RMS Titanic FDCs and MS

Look at these.. Precious isn't? Expensive but worth it.. I bought it via my local stamps dealer :)

Canada FDC

Isle of Man FDC

Canada MS

Gibraltar FDC

Canada MS FDC

Ireland FDC

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Sydney Evan dot jewelry
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Bride & Groom Wedding Teddy Bear Set
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23rd April - UNESCO World Book Day!

April 23 is UNESCO World Book Day! 

Therefore, I'm sending  postcards to my friends and share my favorite quotes from my favorite novels... in hope they will be interested and to promote reading among my friends.. ^^V

Friends who participate :

1. Wilma van Vegten (received)

2. Hannah Trot (received)

3. Regina Burgdorf (received)

4. Claudia Bukur-Konig

5. Katrin Witzmann (received)

6. Annemieke Reinderink

7. Patrycja Jasinska (2 cards - 1 received)

8. Sylvie Orsini (2 cards)

9. Mandy Inglis (received)

10. Keni Xiao (received)

11. Chloe Osano (received)

12. Yvonne Zowalla (received)

13. Stefanie Langenberg (received 2)

14. Laura A Clines (received 4)

15. Sadie Ponce (received)



Note:

23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. 

 It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity.

April Received Postcards

April 2012

• 28.04.2012 - Leena Manner

Leena , I received your super amazing & cute postcard showing books and a cat.. totally love it! I was so busy with work lately that I haven't sent you much, but I'll make it up to you next week... Thanks for being such a great friend.. :)

•  28.04.2012 - Katrin Witzmann

This week, I'd received tons of amazing postcards, sweets and chocolates from my dear friend.. ♥ Thanks to Katrin (sweets, chocolate and Hello Kitty postcards and map postcard.... all the way from Germany.. my sons totally love it! thanks for your kindness ♥)

•  28.04.2012 - Shizuru @ Ting Ya Liu 

  I also received aWEsome postcards from Ting-Ya Liu (4Titanic ad cards + 80 postcards ♥) Thanks for your help in ordering the postcards for me.. ((hugs))

•  28.04.2012 - Jodie Nobbs

I'm also spoiled (in a good way, lol) by Jodie.. with 2 written & stamped postcards, 1 envelope with 8 postcards, 1 Harry Potter MS and 2 cards for my son Jonathan... I really love all the items you sent .. really appreciated your thoughtfulness.. ♥

• 28.04.2012 - Andrew Humphries

Andrew , Prince Harry... Prince Harry!! You sent me a postcard from my wish list! ♥ ♥ ♥ Thank You so much!!

• 28.04.2012 - Jonathan's Birthday cards

My son Jonathan received postcards from the my awesome friends too.. Thanks to Heather , Wilma ,Nicole and Jodes as well as Ting-Ya Liu ♥ ♥ ♥ He love it.. thanks for making his birthday a special one this year :) Thank You from the bottom of my heart..

•  28.04.2012 

I also received amazing postcards from Emily Han(1), Fiona Patricia Naughton (2 Titanic postcards), Ana Serôdio Fernandes (2 postcards + 5 bookmarks), David Caleb (4), Jennefer's(1), Desiree Fleming (3 Titanic postcards), Tina Fe (1).. Thanks everyone for the amazing postcards! ^-^

• 20.04.2012

Happy Friday! Received amazing postcards today.. Thanks to : Bernadeta Saletnik (4 postcards, a map , a sticker ♥), Bärbel Plinke (1 cute Teady sitting on books card ♥), Jodes Naughties (3 Titanic cards, 1 Boltz card ♥), 'Zasa Lein' (1 gorgeous rainbow card ♥), Ting Ting 婷婷 (1 poem card ♥), Mandy Inglis (1 envelope with 3 postcards and 1 presentation pack , 1 comic ♥), Leonard A. Clarke (7 cards ♥), Katrin Witzmann (4 cards ♥), Patrick Schot (1 envelope with 3 3D cards ♥) and Amandine Tseng (Candy Candy card ♥).. Thanks a million everyone! ((hugs))

•  18.04.2012

Thanks Clarissa for the amazingly awesome 6 Studio Ghibli films postcards! I totally love Spirited Away!

• 17.04.2012

 amazing cards received today.. ♥ Thanks to Kristie Postcards (4 harry potter cards ♥), Gilly White (11 GB Royal Family stamp cards), Angela Wittwer (1 gold fish & cat Kontrase card), Choonjong Park RR chain card, Ting-Ya Liu (Lighthouse with poem card ♥), 'Zasa Lein' (breathtaking rainbow cards ♥), Thitar Aung (1 cover) and Ro Hsieh (7 Taiwan odd shaped cards ♥ ) and also a Titanic card from Jodes Naughties ♥.. Thank You so much my friends... ^-^v

Spirited Away

I received 6 totally awesome postcards of Spirited Away from Clarissa! I really love the movie! :)

Message in a Bottle

Thanks Yvi for this beautiful postcard!

Titanic OST - My Heart Will Go On

Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you
That is how I know you, go on

Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you, go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone

Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold you
In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

You're here, there's nothing I fear
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Message in a Bottle

One beautiful card from Hanna! Love it!

100 Years of the Titanic

One hundred years ago, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. To this day, My fascination with the Titanic's maiden voyage hasn't faded at all. I come across a website with so many interesting information and photos.. I'm sharing some here :)

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic leaves from Southampton, England on her maiden voyage, April 10, 1912. Titanic called at Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland before heading westward toward New York. Four days into the crossing, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m., 375 miles south of Newfoundland. 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.(Frank O. Braynard Collection) 

Captain Edward John Smith, commander of the Titanic. The ship he commanded was the largest afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. Titanic was a massive ship - 883 feet long, 92 feet wide, and weighing 52,310 long tons (a long ton is 2240 pounds). It was 175 feet tall from the keel to the top of the four stacks or funnels, almost 35 feet of which was below the waterline. The Titanic was taller above the water than most urban buildings of the time. (The New York Times Archives)

This is believed to be the iceberg that sank the Titanic on April 14-15, 1912. The photograph was taken from the deck of the Western Union Cable Ship, Mackay Bennett, commanded by Captain DeCarteret. The Mackay Bennett was one of the first ships to reach the scene of the Titanic disaster. According to Captain DeCarteret, this was the only berg at the scene of the sinking when he arrived. It was assumed, therefore, that it was responsible for the sea tragedy. The glancing collision with the iceberg caused Titanic's hull plates to buckle inward 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. (United States Coast Guard)

Though Titanic 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. This Sepia photograph depicting the recovery of Titanic passengers is among memorabilia set to go under the hammer at Christies in London, May 2012. (Paul Treacy/ EPA/PA)

R.M.S. Titanic's bow in 1999. (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology)

Source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/04/the_titanic_at_100_years.html

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Madewell belt
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Christian louboutin handbag
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