– June 30, 2010Posted in: Stornoway News

St Kilda mail is being resurrected to make the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of the islanders on August 29, 1930.

Specially designed notepaper and envelopes will be available to delegates at a conference from August 11 to 14 at Lionacleit School, Benbecula organised by the Island Book Trust to mark the anniversary.

“North Uist”

The stationary will feature eight scenes of the island by artist Maureen Kerr, while the original artwork will be on display at an exhibition at Claddach, Kirkibost, North Uist from August 16^th to September 6^th.

Delegates will be able to use the stationary to post a letter from the island, with ‘the mail’ being picked up from St Kilda by helicopter and taken to Balivanich, North Uist where it will be franked.

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