Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Manxmen

 Another super duper fantastic issue of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Yes, Nelson is present on the stamp, but this set is for the men from the Isle of Man. Manxmen they are called. John Quilliam is represented as the "Manxman" on the 22p stamp on the lower left. Nelson made him First Lieutenant on the HMS Victory, a 104 gun first-rate ship of the line. The lead ship which Nelson was on leading the charge and commanded by Captain Thomas Hardy. The fact that Quilliam survived the suicidal position of being on the lead ship is amazing. As fantastic as the strategy was, the Victory along with the Royal Sovereign(splitting off as a lead ship to the right) bore the worst of it all in the total British annihilation of the French and Spanish navies. "God Save The Queen!!!!"





JimmyB

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