The first pictorial Scottish airletter was issued in 1974, followed by a steady, but quite sensibly conservative, flow of issues since. These airletters are produced on the instruction of the Scottish Postal Board, often when there is some anniversary or event thought to be worthy of a special stamp issue, but which the U.K. Post Office, in its wisdom, has decided against. All Scottish pictorial airletters have their printed texts in English and Gaelic.

Many collectors overlook these, often on account of their being part of the much wider field of U.K. postal stationery (which in itself is a vast subject for any collector). However, many collectors do keep a small sideline collection of all stamps with a Scottish connection (including the many stamps issued by foreign countries honouring Scots and things Scottish), and these Scottish airletters would form an important part of any such collection.

The list here has been put together as much as a reference list for collectors as it is our price list. We therefore price all items (left column for mint, right column for used), whether currently in stock or not. Any items not in stock usually have their prices in grey (although this list cannot be practically updated daily, so check with us if you want). The numbers allocated are our own catalogue numbers, and any relation to other listings is purely coincidental. There are some obvious gaps in the details of our list, many of which we can probably fill with a little more research, but we would welcome comments, criticism, correction, or additional information from any collectors or dealers on the subject.
From SA14 onwards, airletters are in the "A4" format, earlier ones being smaller.

Condition; all airletters are priced as fine clean condition, and folded to shape. (Mint airletters can sometimes be supplied unfolded, and any preference should be noted when ordering. Unfolded airletters are supplied at the same price as folded, but mail orders for these carry an additional packing charge of £1 above any other charges). Prices for used airletters are the same for items with first day cancels or commercially used (any preference should be stated).

The list is as follows; catalogue number, date of issue, face value (price originally charged at P.O. in parenthesis), anniversary or event honoured, illustration at left of airletter's front, number issued (if known), price mint, price used (Sterling).

Our stocks of these do vary, and we sometimes have reasonably large batches of individual items. In view of this, and to give customers the option of obtaining a selection at lower cost, we can supply £5 batches (our choice, but no duplication) which will contain items normally priced at a minimum of £7.50.
 
 

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