Here is an unusual and elusive group of six Scottish islands bank parcel tags from the 1980s bearing a wide variety of Machin (QEII) stamps, mainly high values to £5. They were sent to Clydesdale Bank in Glasgow and are from Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, Lerwick on Shetland and Portree on the Isle of Skye. Two bear the Glasgow address and one has a Fort William registration label. They carried cash that had to go back to the main bank and the bags were of the sort taken in the infamous Great Train Robbery in Scotland.
They were sent registered, of course, and represent frankings of up to £12.39, which covers considerable weight as well as the registration fee.
They have some faults, bumps etc. from heavy postal handling, including to some stamps. The thickness of the tags allows some light into my scanner, which shows up as dark areas. The dark areas are not on the original items. Some of the stamps are damaged or folded over the edge of the tag.
An eye-catching group of Machins with Islands, postmark, banking and rate interest.
The postage costs on this item are higher than I would like and, after leaving them unchanged for several years, I have raised them slightly in line with the 2024 postage rates. As these tags are quite thick they cannot go via the basic Royal Mail letter rate. I advise that items costing more than £25 be sent via tracked post and cannot be responsible for such items sent by ordinary post.
As I have some fixed-price listings anyone who purchases one of my items might want to look there before paying. Additional postage is free for subsequent purchases unless they are too big for my normal very low basic rates. If you are buying more than one item please wait for me to send an invoice so I can combine postage.
When payment for lots won is received by teatime British time (it is usually dished up about 4:30) I normally post the item the next morning. Our village post office is closed on Saturdays, however, so if you pay on Friday the item cannot go out until the following Monday.
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