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Fort William, Inverlochy Castle
Mailed, with stamp and airmail sticker, but no readable postmark — and a thumbtack hole. Grade: 5

Code: 20546044T
Price: $0.50
Kyles of Bute
The Kyles of Bute form a narrow sea channel separating the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, on the Scottish mainland. Surrounding hillsides are roughly wooded, and overlooked by rocky tops and areas of moorland. This card, mailed in 1959, has its stamp and an unusually clear postmark. A bit of handling shows on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 20546045T
Price: $3.00
Lochearnhead from South
Mailed in 1957 (with stamp and clear postmark), this old Valentine’s card is in fine condition for its age. Grade: 1

Code: 20546046T
Price: $5.00
Greetings from Fort William
This would be an exceptional card (mailed in 1957, with stamp and postmark) except that the white area you can see at the bottom centre of the scan, under the vertical line, is a small piece missing from the card as if someone took a bite out of it. We don’t think that’s what happened, but the space is there. Grade: 5

Code: 20546047T
Price: $0.30
Loch Shiel and the Monument to the ’45 Rebellion
Loch Shiel is the fourth longest loch in Scotland, 25km long and 150m deep. It originated as a sea loch but with dropping sea levels it developed into a freshwater loch. At its head stands the monument to Prince Charles Edward Stuart. The 18m high, round, battlemented tower was erected in 1815 by Alexander MacDonald of Glenaladale to commemorate the start of the Jacobite rising seventy years previously, and in tribute to the clansmen who fought and died in the cause of the Prince. MacDonald was the grandson of the Prince’s host on the night before the Rising. In 1834 the stone statue of a kilted soldier was added, and the monument was taken over by the National Trust for Scotland in 1938. So when the card says “’45 Rebellion”, that means “1745”. The real-photo card has its 2d stamp and was mailed in 1957. The postmark is clear; there is a small bit of age foxing and water staining in the address area. Grade: 2

Code: 20546048T
Price: $5.00
The Dee Valley Near Balmoral
Unused, Judges’ Ltd. sepia real-photo card 24310. Faint mottling on the reverse, otherwise clean. Grade: 2

Code: 20546049T
Price: $4.00
Sgùrr nan Gillean and the Sligachan Burn, Isle of Skye
Sgùrr nan Gillean is a peak in the northern part of the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye. With a height of 966 metres, it is one of eleven Munros in the Cuillins. The card was mailed in 1970, with postmark and 4d stamp. Bleak! Grade: 1

Code: 20546050T
Price: $4.00
John o’ Groats – Hotel from the Pier
John o’ Groats is a village in the far north of Scotland, on Great Britain’s northeastern tip, and is popular with tourists as one end of the longest distance between two inhabited points on the British mainland (with Land’s End 876 mi (1,410 km) southwest) but it is not the northernmost point of mainland Great Britain, which is nearby Dunnet Head. That was condensed from Wikipedia, which goes on to add: John o’ Groats attracts large numbers of tourists … in 2005, tourist guide Lonely Planet described the village as a “seedy tourist trap” and in 2010 John o’ Groats received a Carbuncle Award from Urban Realm magazine for being “Scotland’s most dismal town.” Yikes! Major redevelopment work in 2013 aimed to revitalise the area. The John o’ Groats House Hotel was built at the site of Jan de Groot’s house, and was established in 1875. It was closed for several years, and fell into disrepair until undergoing a radical transformation, and reopened for business in August 2013. Perhaps more than you wanted to know, but this particular card was mailed in 1989 with two different stamps and clear postmark from the village. Grade: 1

Code: 20546051T
Price: $4.00
Edinburgh, Floral Clock and Gardens
This Dennis Postcard might have been mailed in the late 1980s: we are guided by the 17p stamp of Prince Andrew and the Duchess, but the postmark is too faint for us to read. Grade: 1

Code: 20546052T
Price: $4.00
Greetings from Spey Valley
A no-nonsense greeting on a “Hail Caledonia” product mailed in 1987 with 18p stamp, blue airmail label, and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546053T
Price: $2.00
Catching Haggis in Scotland
This J. Arthur Dixon card was mailed in 1986 with two 17p stamps and postmark. We think: you need to be Scottish. Grade: 1

Code: 20546054T
Price: $2.00
Loch Garten
“Scottish haunt of the Osprey” on this “Hail Caledonia” card mailed in the 1980s with a 17p stamp, blue airmail label, and indistinct postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546055T
Price: $2.00
Loch Garten Reserve
Shows an osprey landing on Eyrie. As best we can tell, the card may have been mailed in the late 190s, with 26p stamp and not-quite-legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546056T
Price: $3.00
Ross-shire, Loch Duich, Eilean Donan Castle
The card’s caption tells you much of what you might want to know, and the card itself was mailed in 1987 with 26p stamp and blue airmail sticker and clear Inverness postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546057T
Price: $3.00
River Spey, Nethybridge and Cairngorm Mountains
Mailed in 1991, with two different stamps and readable postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546058T
Price: $3.00
Loch Insh, Speyside
Mailed in the late 1980s or early 1990s, with two different stamps, blue airmail label, and faint postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546059T
Price: $3.00
Osprey
The card tells us this bird’s scientific name is Pandion haliaetus, so let that satisfy the search engines! For the rest of us, the card was mailed in 1990 with a 24p stamp, and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546060T
Price: $2.00
Isle of Skye, Duntulm Castle
The unused card is generous in highlighting Duntulm Castle, considering the overall view. It is believed that, in prehistoric times, a broch or dun known as Dun Dhaibhidh stood here but then the castle was built in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the area was subject to feuds between the rival MacLeod and Macdonald clans. In 1618 the Privy Council and Donald Gorm Og, the 9th chief, signed a charter requiring him to repair Duntulm. This was done, and a second tower was added. Around 1650, the castle’s importance peaked, when further improvements were made, and a rectangular structure or house was built within the wall. Around 1732 the castle was abandoned, when Sir Alexander MacDonald built a new residence, Monkstadt House, 5 miles to the south, robbing much of the castle’s stone as building material. (We wondered why there are so many ruins.) Grade: 1

Code: 20546061
Price: $3.00
St. Andrews, Home of Golf, The Old Course
Many golf courses in the immediate area, but just this one unused old postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20546062
Price: $3.00
John o’ Groats, hotel
This card mailed in 1967 (with 3d stamp and partial postmark) does not identify the building as a hotel, but from previous entries, we know that’s what it is. Unless you tell us otherwise. Grade: 1

Code: 20546063T
Price: $3.00
Perthshire, Loch Faskally and Pitlochry
We intended to Google to learn more, but the card’s caption says it best, that the loch was formed by a hydro-electric power dam that flooded the valleys of the Tummel and the Garry. A bucolic scene nonetheless. Mailed mid-20th century with a 7p stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20546064T
Price: $3.00

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