Each stamp is legal tender
Posted by Raven on January 23rd, 2008
Another item I must add to my already HUGE collection of Ocean Liner memorabilia:
The collectable First Class stamps have been produced by the Titanic Heritage Trust in conjunction with Royal Mail and will be the first in the ‘White Star History’ series being rolled out every year from now until 2012 - the centenary of Titanic’s maiden voyage.
Each sheet in the first series includes five RMS Titanic ‘The Fourth Funnel’ and five ‘SS Nomadic The Farewell’ stamps.
The images are taken from fine art paintings by Belfast artist Jim McDonald whose work depicts shipyard people, street children and pub scenes from the bygone era in the east of the city.
A First Day Cover with Belfast or Southampton postmarks and franked 15, April 08 will also go on sale.
Each envelope has been exclusively designed for Titanic Heritage Trust by AG Bradbury.
Howard Nelson, founder and chairman of the Titanic Heritage Trust said: ” We are going to use a number of different images each year until 2012 when there will be a special edition and also a presentation pack.
“Each stamp is legal tender, so if people wanted to they could put it on an envelope and post it, but most people will just be collecting them.
“We will be using different artists for each set of stamps but we rather liked Jim McDonald’s interpretations.”
I ordered my set already and can’t wait to get it…I need to have a special frame made for the sheet too…
