Titanic on new British stamps

 

Titanic and Royal Mail are closely interlinked, as the ship was commissioned to carry mail and so the letters RMS (Royal Mail Ship) were used in the ship’s name. On 10 April 1912, when the grand new White Star Line liner set sail from Southampton on its maiden voyage to New York with 2,223 people on board, travelling among them were two British postal workers together with three counterparts from the US Postal Service. There is evidence that they valiantly tried to save the mail when the Titanic  collided with an iceberg four days later, but all five individuals were among the 1,522 people who perished when she sank.

Titanic Remembered 1912–2012 - Hardback Book The story of Titanic still has the power to enthrall . It comes in a presentation case and tells the ship’s story through first-hand accounts, an audio CD, facsimiles of memorabilia and a DVD including archive footage.

The Commemorative Sheet, carries ten first-class stamps, each with the ‘crown seal’ Smiler® stamp and a label alongside featuring a variety of images of the Titanic story, such as her construction in the dockyards, the launch, the crew, White Star Line publicity, a The New York Times headline and the public enquiry that followed the disaster. The sheet background shows the White Star Line emblem at the top and a Titanic picture below the stamps. This is a truly glorious commemorative collection and one to be treasured for years to come.

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Two Sets of Picture Post Cards are made available at Bangalore GPO.

 

The first set Heritage Bangalore  has 10 nostalgic post cards housed in a small boxed folder. priced at Rs 35/- .The second set is on 100 years of Indian Cinema which contains 6 post cards . These are the reproduce of the 6 miniature sheets, housed in a small envelope. priced at Rs. 30/- .

- Suresh Rao , Bangalore ; Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

100 years of the Titanic disaster….

 

Souvenir sheet from Hungary

Date of issue: 13 April 2012

Hi ! Here is a unique souvenir sheet with two stamps  issued on 100 years of Titanic..This is the most unusual issue of this year with embossed design. The ship theme collectors would love to have this nice magnificent  item in his/her collection !! Thus is all for Today….Till Next Post …Have a Nice Time !!

Magyar Posta has issued an exclusive commemorative souvenir sheet  in memory of the Titanic and Dr Árpád Lengyel, the ship’s doctor on the first vessel to hurry to the aid of the Titanic, the British steamship RMS Carpathia. The main motif of this unusual philatelic product is the Titanic heading towards the iceberg, while the stamps show parts of the liner.

In the top right corner there is a portrait of Dr Lengyel and the outline of RMS Carpathia. The unusual feature of this release is that, in addition to offset printing and embossing, iridescent spot-varnish screen printing, usually a security device, has been used and the particles scattered across the surface sparkle icily.

The first day cover features a portrait of Dr Árpád Lengyel, while the silhouette of a lifeboat has been used for the special postmark.

Titanic

The Titanic was built in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and when she was launched, she was the world’s largest steam-powered passenger liner. She left Southampton at noon on 10 April 1912 with 2207 pas-sengers on board. Several ice warnings were received on the evening before the disaster, but the high volume of telegrams prevented some from reaching the bridge. Although the Titanic was the largest and most elegant vessel on the transatlantic route, it was not the fastest, which jeopardised the planned arrival in New York on 16 April 1912.

For this reason it steamed full ahead and did not try to avoid the potentially dangerous area of drifting ice. At 11.40 pm on 14 April the watch spotted a floating iceberg. The officer on duty ordered the ship to be steered to the left and the port propeller to be put into reverse. A long time passed before the gigantic vessel slowly began to turn, and so the iceberg punctured a series of fatal holes below the waterline on the starboard side of the ship. The captain immediately sent distress signals and gave the order to abandon ship.

RMS Carpathia heard the Mayday but was too far from the scene to offer immediate help. The Titanic sank at 2.20 am on 15 April. The people in the lifeboats were picked up by the Carpathia about 75 minutes later.

The ship’s doctor of the Carpathia, which hurried to the Titanic’s aid, was Dr Árpád Lengyel, who did all within his power to save the survivors, endangered by hypothermia. The survivors gave him a medallion in gratitude. His grave is in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.

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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…

 

View more stamps on Titanic issued this year :

Centenary of Titanic 1912 - 2012 (virtual collection) 

: R. Kasinath

Niger

Angola

Gambia

 

 

  

St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Maldives

  : Ashwani Dubey - Gorakhpur

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 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.

:  WOPA

Titanic Stamps 2012: Virtual Album