Posts Tagged ‘Isle of Man’

Isle of Man Fire and Rescue

Isle of Man Fire and Rescue

IOM post issued a miniature sheet to pay tribute to the surprising variety of vital Services that are carried out by Isle of Man Fire and Rescue when the heat is on. With a long and honourable history, the Island’s Service currently employs 167 fire-fighters, (over fifty full-time based at Douglas Fire Station and Fire [...]

Year of the snake IOM

Year of the snake IOM

The Isle of Man Post Office is pleased to present a miniature sheet of stamps to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Snake. Chinese New Year, also known as the spring festival, is the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The spring festival celebrates the start of new life and the season of ploughing [...]

Chronicles of Man and The Lewis Chessmen

Chronicles of Man and The Lewis Chessmen

Isle of Man issued beautiful set of stamps Chronicles of Man and The Lewis Chessmen, in collaboration with Manx National Heritage, to mark another return to the Island of the manuscript of the Chronicles of the Kings of Man and the Isles and the loan of six magnificent Lewis Chessmen showcased in the flagship exhibition [...]

Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant

Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant IOM

On Sunday 3rd June 2012, over one thousand boats will muster on the River Thames in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. The formal river procession will be between 2pm and 6pm, starting upriver of Battersea Bridge and finishing downriver of Tower Bridge. The boats will [...]

Titanic – Isle of Man

IOM post commemorated the one-hundredth anniversary of the most infamous maritime disaster that shocked the world with a set of six stamps. RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York [...]

London 2012 Olympic Games – IOM

IOM post issued a set of Seven stamps, which reflect some of the 24 Olympic sports, as well as a cycling miniature sheet to mark the upcoming London 2012 Olympic games. There are 26 Olympic sports in total which will be held in 34 venues across the UK. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known [...]

Commonwealth Youth Games 2011

The Isle of Man Post Office issued a miniature sheet of stamps featuring the official CYG 2011 logo, and the Games mascot ‘Tosha’ to celebrate the fourth Commonwealth Youth Games which take place on the Isle of Man from the 7th – 13th September 2011. The first Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland [...]

The Narcissus flower

The Isle of Man Post Office issued a set of stamps featuring the Narcissus flower, commonly known as the Daffodil. The issue is released to coincide with our attendance at the 27th Asian International Stamp Exhibition Wuxi, Jiangsu, China which takes place in November 2011. The stamps form part of a collection of issues from [...]

Cartoons by Dusty Miller

Between 1933 and 1962 newspaper cartoons by Harold ‘Dusty’ Miller (1898-1964) captured political and social issues in a way that text alone could not. Some cartoons would remain topical for generations. Occasionally he bordered on morale-raising or conscience pricking propaganda but mostly visualized public sentiment. Miller won a scholarship to Liverpool School of Art when [...]

Royal Wedding – Isle of Man

Isle of Man post issued a miniature sheet to commemorate the Royal wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton, held on 29 April 2011.


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