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GB Historic Scotland Archeology Postage Stamp Design Error

Hello dear friends!

I was tidying up some philatelic files and came across this beautiful booklet of ten (10) postage stamps depicting Scottish archeological sites, issued by Great Britain, for exclusive sale by Historic Scotland.

I don’t remember at which property I bought same as there are over 300 properties in the care of Historic […]

April 30th, 2021 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Philately, Prehistoric sites | Leave a comment

Forgotten treasures and new gems in my Scottish Library!

“The only pleasure in redecorating or moving house

comes from stumbling across books that I’d almost forgotten I owned.”

John Burnside

As we are going to move soon from our house in the South of Bordeaux to a new home situated in a lovely corner of […]

March 31st, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

New Glasgow Quebec once the smallest village in Canada

New Glasgow

While googling for the physical address of nearby retail store, I notice a name on Google’s map that captured my attention : New Glasgow.

Could it be that a Canadian-Scottish link is near where I live? (I’m based in St-Jérôme, near Ste-Sophie, approximately 50 km north of Montreal, in the beautiful province of […]

February 28th, 2021 | Tags: , , | Category: Canada, Scots Abroad | 30 comments

Robert Burns : Our Poet at Ellisland Farm, 1788-1791 ..

Robert Burns : Our Poet at Ellisland Farm, 1788-1791 ..

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Portrait of Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787, Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Bonjour Janice, Marie-Agnes et Jean-Claude. Hello again from Scotland ! 🙂 We do hope that you’re all keeping safe.

Margaret and I were very happy, Marie-Agnes, to receive a […]

January 21st, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Letters From Scotland, Robert Burns, Scottish Writers & Artists Houses | 14 comments

Celebrating Hogmanay at Onich, on the Shore of Loch Linnhe !

Dear readers, dear friends and fans of Scotland, the whole team of Scotiana wishes you a very Happy New Year! May our Scottish adventures inspire you to travel and walk on the wonderful paths of La Belle Alba… Never more than in winter, does she wear her lovely name better…

!!! HAPPY HOGMANAY […]

December 31st, 2020 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Landscapes, Mountains, Scottish Landscapes, Travelling Scotland | Leave a comment
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