Summer Isles Post Office

Tanera Mor is the only Scottish offshore island to operate a regular, year-round private postal service. At least three times per week, sea conditions permitting, MV. Patricia crosses the sound of Badenterbet carrying mail for onward transmission by the mainland post office at Achiltibuie; the boat returns carrying postal items for island distribution.

The Summer Isles pedigree as fully fledged postal authority began on the first of December 1970 by arrangement with the Royal Mail when a definitive set of six values ( 1d to 2/6d ) was issued. With decimalisation the stamps were reissued in 1971 and 1977 bearing new values overprinted. All these are now scarce and eagerly sought by collectors worldwide.

The Post Office carries a representative stock of Summer Isles products and opens for visitors from May to September, Monday to Saturday. The entire range is available throughout the year from the Philatelic Bureau, established to form a link with collectors and to provide administrative, design and production support to the Post Office.

• Latest stamps issued by the Summer Isles Post Office
• Archive of previous stamps issued by the Summer Isles Post Office

Contact the Post Office

Summer Isles Post Office
Aird-na-Goine, Tanera Mor, Achiltibuie, Ross-Shire IV26 2YN Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1854 622 272

Summer Isles Philatelic Bureau
West Croftnuisk, Edradynate, Aberfeldy, Perthshire PH15 2JU Scotland
E-mail: bureau@summerislespost.fsbusiness.co.uk
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1887 840 213