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People On Stamps
Since 1840, when the Penny Black featured a profile of Queen Victoria, it has been a tradition worldwide for nations to honor individuals on their postage stamps. Typical choices include monarchs, important figures of history, politicians, cultural leaders, and (more recently) celebrities. The usual practice is for the stamp to feature a portrait of the person, either full-length or head alone. In a few cases, the person being honored is represented by an image relating to the person's life. However, the depiction of a work of art (such as for a Christmas stamp) is not considered to be honoring the artist. The list that follows is an index to the lists of people for individual countries. In some cases, several short lists from related countries are merged into a single list, while entries without links indicate entities that never had any people on their stamps. The parenthesized dates following each entry indicates the first and last dates of stamp issuance; within each country's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Black
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was first issued in the United Kingdom (referred to in philatelic circles as Great Britain), on 1 May 1840, but was not valid for use until 6 May. The stamp features a profile of Queen Victoria. In 1837, British postal rates were high, complex and anomalous. To simplify matters, Sir Rowland Hill proposed an adhesive stamp to indicate pre-payment of postage. At the time it was normal for the recipient to pay postage on delivery, charged by the sheet and on distance travelled. By contrast, the Penny Black allowed letters of up to to be delivered at a flat rate of one penny, regardless of distance. Treasury competition On 13 February 1837, Sir Rowland Hill proposed to a government enquiry both the idea of a pre-paid stamp and a pre-paid envelope, a separate sheet folded to form an enclosure for carrying letters. Hill was given a two-year contract to run the new system, and tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of The Faroe Islands
List of people on the postage stamps of the Faroe Islands reflects people of inportance to the history and society of Faroe Islands. The Postverk Føroya have chosen an issuing policy where stamp designs are relevant to the islands themselves. The Faroese government uses stamps to build a profile of the country's history, culture, nature and economy. The Faroe Isles issued their first stamps on January 30, 1975. As the isles are an independent part of Denmark, Danish stamps were used on the isles previous to this date. From a philatelic point of view, there are earlier events of interest in the postal history of the Faroe Islands, but their first stamps came in 1975. List of people References Source {{Commons category, People of the Faroe Islands on stamps Stamps by year Posta Faroe Islands Famous people on stamps of the Faroe Islands sorted by year ''colnect.com'' Lists of Faroese people Faroe Islands People A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Mexico
This is a list of people on postage stamps of Mexico, including the years in which they appeared on a stamp. The list is complete through 2014. 0–9 *10 Venado Pechera de Tigre, Mixtec princess (1982) A *Mariano Abasolo, hero of Independence (1910) *Acamapichtli, Aztec ruler (1982) *Manuel Acuña, poet (2013)Hermanas Águila María Esperanza Águila (†1991) and María Paz Águila (†2004), singers (1995)(1904–1957), educator (2004) * Cándido Aguilar Vargas, general (1997) *Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, anthropologist (2008)Lauro Aguirre Espinosa(1882–1928), educator (1994) *Lucas Alamán, statesman and historian (1998) *Juan Aldama, hero of Independence (1910, 1975, 1986) *Miguel Alemán Valdés, president (1950, 2008) *David Alfaro Siqueiros, painter (1975, 1996) *Jorge Alessandri, president of Chile (1962) *Vito Alessio Robles, historian (1988) *Ignacio Allende, hero of Independence (1910, 1943, 1969, 1985, 1994, 2008) * Ignacio Altamirano, writer (1984, 1986, 1995)Lui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Malta
This article lists people who have been featured on Malta postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Several of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. For the purpose of this list, "featured" may mean: # The likeness of a person, # The name of a person, or # People who have neither their likeness nor name on a stamp, but are documented by MaltaPost as being the subject of a stamp. A *Veneranda Abela – Maltese baroness (1998) *Giovanni Francesco Abela – Maltese historian (2005) *Karmenu Abela – Maltese Sette Giugno victim (1985) *Agatha of Sicily – Christian saint (1965) *Carmela Agius – Maltese laundress (2003) *Hans Christian Andersen – Danish author (2005) *Andrew the Apostle – Christian saint (2019) * Anthony of Antioch – Christian saint (1998) *Manwel Attard – Maltese Sette Giugno victim (1985) *Emmanuel Attard Bezzina – Maltese politician (1975) * Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Stamp Of Malta
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List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Latvia
This article contains a list of people depicted on postage stamps issued by Latvia, along with the dates of issue. References External Links A *Gunārs Astra - dissident, human rights activist (October 22, 2005) B *Kārlis Baumanis - composer (May 21, 2005) *Jānis Balodis - general, Commander of the Aizsargi units (May 12, 1932; November 18, 1938) Č *Jānis Čakste - first president of the Republic of Latvia (December 4, 1930; August 19, 1931; April 18, 1928; November 11, 1998) * Elīza Cauce (née Tīruma) - luger (July 3, 2014) D * Kristiāns Johans Dāls - director of naval schools of Ainaži and Liepāja (July 20, 2002) *Leonardo da Vinci - Italian polymath (December 7, 1932) *Daumants Dreiškens - bobsledder (July 3, 2014) *Martins Dukurs - skeleton sledder (July 3, 2014) F * Hieronīms Kārlis Fridrihs Fon Minhauzens - baron and author (April 1, 2005) J * Inese Jaunzeme - athlete (June 19, 1996) * Jānis Pāvils II - Roman Catholic Pope (August 28, 1993; August 14, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Japan
The Japanese Empire issued its first postage stamps in April 1871. In 1896 the first persons to be depicted on a stamp were Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (1847–1895) and Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (1835–1895) in honor of their role in the First Sino-Japanese War that ended one year earlier. The first woman and third person depicted on a Japanese postage stamp was in 1908 and 1914 Empress Jingū, a legendary Japanese empress who ruled following her husband's death in 200 AD. She was in 1881 already the first woman depicted on a Japanese bank note. However no actual picture of her exists. Instead an artistical representation by Edoardo Chiossone was used for the bank note, modelled after a female employee of the Government Printing Bureau which lead to a western appearance. For the postage stamps of 1908 and 1914 the same image was used. However the printing plates were destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and a revised design by Yoshida Toyo was used for stamps issued in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Ireland
This is a list of people on stamps of Ireland, including the years when they appeared on a stamp. Because no Irish stamps were designed prior to 1929, the first Irish stamps issued by the Provisional Government of Ireland were the then-current British definitive postage stamps bearing a portrait of George V that were overprinted ''Rialtas Sealadaċ na hÉireann 1922'' (translates as Provisional Government of Ireland 1922) and issued on 17 February 1922. The overprint was later changed to ''Saorstát Éireann 1922'' (Irish Free State 1922). The Irish Free State issued the first commemorative stamps depicting a person on 22 June 1929 when ''Oifig an Phoist'', the Irish Post Office, a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, issued a set of three stamps showing Daniel O'Connell. O'Connell is one of a small number of people shown in two issues, including Wolfe Tone and Arthur Guinness. The 2009 Guinness issue included postmarks with his trade mark signature, a first in ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of India
This is a list of people on the postage stamps of India. A *Maraimalai Adigal, Tamil lecturer, scholar and researcher (2007) *Jyoti Prasad Agarwala Cultural icon, nationalist, musician, poet and humanist (2004) *Salim Ali, Ornithologist, explorer, ecologist, teacher and writer (1996) *Dhirubhai Ambani, industrialist of Gujarat (2002) * B. R. Ambedkar, founder of Navayana Buddhism, architect of the Constitution of India (1966, 1973, 1991, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) *Annamacharya Saint, social reformer and singer-poet (2004) *Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (2005) *Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari Congress President Ghazipur *Frank Anthony Parliamentarian, jurist, educationist and philanthropist (2003) *Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra (1987) *Talimeren Ao, footballer and physician (2018) * M. V. Arunachalam, businessman and Chairman of Murugappa Group (2018) *Rukmini Devi Arundale (1987) * Veeran Azhagu Muthu Kone ((2015) B * Bhagwan Baba, Ascetic, mystic and saint-poet (2002) *Sant Gadge Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Iceland
This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Iceland including the years when they appeared on a stamp. Danish dependency( –1918) * 1902 Christian IX of Denmark * 1907 Overlapping profiles of Christian IX and Frederick VIII of Denmark * 1911 Jón Sigurðsson 100th anniversary of his birth. * 1912 Frederick VIII of Denmark Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944) * 1920 King Christian X (the only official King of Iceland (1918–1944)(as Kristján X)) * 1935 Matthias Jochumsson * 1937 King Christian X * 1941 Snorri Sturluson 700th Anniversary of the Death (3 stamps issued 17th Nov. 1941) Iceland a republic (1944–) * 1950 Bishop Jón Arason 400th Anniversary of Death (2 stamps issued 7th Nov. 1950) * 1954 Hannes Hafstein 50th Anniversary of Appointment as First Native Minister of Iceland. (3 stamps issued 1 June 1954) * 1957 Jónas Hallgrímsson 150th Anniversary of Birth (issued 16th Nov. 1957) * 1959 Jón Þorkelsson Bicentenary of his death (2 stamps issued 5 May 1959) * 1961 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Hungary
This is a list of people on stamps of Hungary. Link The year given is the year of issue of the first stamp depicting that person. Data has been entered up to the end of 1960. A * Endre Ady (1947) * Roald Amundsen (1948) * János Apáczai Csere ( in Hungarian), (1954) * János Arany (1932) * Prince Árpád (1943) * Saint Astrik (1938) B * Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky (1945) * Donát Bánki (1960) * Béla Bartók, composer (1953) * János Batsányi (1947) * Ludwig van Beethoven (1960) * Béla IV of Hungary (1942) * Józef Bem (1950) * Gábor Bethlen (1939) * János Bihari (1953) * Louis Blériot (1948) * János Bolyai (1932) * János Bottyán (1952) * Antal Budai Nagy (1947) * Lord Byron (1948) C * Frédéric Chopin, composer (1956) * Christopher Columbus (1948) * Prince Csaba (1940) * Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1955) D * János Damjanich (1952) * Leonardo da Vinci (1952) * Ferenc Deák (1932) * György Dózsa (1919) E * Ilona E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Hong Kong
This is a list of people depicted on the postage stamps of Hong Kong. British Hong Kong issued stamps from 1862 to 1999. Stamps of Hong Kong were then issued under the control of China. The date when the person depicted first appeared on stamps is listed in parentheses. History Established in August 1841, the Postal Department (later renamed to Hongkong Post) on 8 December 1862 published its inaugural postage stamp featuring Queen Victoria's image, which Ferdinand Joubert did the engraving of. The department issued seven versions of the stamp. In the period between 1862 and 1935, Hong Kong published only definitive stamps and issued new stamps every time there was a new British monarch who presided over Hong Kong. The stamps featured images of the monarchs such as King Edward VII in 1903, King George V in 1912, and King George VI in 1938. The Postal Department released the first stamp featuring Queen Elizabeth II on 5 January 1954. It subsequently released four differently designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
