Scotiana

After reading Iain’s such informative article  “Married at Gretna Green!“, I simply could not resist to google away in search of philatelic collectibles about this very unique romantic little town.
Results from the Web were fascinating and I’m excited to share some examples with you today.

Great-Britain, First Issue of Occasions stamps, Set of 5 , 2001

On BFDC ‘s [...]

Mairiuna, I have a great Sherlock Holmes detective story to share with you today!
To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Sir Conan Doyle’s birth, (1859-1930), the small island of Alderney, a bailiwick of Guernsey, issued a mystery set of 6 postage stamps beautifully illustrated by Keith Robinson.

The mystery case, written by Keith Robinson, starts with the theft of an Alderney [...]

Hi Mairiuna!  Hi Jean-Claude! 
I sincerely hope the weather is fine while you are roaming the roads during this festive season to visit family members and relatives in different parts of your lovely French country.
Upon your return, you will have added more than 2,000 kilometers to your car’s km counter and that is quite some mileage!
Let us take together a [...]

  
Hi Mairiuna! I have to tell you I had much pleasure reading your article about Robert Louis Stevenson, one of our favourite Scottish writers. 
Furthermore, it was great to see such a nice variety of beautiful book covers from the many different editions. As we are both on the lookout for new additions to our RLS bookshelf, we will [...]

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A New Year’s Eve Song written by Robert Burns and published in 1796 .

We dedicate this post to Iain and Margaret, our Scottish friends who are going to leave France. Both are great admirers of Robert Burns and they’re living in Dumfries & Galloway, not far from the native place of the great Scottish bard. Let’s say them “Ce [...]