Scotland : Her Stamps And Sundries.

Love seeing these, Rod. How did you come by all of this material?

Aha! I see another aficionado of Philatelic "recycling" box

I don't really, know, it's an affliction I have had from a kid.
I like the obscure and the stuff others throw out.

Was a constant visitor to my local Aerodrome tip, in my teens
and came home with all sorts of weird stuff.

I have an ultra modern HUGE bathroom / Laundry, yet use a $40 20 year
old "Twin tub" washing machine, with the perished rubber outlet
replaced by the radiator hose from a Ford Falcon.
I don't see any reason to discard a fully functioning machine.

Glad you liked it !

I reckon most of us here have had, random stuff arrive in stamp Hagners, I just keep it, scan it, and post it.

Join the queue.

THE SALTIRE OR ST ANDREWS FLAG OF SCOTLAND
A white cross on a blue background
From the cross of the martydom of St Andrew AD68



There exists another flag, The Lion Rampant, the royal flag of Scotland.
Since 1672 it is an offence to wave or fly this flag, by any citizen, or corporate body.
That's it on the 1/3d and 1/6d in the following post.

TARTAN

Some random stamps, that have come to stay at my place,
from gifts and swaps.

Whoa! Lovely stuff.
I detect a great collection, in progress.
Thanks for posting.

More Scotland

At somepoint, I will fix the alignments of some of the mounts.

The Scottish Miniature sheets

The Tartan Stamp also appeared with that for the other three countries / region in a miniature sheet celebrating the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day

The Wilding Regionals appeared in a miniature sheet celebrating 50 years of country definitives, together with the designs for Wales and Northern Ireland.

Love seeing all this material relating to Scotland. It's an enchanting land and it's one of our favorite places to tour. Below are some selections from my extensive collection of postcards of Scotland.

Wow! the thread exploded
Great material.
My Auntie lives in Cumberland (Lake District)

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

I repeat just was reading a newly found letter, from Robert the Bruce, suing Edward ll, for peace, not wanting conflict.

We should also be cognisant, the Scots gave us the deep fried Mars Bar.

Here is another Scots-themed cinderella. This one from 1972 commemorates the 80th birthday of poet Christopher Murray Grieve (1892-1978) whose pen name is Hugh MacDiamid. The name on the label goes a step further; it appears to be completely Gaelic. Inscription on the right side of the label reads, "From the portrait by Aba Bayevsky". The same image was used as cover art for a collection of the poet's work.

Size of the cinderella is 51mm x 33mm (32mm on the right) and it is perforated 12. I suspect that this label originally may have had a straight edge on the bottom because the perforations are not sharp, as they are on the other 3 sides, and they are not parallel to the top perforations, nor to the design frame.

Rod222, I beleive the Royal flag of Scotland that should not be displayed by any ordinary person is flown to indicate the currnet residence of the Monarch when in Scotland. The only place I've ever seen the flag was in little packets of paper flags I was bought as a child to decorate sand castles on the beach. So as a British subject (not citizen) I have apparently illegally displayed it, along with thousands of other Children building sand castles on the beach.

That's a nice label.

The Gaelic phrase basically means "praise of MacDiarmid".

I drove south on the A7 a few days ago and, as always, passed this sign on the way into the town of Langholm:


(Not my picture - this is from Wikipedia)