Summer Isles
Total of 14 map stamps issued by Summer Isles
Maps of the islands (6 stamps)
Date of issue 21st June 1996 In all there are more than 30 islands and islets in the Summer Isles group, of which the majority are depicted in these stamps. The furst edition of the 1855 Ordnance Survey of the area was used as a reference to create this unique philatelic collage (postage jigsaw puzzle) Also unique is the use of the Gaelic titles and and face values in recognition of Scotland’s Gaelic renaissance. In Gaelic the Pound Sterling is referred to as the ”Punnd Sassanach” (English Pound) hence the abbreviation ”PS” A penny in Gaelic is ‘’sgillinn”, abbreviated to ‘’sg” which was a Scots shilling worth about one twelfth of its English pre-decimal counterpart. The 1PS value is the first high denomination stamp to be issued by the Summer Isles.
