Titanic - 100 Anniversary Of Sinking

another postcard received recently from a friend in U.S., showing the Titanic, her captain - Edward J. Smith, and the musical notes of the Hymn which was played by the Bandsmen on board.

Nice pic of the Canada souvenir sheet with a Halifax first day cancel.

Picture courtesy ebay seller caleml at http://myworld.ebay.com/caleml/

Cover of 'Details' magazine from Canada Post detailing info on stamps available April - June 2012.

Picture courtesy of ebay seller moonbird1 (SCF member Moonbird) at http://myworld.ebay.com/moonbird1/

Love that postcard Voyager. Have to see what's still available at the post offices around town and elsewhere.

I heard from a worker at the downtown post office here in Halifax that he sold tons of stamps and covers etc for to the tourists in on the cruise ships and also to the cruise ship sailing from Halifax out to meet a ship coming from Southhampton, England at the sinking point for a memorial service on the day of the sinking.

I get shivers just thinking about it, can't see how someone could actually go out there.

Soooo, that would mean there may be paquebot markings available on these and perhaps others on board the ships? If I am thinking clearly that is.

Wonderful history, ncbuckeye, we can indeed sense the tragedy when we hear stories like that. There was also a young radio operator in the UK, an amateur I think, picked up the distress call, including the new - at that time - signal of S.O.S. No-one believed him.

Over the centenary, the BBC aired a moving story of the boat crews, pastors and undertakers who set sail from Halifax to search for survivors and tend to the dead.

I received this FDC from my good stamp exchange friend in Canada:

Deck chair at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. Only a few remain.

Story about it and other artifacts in Halifax is here:
http://halifax.openfile.ca/halifax/...ic-artifacts

In the news recently...

Australian Billionaire plans to build Titanic replica, the "Titanic II"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...T_story.html

A link to the 'Canada 2012 Titanic Stamps' thread by WT1:
https://goscf.com/t/23664&SearchTerms=titanic

Halifax Library Guide cover March-April 2012:


No stamps but they do have the Scott and Unitrade catalogues.

Minisheet issued by Antigua & Barbuda for the anniversary

St Vincent & Grenadines 2012 ~1997 (see next post) souvenir sheet of the Titanic

the above sheet was not issued in 2012. It was issued sometime around 1997 or 1998 after the release of Titanic movie.

Thank you Voyager for the correction. I just assumed and wasn't sure.

Cool story Don about your Grandfather. I have a little bit of titanic history in that a great grand uncle went down in the ship he would be my paternal Great grand fathers brother. He was in the boiler rooms so had no chance to get topside. I myself have worked on boat repairs all my life and often wonder what it must have been like to go down on a big ship trapped down below.
All his wife got from the Titanic relief fund was 12 shillings and six pence so every time I come across a old British stamp from that era that's like a 10 shilling or more I often think that's what the White star line put a value to there workers.
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.or...witcher.html

Canada 2012 self-adhesive Titanic side view, steaming along at sea, stamp from booklet:

Nice stamp Puzzler. I read somewhere that the last funnel was not an operational smokestack and was used for equipment storage. Nice to see that reflected in the stamp, and also in the postcard that Voyager posted on the first page.