Mackenzie Island is a small (43-acre) island off the tip of the Rinns of Islay, whose owner has commissioned its first set of stamps in 2022.
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![Old farmstead on Colonsay - on an island stamp, and in our own photograph](https://www.grahamlandstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/colonsay_old_farmstead_view_stamp_1024x512-1024x512.jpg)
A week on Colonsay: exploring the places featured on the island’s stamps
This spring, we were fortunate enough to spend a week on the beautiful island of Colonsay in Scotland – and to visit some of the places shown on its stamps.
![Rockall's 2005 Cinderella stamp](https://www.grahamlandstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rockall_2005_cinderella_stamp_1024x512-1024x512.jpg)
Rockall’s 2005 Cinderella: the curious stamp for an uninhabitable islet 300 miles out to sea
When we came across a stamp bearing the name of Rockall – an uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic – we were intrigued about its origins.
![2001 Caldey issue depicting the island's lighthouse](https://www.grahamlandstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/caldey_2001_lighthouse_stamp_1024x512-1024x512.jpg)
The local stamps of Caldey Island [updated]
Of all the local stamps produced by British offshore islands, Caldey’s are among the most interesting. We run through all the issues here, from 1973 to now.
![Bardsey from Mynydd Mawr. Photograph by Graham Soult](https://www.grahamlandstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bardsey_from_mynydd_mawr_graham_soult_1024x512-1024x512.jpg)
The stamps of Bardsey Island
While on holiday in North Wales, it was lovely to head to get a great view of one of the most well-known local-stamp-issuing British islands – Bardsey.
![View of Goat Island,. Stornoway with Goat Island label superimposed. Photograph by Dave Conner](https://www.grahamlandstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/goat_island_stamp_view_dave_conner_1024x512-1024x512.jpg)
What’s the story behind this Goat Island Cinderella label?
This Goat Island Cinderella label is a philatelic curiosity, for which no information comes up in Google. So what is it, and where does it come from?