Scotland EASDALE 1988 ** Gold OVERPRINT Scout ** Flora and Fauna 2,8£ ** Buy one get two MNH ** ** Buy one get two MNH ** Condition: MNH (**) - Picture of the pattern GOLD OVERPRINT : 19th WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE CHILE 1999 Easdale Island British Local Stamps printed by Format International Security Printers Ltd. Easdale (Eilean Eisdeal) is the smallest permanently-inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides, off Scotland's west coast. Situated in the Firth of Lorn, it is one of the Slate Islands, about 15 miles south of Oban, covering an area of less than 10 hectares with a permanent population of about 60, plus a similar number who own residential property and visit regularly. The island was purchased by Clive Feigenbaum. In 1988 he created the first local issue of stamps using the Format International Security Printers to produce them. The labels have no postal validity and according to long time residents of the island have never even been used under official guidelines of what British locals are made for which is for the pre-payment of mailings to be carried to the mainland. All stamps bearing the name of Easdale are simply sold for direct profits to the producer of them. After Clives death the island was inherited by his son, Jonathan Feigenbaum who continues to produce these stamps (at least through 2011).