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 City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, she was built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She carried 2,224 people.

Her passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as over a thousand emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere seeking a new life in North America. The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. She also had a powerful wireless telegraph provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use. Though she had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, she lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Due to outdated maritime safety regulations, she carried only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people – a third of her total passenger and crew capacity.

After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading westwards towards New York. On 14 April 1912, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm (ship’s time; GMT?3). The glancing collision caused Titanic’s hull plates to buckle inwards in a number of locations on her starboard side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea. Over the next two and a half hours, the ship gradually filled with water and sank. Passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partly filled. A disproportionate number of men – over 90% of those in Second Class – were left aboard due to a “women and children first” protocol followed by the officers loading the lifeboats. Just before 2:20 am Titanic broke up and sank bow-first with over a thousand people still on board. Those in the water died within minutes from hypothermia caused by immersion in the freezing ocean. The 710 survivors were taken aboard from the lifeboats by the RMS Carpathia a few hours later.

Title: Titanic – Isle of Man
Date of Issue: 2 April 2012
Country: Isle of Man
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Title: Commonwealth Youth Games 2011
Date of Issue: 1 September 2011
Country: Isle of Man
Denominations: 38p x 8

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Daffodils are as well loved in the Isle of Man as they are right across the British Isles. Every Island garden shows its rich drifts of cream and gold to welcome the sun in spring. The flowers are to be seen growing in yellow masses in the Island’s beautiful wooded glens, and landowners have planted thousands of bulbs along roadside hedgerows.

The English wild daffodil Narcissus pseudo-narcissus is seldom seen in the wild in the Isle of Man, but two other varieties have naturalised themselves successfully. The dainty scented Narcissus minor is called the ‘Manx Jonquil’ and can be seen widely, especially in the north of the Island. What could be an easier souvenir for a mariner to carry than a pocketful of seeds or a handful of bulbs from foreign parts? In view of the Island’s long seafaring tradition, it has been suggested that Narcissus minor was probably brought home by a Manx sailor direct from the Iberian peninsula.

Title: The Narcissus flower
Date of Issue: 1 September 2011
Country: Isle of Man
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In 1953 Dusty’s artistry in oils and water colours led to his being founder chairman of the Isle of Man Art Society. His dream of an annual Easter art exhibition was realised in 1963, one year before his death, aged 66.

Title: Cartoons by Dusty Miller
Date of Issue: 10 May 2011
Country: Isle of Man
Denominations: 37p, 38p, 68, 76p, 110p, 165p

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The stamps follows Her Majesty and HRH Prince Philip through the decades in photo album form representing the royal couple from their earliest years together to the present day.

Title: The Queen and Prince Philip
Date of Issue: 6 February 2011
Country: Isle of Man
Denominations: 35p, 36p, 55p, 60p, £ 1.14, £ 1.46

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Title: Let It Snow
Date of Issue: 20 October 2010
Country: Isle of Man
Denominations: 35p, 36p, 60p, 80p, 97p, 146p

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Friends and Heroes is now being dubbed into Manx Gaelic by an enthusiastic group of Manx speakers – the first mainstream TV animation ever produced in the Manx Language, available on DVD too for use in schools and homes.

Based in a fascinating and turbulent period of history, 69-71AD, Friends and Heroes introduces bible stories in a fresh way, creating clear connections between the bible themes and the exciting adventure stories. In each episode cartoon-style 2D animation tells the adventure, mixing seamlessly to 3D animation for the bible stories.

Title: Friends and Heroes – Christmas Story
Date of Issue: 1 October 2010
Country: Isle of Man
Denominations: £ 1.00 x 3

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Under kindly captors a number of artists and musicians made the most of their time and some went on to become nationally and internationally famous in later life. Such artists as Kurt Schwitters, Martin Bloch, Ernst Eisenmayer and Hugo Dachinger developed their work to the sounds of the nascent Amedeus Quartet.

Title: IOM Internment – Art History
Date of Issue: 24 September 2010
Country: Isle of Man
Denominations: 35p, 36p, 55p, 67p, 132p, 132p

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