Scotland : Her Stamps And Sundries.

Noocassel.



Right.
Can we have all your names and addresses please, we shall come knocking on your door.

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I think this part of the Royal Yacht "Brittania" standard, when the queen is aboard? I think I have seen it on an Aussie stamp.

Musing: Why was the Lily so Ubiquitous on heraldry

Some countries have a lot of nobility of French descendance that used it.
The UK has the Plantagenets in its history.
And good old nobility and, especially, royal inbreeding spreads the fleur-de-lys like a disease

I find this collection very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

rod222 - "Those postcards remind me of the tins of "Scottish Shortbreads" Christmas, and Indigestion from eating too many as a kid."

Speaking of Scottish Shortbreads, this is the tin that we got for my mother-in-law for her 92nd birthday last July.





And one last non-philatelic reference from the National Museum of Scotland - replicas of the famous Lewis Chessmen, estimated to be from the 12th century, found in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

Not meaning to take this off-topic, but here are my favorite Scottish sundries, especially from the Island of Islay:



Happy 2022 to all!
Ray

Oracle, one of my favorite musicians, a treasured son of Scotland from Dunkeld wrote a song a bunch of years ago about the Chessmen, "Marching Mystery" by Dougie MacLean. If Dougie was in the States here in the '70's, he would be as world famous now as James Taylor is...just a fabulous guitar player and songwriter!

ray.mac - hadn't been aware of Dougie MacLean. Just listened to "Caledonia" - wished I had known of him earlier.

And as for sundries, here is one of our favorites from Kirkwall, Orkney along with some smaller cousins.

Wasn't that impressed with the Highland Park 12 but have heard that the 18 is a really nice malt. I would think that a ferry ride to the Orkneys would be a great trip!

Have not been to Scotland, and I've only started collecting in the last 3 years or so, after a friend traded me a bottle of Laphroaig. Now, since I'm retiring this summer, a trip to Islay is definitely in the plans.

Thanks for the reply and have a Great 2022!

Need I say more.

Back to philatelic material from my Scottish collection - letter from WW2 POW to his aunt in Glasgow

Wow!
Love the new material, esp the Chessmen and the Bikky tin.

I once saw a listing of Scot Inventions, was it by John Cleese?
It ran into pages, I wish I had saved it.

Now struggling to find any new material, I'm out after this !






Regarding a BROUGHTY postmark query

Rod

Here is a deckle-edge "sundry" from my WW postal history collection that was mailed from John O'Groats Scotland to Conrad, Iowa,USA on 27 September 1967, for the topic.

Linus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_o%27_Groats

I once stayed at an inn in John O'Groats. You really know you're at "the end of the road". There were no locks on the doors.

"Here is a deckle-edge "sundry" from my WW postal history collection that was mailed from John O'Groats Scotland"

The Krag machine cancel is still being used at the Post Office there. First used around 1905 it is probably the only working Krag in the UK.

Thanks for the comments, I learned what a Krag is today, and they were used throughout the world. One of the books written about them (I am sure there must be many more) is shown below...

Linus