UNITED KINGDOM, Scotland

UNITED KINGDOM. Scotland.

Glenfinnan. Loch Shiel.
50th Anniversary of the National Trust for Scotland.
Pictorial representation.
First stamp in a set of 5, issued on 24.06.1981.
Face value: 14 British pence.
Design: Michael Fairclough (b. 1940).
Printed by Harrison & Sons (High Wycombe) Ltd.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 43,308,000 copies.
Size: 41 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 963.
- Michel No. 879.
- Scott No. 945.
- StampWorld No. 860.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1155.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 996.

Loch Shiel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Seile) is a freshwater lake situated 20 km (12 mi) west of Fort William (An Gearasdan) in the Highland council area of Scotland. At 28 km (17.5 mi) long it is the 4th longest loch in Scotland, being 120 m (393 ft) deep. Its nature changes considerably along its length, being deep and enclosed by mountains in the north east and shallow surrounded by bog and pasture in the south west, from which end the 4 km River Shiel (Abhainn Seile) drains to the sea in Loch Moidart.

Foreground on the stamp is the Glenfinnan (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Fhionnain) Monument, 18 m (60 ft), commemorating the elevation of the lake's shores in 1745 by Prince Charles Edward Stuart.