Titanic 100th anniversary marked by new Royal Mail stamp collection

April 5th, 2012

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Ian Garland

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A collection of stamps marking the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster will be launched on April 10 – a century
after the doomed ship set sail from Southampton on its maiden voyage.

The 10 first class stamps feature the story of the ill-fated cruise liner from its construction to the tragedy.

The stamps include photos of the Titanic being built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, it’s launch in Southampton and a New York Times report the day after it sank.

The ten stamps are being released on April 10 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's launch

The ten stamps are being released on April 10 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s launch

The collection is also a tribute to five postal clerks – two Britons and three Americans – who died when the ship sank.

The mail area was one of the first places to flood after the ship struck an iceberg at 11:40pm on April 14, 1912.

According to a report in The Times from a few days after the disaster: ‘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.

‘As the situation became more desperate they appealed to the stewards to assist them and continued their work to the last. All were lost.’

Royal Mail spokesman Philip Parker said: ‘The history of the 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.

The Titanic launched from Southampton on April 10, with more than 2,000 people onboard

‘As we mark the 100th anniversary of its maiden voyage, we hope that this Titanic Commemorative Sheet and the 10 images which accompany the stamps, will act as a poignant reminder of the incredible Titanic story which has been indelibly etched into our history.’

April 15 will mark the 100th anniversary of the day that the cruiser sank in the north Atlantic following a collision with an iceberg.

Its sinking caused the death of more than 1,500 men, women and children, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

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Or is it to commemerate the sinking of the Post Office.

– peter, manchester, 05/4/2012 14:08

Shame they didn’t have a stamp honouring the postmen who perished when the Titanic went down.

– Darrin666, Newbury, 05/4/2012 13:44

so this is why our stamps cost is going up …50p for second class…
My sister still waiting for birthday cards from me posted a year last june…. only had a 2mile journey for delivery..
if i could walk as i used to ..i would have hand delivered them… so sad what is happening to what was a good service
Ist classalways arrived next day… now we told allow 14 days before you can even mention it to post office staff

– carl, Wales, 05/4/2012 13:32

It wasn’t an iceberg but Samantha Bricks ego that done for Titanic.

– Paul, Grays, 05/4/2012 13:11

Titanic Stamps. Some might consider this the cynical exploitation of a tragedy in pursuit of profit.

– Del, Evesham, Worcestershire, 05/4/2012 13:09

It would be nice if the DM could get the Dates RIGHT.—– First they say the stamps will be issued on the 10th April to commerant the sinking then a little further down they say the sinking was the 14th April and further down still they say the 15th April .—- Who is responsible or am I reading it wrong

– Alan Hammond, Egham Surrey, 05/4/2012 13:02

Can’t wait to get my stamp sheet of the Titanic.

– RosedadC63, Surrey, 05/4/2012 12:47

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