Stamps on Titanic..

 

 

 

100 Years of Titanic Disasters

The 15th of April, 2012,  marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the R.M.S Titanic The Titanic disaster remains one of the most vivid ones in human history and its hundredth year has seen a spate of commemorative activity in 2012. Apart from the release of the Titanic 3D movie in early April, number of postal administrations have issued stamps to mark this tragic event. Here are some more issues in this series…

 

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Centenary of Titanic 1912 - 2012 (virtual collection) 

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Maldives

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New Titanic stamps..

 

New Titanic centenary stamps from Ireland…

Thomas Andrews is on the 55c stamp. 

Ger Garland designed four stamps featuring the faces of four Titanic passengers, which have been unveiled in Cobh, Co. Cork.There are two 55c stamps - one with Co. Down Titanic shipbuilder Thomas Andrews and another of Irish photographer Father Browne, who left the ship at his hometown of Cork. There are also two 82c stamps.

One shows Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith surrounded by oblivious passengers on the doomed ship’s stern and the other is of life boat six survivor Molly Brown with the first class staircase behind her.

There’s a strong postal connection with the Titanic, which was also an RMS Royal Mail ship. It had five postal clerks on board, three Americans and two British. All lost their lives when the ship sank.

Titanic survivor Albert Thessinger was the last person to see them alive. “I urged them to leave their work,” he said. “They shook their heads and continued at work. I saw them no more.”

    Titanic Captain Edward Smith is on the 82c stamp

Molly Brown on the Titanic

Fr Browne left the Titanic at Cobh, Co Cork

Belgium

The Belgium Post has issued a stamp sheet to commemorate the centennial of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

The sheet is sold together with the 3D glasses, in order buyers could enjoy the viewing of the Titanic movie in 3D issued in 2012 and directed by James Cameron.

 

New stamps on Birds

 

Birds of the Rock

Date of Issue : 16 April 2012

Gibraltar Post issued a new set of Definitive stamps featuring birds on 16 April 2012. Though the stamps are definitive but look very attractive !! It is a beautiful set for bird lovers !!

Definitive 2012 'Birds of the Rock'

Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) Two species of Nightjar are found in Europe, both of which migrate past Gibraltar.The Red-necked Nightjar breeds only in the western Mediterranean and migrates to tropical Africa during the autumn, returning in the late spring. They are most frequently seen in Gibraltar during levanter conditions. This species feeds mainly on nocturnal flying insects and breeds primarily in open woodlands, favouring Stone Pine woods, which echo at night with its distinctive call.

Little Owl (Athene noctua) This owl, which is found from North Africa and Western Europe to China, is the most common nocturnal bird of prey in Gibraltar. 8-12 pairs breed in cliff habitat around the Rock, and less frequently in holes in old walls. They prey on insects, reptiles and small mammals, and can sometimes be seen during daylight hours. Clutches consist of 3-5 eggs. Little Owls are not migratory and birds are present all year round.

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) This is a migratory species that spends the winter in tropical Africa and returns to Europe to breed in the late spring. Although declining throughout part of its range, the Spotted Flycatcher is a common migrant in Gibraltar. The species began to breed in the Botanic Gardens in 2009 and has done so ever since. Clutch size normally consists of 4-6 eggs. Up to three young have been reared in Gibraltar. In spite of its name the Spotted Flycatcher is streaked rather than spotted.

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New Stamps from Bulgaria

 

100 years of an ambitious project, the liner Titanic

Date of Issue : 10 April 2012

The Bulgarian Post  issued a  souvenir sheet  on 10 April 2012  to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the legendary RMS Titanic.

RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

100 years of the first baptism by fire of Bulgarian aviation in the sky over Edirne

Date of Issue : 10 April 2012

 

20th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition

Date of Issue : 07.04.2012

Europa 2012

 

Date of Issue : 4 April 2012

 

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R.M.S. Titanic - 1912 - 2012

 

100 Years of Titanic

The Ecuadorian Post  released a stamp  entitled "R.M.S. Titanic 1912 - 2012", which consists of two block sheets of two First Day Covers. This year the entire world marks 100 years since RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.

The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

The two different FDCs issued by Ecuadorian Post . One features the  interior design of  Titanic and the other one features the route of Titanic.

Titanic 100 Years….

 

 

Date of Issue : 14 April 2012

Hi !

The dates 12 – 15 April are associated with the most tragic disaster of Titanic and this post is a tribute to all those who died in this disaster…This tragic event completes 100 years ….Many postal administrations have issued postage stamps this year on centenary of Titanic…A £3 stamp will be issued by Jersey Post on 14  April 2012 to mark 100 years since RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. Aland Post will issue a postage stamp on 16th April on 100 years of Titanic..All these are collectible items to remember the tragic event that took place 100 years ago !!

Aland 

Date of Issue : 16 April 2012

The date 15 April 1912 is highly associated with the ocean-going steamship Titanic that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton on her way to New York City and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. 

The wreck of Titanic is worldwide known and a number of movies has been filmed and novels written about the tragic event when 1517 persons lost their lives. Commemorating that 100 years have passed since this catastrophe, Åland Post presents a stamp in April 2012 on the theme Titanic 100 years. 

A total of 2207 persons were on board the Titanic, 231 of whom were of Nordic descent. Many were emigrating to America, seeking their fortune in a new country.

Alderney

 

Date of Issue : 22 February 2012

No other ship has cast a bigger shadow than the Titanic, which remains the most iconic vessel of our time.

On her tragic maiden voyage, more than 1,500 people died when the "practically unsinkable" ship hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912.

Much has been written about the ship, its passengers and those who survived the disaster.  Here, we take a look at some of the facts, as well as the myth and legend surrounding the Titanic:-

• Some of the most important ice warnings didn't reach the Titanic's bridge on 14 April 1912. Recorded ice warnings were sent through the day from other ships in the vicinity and the officers knew they were approaching a large ice field.
• Even though the order had been given that women and children were to be evacuated first, a surprisingly large number of them perished, most being second and third class passengers. Initially, some of the limited lifeboats were leaving the ship only half full.
• Captain Edward J Smith was planning to retire in 1911 but White Star Line convinced him to stay and oversee the Titanic's first transatlantic crossing. Captain Smith had promised his wife Eleanor and daughter Helen that he would retire after Titanic's first voyage.
• Contained within the ship's cargo hold were three crates of ancient models which passenger Molly Brown had secured for Denver Museum. This shipment is thought to be the source of the story reported by several New York newspapers following the disaster: that the ship's hold contained an Egyptian mummy whose presence may have cursed the maiden voyage. The story is, of course, completely untrue, as there was no mummy onboard.
• Over 750 passengers travelled in first class, where tickets cost £525.00 (approximately £34,150.00 today). The most luxurious suites were on "B" deck where tickets cost £945.00 (approximately £61,500.00 today).
• Miss Violet Jessop was a crew member on all three White Star Line ships - the Titanic, Olympia and Britannic. All three suffered misfortunes and Miss Jessop survived each time.
• The last remaining survivor, Millvina Dean, died on 31 May 2009 in a nursing home in Southampton, aged 97. She was scheduled to board the Adriatic with her parents and brother but the coal strike meant they were transferred to the Titanic as third class passengers. She never married and shunned any attention, only embracing it in later years when she attended events.

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Titanic Stamps 2012: Virtual Album

100 Years of Titanic Disaster…

 

Date of Issue : 10 April 2012

Royal Mail is to release a special commemorative sheet of stamps to mark the centenary of the Titanic's tragic maiden voyage.The sheet will be issued on 10 April, the day RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton to New York, and will feature 10 x 1st class stamps featuring a red Royalty Seal.

Then the world's largest passenger liner, RMS Titanic was built at the world famous Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and was regarded as unsinkable.The Titanic's voyage began with her departure from Southampton at noon on 10 April 1912. She stopped at Cherbourg in France to pick up more passengers and mail before journeying through the night to Queenstown(Cobh) in Ireland.

There the Titanic picked up the last of the passengers and a further 1,385 sacks of mail, before setting off across the Atlantic early in the afternoon on 11 April. However, four days into its historic journey and with 2,223 passengers on board, it hit an iceberg and sank within three hours.

Five postal clerks were among the 1,500 passengers who perished. Two British postal clerks, James Bertram Williamson and John Richard Jago Smith, based in Southampton, were working in the doomed ship's mail area along with three American postal staff.

The five men would have been kept busy sorting both the mail loaded on board and also letters posted by passengers in the Titanic's own posting boxes.

The Titanic's mail area was deep down in the ship on two deck levels. The mail was stacked along with first class luggage on the lower level and sorted just above on G deck. These two levels were connected by a companionway which continued up to F deck. When the Titanic struck the iceberg, the lower mail area was one of the first places to flood.

A report carried in The Times a few days after the disaster stated "All five completely disregarded their own safety when the vessel struck and began to carry the 200 sacks of registered mail to the upper deck. The report continues:  "As the situation became more desperate they appealed to the stewards to assist them and continued their work to the last. All were lost."

A further quote from ship Steward Albert Theissinger, one of the 705 who survived the disaster says:" I urged them to leave their work. They shook their heads and continued at their work. It might have been an inrush of water later that cut off their escape, or it may have been the explosion. I saw them no more."

The bodies of the five postal workers were never recovered - nor was any of the mail aboard the Titanic.

The Titanic Commemorative Sheet comes in a fully illustrated presentation folder that tells the story of RMS Titanic, while each of the ten stamps features fascinating individual archive images of the construction and launch of the ship.

Titanic Picture Postcards

The brief life and tragic end of the Royal Mail Ship Titanic coincided with the first “golden age” of picture postcards, which lasted from 1907 to 1915, and postcards form an important part of the ship’s legacy. However, relatively few photographs exist of Titanic. Most images purporting to be the ship actually picture her slightly older, nearly identical sister, Olympic. Here are some examples from the National Postal Museum’s collection and the exhibition Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic.

 

Above: Pre-disaster postcard
National Postal Museum Curatorial / History Reference File

Above: Pre-disaster postcard, front and back
Courtesy Dr. Edward and Joanne Dauer

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