Situated in the heart of Edinburgh, the castle sits on Edinburgh
rock.
Made famous geologically by its association with James Hutton.
The rock is of Carboniferous age.
The Pleistocene glaciation produced what is known as a "crag
and tail" structure out of the feature.
Over the years stamps illustrating the Castle have been produced
by different printers but the Scott catalog just differentiates watermarks.
The first stamp below was issued in 1955 with the Edwards
Crown watermark, it was printed by both De La Rue and Waterlow.
The next stamp was issued in 1959 with the Multiple crown
watermark, it was printed by De La Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson .
A third variety issued in 1968, lacking a watermark was printed
by Bradbury Wilkinson .
The same stamps were used by the British Offices Abroad, the
next for Tangier in 1955.
Then the next to celebrate the centenary of the British presence.
Likewise, it appeared with a Kuwait overprint, also in 1955.
The Tangier and Kuwait overprints are useful in helping to
differentiate between the De La Rue and Waterlow
The design made its most recent appearance on a souvenir sheet
issued in 2005 with an updated value for inflation, printed by Enchede.
A new design appeared in 1988.
This reappeared as a syncopated (oblong perfs) stamp in 1992
And a redesigned version in 1997, most easily seen by the
shape of the "U".
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The most recent version issued in 2006 illustrates the castle
at night.
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