File:St Kilda mailboat.jpg

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English: A man launches a "St Kilda mailboat" from the isolated island about 110 miles (180 km) northwest of the Scottish mainland, ca. 1898. Usually formed of sheepskin bladders providing flotation for boat-shaped enclosures for letters, the "mailboats" reached Scotland with some degree of reliability, and also to Scandinavia.
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Author Richard Kearton

The author died in 1928 hence more than 70 years ago.

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current14:41, 3 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 14:41, 3 September 2010400 × 555 (71 KB)ChrisRuvoloincrease contrast
09:33, 28 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 09:33, 28 December 2008400 × 555 (61 KB)Philippe Giabbanelli{{Information |Description={{en|1=Chapter 1, a man dispatching the "St Kilda mailboat".}} |Source=With nature and a camera |Author=Richard Kearton |Date=1898 |Permission= |other_versions= }} The author died in 1928 hence more than 70 years ago. <!--{{Imag
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