Iona Abbey | United Kingdom - Scotland

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Iona is a tiny island off the southwest coast of Mull in the Inner Hebrides. It is only 1.5 miles wide by 3 miles long, with a population of around 120 permanent residents.

Located on the island is Iona Abbey, which origins date back to as early as the year 563.

Highland Dancing | United Kingdom - Scotland

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Highland dancing is a style of competitive solo dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th centuries in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games.

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Dunstaffnage Castle | United Kindom - Scotland

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Dunstaffnage Castle is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. The castle dates back to the 13th century, making it one of Scotland's oldest stone castles.

New Lanark | United Kingdom

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New Lanark is a small 18th- century village set in a sublime Scottish landscape where the philanthropist and Utopian idealist Robert Owen moulded a model industrial community in the early 19th century. The imposing cotton mill buildings, the spacious and well-designed workers' housing, and the dignified educational institute and school still testify to Owen's humanism.

New Lanark is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Skara Brae | United Kindom - Scotland

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Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC and is Europe's most complete Neolithic village.

Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The group of Neolithic monuments on Orkney consists of a large chambered tomb (Maes Howe), two ceremonial stone circles (the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar) and a settlement (Skara Brae), together with a number of unexcavated burial, ceremonial and settlement sites.

Old Man of Storr - Isle of Skye | United Kingdom

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The Island of Skye, located off the west coast of Scotland is 50 miles long and the largest of the Inner Hebrides.

The Inner Hebrides comprise 35 inhabited islands as well as 44 uninhabited islands with an area greater than 30 hectares (74 acres). Skye, Islay and Mull are the three largest islands, and also have the highest populations.

The ‘Old Man’ is a large pinnacle of rock that stands high and can be seen for miles around.

Heart of Neolithic Orkney | United Kingdom

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Orkney Islands is an archipelago in far north of Scotland comprising approximately 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The group of Neolithic monuments on Orkney consists of a large chambered tomb (Maes Howe), two ceremonial stone circles (the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar) and a settlement (Skara Brae), together with a number of unexcavated burial, ceremonial and settlement sites.

These are actually two postcards, like two polaroid fotos. The left one depicts the Standing Stones of Stenness. The other the Ring of Brodgar.

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Isle of Staffa | UK-Scotland

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Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa. The island’s distinctive six-sided columns of rock are formed from basalt, the same as the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

During spring and early summer, the cliffs and grassy slopes provide nesting sites for various seabirds.

Loch Etive | Scotland

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Loch is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or for a sea inlet.

The name Etive is believed to mean "little ugly one" from the Gaelic goddess associated with the loch. But looking at this postcard, Loch Etive must be one of the prettiest. Well, as Shakespeare already taught us, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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Isle of Iona | United Kingdom - Scotland

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Iona is a tiny island off the southwest coast of Mull in the Inner Hebrides. It is only 1.5 miles wide by 3 miles long, with a population of around 120 permanent residents.

Located on the island is Iona Abbey, which origins date back to as early as the year 563.

Callanish Standing Stones | Scotland

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The Callanish Stones are an arrangement of standing stones, erected in the late Neolithic era. The stones were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age. They are located near the village of Callanish on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

The Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles, is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland. Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Outer Hebrides.

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St Kilda islands | United Kingdom

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St Kilda is an isolated archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. It contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The islands form the most important seabird breeding station in north-west Europe.

St Kilda was once home to Britain’s most isolated community. The St Kildans lived in a village on Hirta, the largest island in the archipelago. But the life on these islands was hard and the population declined. In 1930 the remaining 36 islanders requested evacuation to the mainland.   

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Shetland Islands, Britain’s most northerly outpost

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The Shetland Islands is a subarctic archipelago made up of more than 100 islands, 15 of which are inhabited. 

The islands lie ‘where Scotland meets Scandinavia and the North Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean’. About 80 km to the northeast of Orkney and 280 km southeast of the Faroe Islands. The Shetland Islands are actually closer to Norway than to mainland Scotland. 

The Forth Rail Bridge | United Kingdom - Scotland

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The Forth bridge was opened in 1890 after eight years of construction. It was the first major structure in Britain to be made of steel and at the time the world's longest multi-span cantilever bridge. Its construction resulted in a continuous East Coast railway route from London to Aberdeen.

 

The Forth Bridge is a UNESCO World Heritage site since July 2015. 

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Part of a set of six stamps to commemorate 200 years Battle of Waterloo. The battle ended Napoleon’s aspirations to conquer large parts of Europe. After being exiled to the Island of St Helena he died in 1821 at the age of 51.  

Carsaig Arches, Isle of Mull | Scotland

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The Isle of Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides(after the Isle of Skye), located off the west coast of Scotland. The population of the island is about 2,800.

 

Carsaig Arches are natural arch cliff formations in the south of Mull.

Sanday, one of the Orkney Islands

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Sanday is one of the larger inhabited outer islands of Orkney.  There are around 70 islands and islets in the Orkney archipelago, which is situated about 6.2 miles (10 km) from the Scottish mainland. The island has a population of around 550.

 

Sanday island is dominated by sand dunes (hence its name) and unspoilt beaches. Start Point lighthouse is the island’s distinctive lighthouse with black and white vertical stripes, built over 200 years ago.

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The stamp is issued by Universal Mail, a private or alternative mail provider. The stamps can be used only to send postcards to any destination outside of the UK. This one depicts Loch Ness together with Scottish flag. 

Edinburgh Castle

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Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. It has been a stronghold for over 3000 years.

The site of Edinburgh Castle was occupied as early as 900BC. By the time the Romans made their brief visits to Scotland in AD80 and AD139 it was an important fort

Edinburgh Castle started to develop into a royal fortress during the reign of David I from 1124 to 1153. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century its principal role was as a military base with a large garrison.

Nowadays Edinburgh Castle is one of Scotland's top tourist attractions.

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From a set of stamps about Britain’s best loved comics: The Dandy. Selling more than 2million copies per week in the early 1950s.

A Postcard from the Scottish Highlands | A' Ghàidhealtachd

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The celebrated 'Monarch of the Glen', the red deer stag is a Scottish icon. This species, the largest land mammal in Britain, is widespread throughout Scotland. In summer, red deer are, as the name suggests, a dark red or brown colour with a lighter underside, while in winter they adopt a darker brown or grey hide. The stag is distinguishable from the hind by its size and impressive antlers, which it sheds each spring.

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From a set of two country definitives: the iconic Scottish thistle.

Country definitives, formerly known as regional postage stamps of Great Britain are the postage stamps issued for regions of the United Kingdom, reflecting the regional identity of the various countries and islands of the British isles.