islands - 75th Anniversary of Scouting Arab Region Arab Region - 75th Anniversary of Scouting European Region Britain and Local Isles |
The first World Scout Conference to be held in Africa, the 24th, took place in Nairobi in 1973
The Curator of the collection is Charlie Baty of the Mpumalanga Area of the South African Scout Association. Any enquiries or proposals for exhbition of the collection should be addressed to him, or to George Dehlen of the Gauteng Area.
