AYRSHIRE PHILATELIC SOCIETY

QUICK QUIZ - "The Scots Connection"

1. Sir Walter Scott appeared on a stamp in 1971 to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. With which house in the Borders is Sir Walter Scott associated ?

2. Which Scot, a bookseller from Dundee, is often credited as the inventor of the postage stamp?

3. Where, in Scotland, would you find the oldest Post Office in the UK, still in its original building?

4. On which island would you find Castlebay Post Office?

5. An experimental date stamp was introduced in Glasgow in 1856. It became associated with a famous murder trial of the period, and the name of one of the participants was given to this cancel. After whom was it called?

6. What design features on the 64p "Scottish" stamp issued in 1999?

7. Where, apart from in Ayrshire, would you find Cumnock and Patna? (Two different countries).

8. The 1984 Scottish Philatelic Congress cancellation and card commemorated a famous Scottish sporting achievement at the 1924 Paris Olympics. What was this achievement?

9. Ford, Eskbank, Danderhall, and Easthouses are all sub post offices of which Midlothian town?

10. Up to 1997, how many basic Scottish "regional" stamps had been issued, including pre decimal phosphor issues?

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QUICK QUIZ - Answers

1. Abbotsford
2. James Chalmers
3. Sanquar
4. Barra
5. Madeleine Smith
6. Tartan
7. India/Australia
8. Eric Liddell's gold medal
9. Dalkeith
10. 102

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