List of people on postage 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 list, the date or dates indicates the year of the person's appearance on a stamp.

A

B


C

D

Frederick VIII, king of Denmark

E

  • East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903–1921)
  • Eastern Rumelia (1880–1885)
  • Eastern Silesia (1920–1920)
  • East Timor (2000–)
  • Ecuador (1865–)
  • Egypt (1866–)
  • Elobey, Annobon, and Corisco (1903–1910)
  • Epirus (1914–1914)
  • Equatorial Guinea (1968–)
  • Eritrea (1892–1934, 1991–)
  • Estonia (1918–1941, 1991–)
  • Ethiopia (1895–)

F

  • Falkland Islands (1870–)
    • Falkland Islands Dependencies (1946–1980)
    • Graham Land (1944)
    • South Georgia dependency (1944)
    • South Orkneys (1944)
    • South Shetlands (1944)
  • Far Eastern Republic (1920–1923)
  • Faroe Islands (1919–)
  • Fernando Po (1868–1968)
  • Fiji (1870–)
  • Finland (1856–)
  • Fiume (1918–1924)
  • France (1849–)
    • Réunion (1852–1949)
    • French post offices in China (1894–1922)
    • French post offices in Crete (1902–1903)
    • French post offices in Egypt (1899–1930)
    • French post offices in the Turkish Empire (1884–1923)
    • French post offices in Zanzibar (1893–1904)
  • French Colonies (1859–1906, 1943–1945)
    In 1871 Napoleon III became the only identifiable person to appear on these stamps which were used in a wide variety of places.
  • French Congo (1891–1903)
  • French Equatorial Africa (1936–1958)
  • French Guiana (1886–1947)
  • French Guinea (1892–1941)
  • French India (1892–1948)
  • French Morocco (1891–1955)
  • French Oceania (1892–1956)
  • French Polynesia (1958–1994)
  • French Southern and Antarctic Territories (1955–)
  • French Sudan (1894–1941)
  • French West Africa (1943–1959)
  • Fujeira (1964–1967)
  • Funchal (1892–1905)

G

  • Gabon (1886–)
  • The Gambia (1869–)
  • Georgia (1919–1923, 1993–)
  • Germany (1872–)
  • German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
  • Ghana (1957–)
  • Gibraltar (1886–)
  • Gilbert Islands (1976–1979)
  • Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1911–1971)
  • Gold Coast (1875–1954)
  • Grand Comoro (1897–1912)
  • Greece (1861–)
  • Greenland (1905–)
  • Grenada (1861–)
  • Guadeloupe (1884–1947)
  • Guanacaste (1885–1890)
  • Guatemala (1871–)
  • Guinea (1959–)
  • Guinea-Bissau (1974–)
  • Guyana (1966–)

H

  • Haiti (1881–)
  • Hatay (1939–1939)
  • Heligoland (1867–1879)
  • Honduras (1877–)
  • Hong Kong (1862–1999)
  • Horta (1892–1905)
  • Hungary (1871–)

I

J

K

  • Karelia (1922–1922)
  • Katanga (1960–1962)
  • Kazakhstan (1992–)
  • Kenya (1963–)
  • Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (1921–1976)
  • Kionga (1916)
  • Kiribati (1979–)
  • Korean stamps issued 1884–1903 did not feature any people on them. From 1905 to early 1946 stamps from Japan were used in Korea while it was under annexation to Japan.
  • Kuwait (1923–)
  • Kyrgyzstan (1992–)

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

  • Ras al Khaima (1964–1966)
  • Rhodesia (British South African Company) (1889–1917)
  • Rhodesia (1965–1978)
  • Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1954–1963)
  • Rio de Oro (1905–1921)
  • Rio Muni (1960–1968)
  • Romania (1858–)
    • Romanian post offices in the Turkish Empire (1896–1919)
  • Rouad (1916)
  • Ruanda-Urundi (1924–1961)
  • Russia (1857–1923, 1992–)
    • Wenden (1862–1901)
    • Army of the Northwest (1919)
    • Army of the North (1919)
    • Russian post offices in China (1899–1920)
    • Russian post offices in Crete (1899)
    • Russian post offices in the Levant (1863–1913)
  • Rwanda (1962–)
  • Ryukyu Islands (1948–1972)

S

  • Saar (1920–1959)
  • St. Christopher (1870–1890)
  • St. Helena (1856–)
  • Saint Kitts (1980–)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis (1903–1980)
  • Saint Lucia (1860–)
  • Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1885–)
  • St. Thomas and Prince Islands (1869–)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1861–)
    • St. Vincent Bequia (1984–)
    • St. Vincent Canouan (1997–)
    • St. Vincent Mustique (1997–)
    • St. Vincent Union Islands (1984–)
  • El Salvador (1867–)
  • Samoa (1877–)
  • San Marino (1877–)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe (1869–)
  • Sarawak (1869–1963)
  • Saseno (1923)
  • Saudi Arabia (1916–)
  • Senegal (1887–)
  • Senegambia and Niger (1903)
  • Serbia (1866–1920)
  • Serbia and Montenegro (2003–)
  • Seychelles (1890–)
    • Seychelles, Zil Elwannyen Sesel (1980–)
  • Shanghai (1865–1896)
  • Sharjah (1963–1968)
  • Siberia (1919–1922)
  • Sierra Leone (1859–)
  • Singapore (1948–)
  • Slovakia (1939–1945, 1993–)
  • Slovenia (1991–)
  • Solomon Islands (1907–)
  • Somalia (1903–)
  • Somali Coast (1894–1967)
  • Somaliland
  • Somaliland Protectorate (1903–1960)
  • South Africa (1910–)
  • South Arabia (1963–1966)
  • South Australia (1855–1912)
  • South Sudan (2011–)
  • Southern Nigeria (1901–1912)
  • Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964)
  • South Georgia (1963–1992)
  • South Ossetia (1994–)
  • South Russia (1918–1919)
  • South Sudan (2011–)
  • South West Africa (1923–1990)
  • Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1966–)
  • Spain (1850–)
  • Spanish Guinea (1902–1959)
  • Spanish Morocco (1903–1955)
  • Spanish Sahara (1924–1975)
  • Spanish West Africa (1949–1951)
  • Sri Lanka (1972–)
  • Straits Settlements (1867–1945)
  • Sudan (1897–)
  • Suriname (1873–)
  • Swaziland (1889–)
  • Sweden (1855–)
  • Switzerland (1850–)
  • Syria (1919–)

T

  • Tahiti (1882–1903)
  • Tajikistan (1992–)
  • Tanganyika (1921–1962)
  • Tannu Tuva (1926–1943, 1994–1995)
  • Tanzania (1964–)
  • Tasmania (1853–1912)
  • Tete (1913–1914)
  • Thailand (1883–)
  • Thrace (1913) - no persons depicted
  • Tibet (1912–1934) - no persons depicted
  • Timor (1885–1970)
  • Tobago (1879–1896)
  • Togo (1897–)
  • Tokelau (1948–1993)
  • Tonga (1886–)
    • Niuafo'ou (1983–)
  • Transcaucasian Federated Republics (1923) - no persons depicted
  • Transvaal (1869–1910)
  • Trinidad (1851–1909)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (1913–)
  • Tripolitania (1923–1934)
  • Tristan da Cunha (1952–)
  • Trucial States (1961–1961)
  • Tunisia (1888–)
  • Turkey (1863–)
    • Turkey in Asia (1920–1922)
    • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1974–)
  • Turkmenistan (1992–)
  • Turks Islands (1867–1895)
  • Turks and Caicos Islands (1900–)
    • Caicos (1981–1985)
  • Tuvalu (1976–)
    • Tuvalu-Funafuti (1984–1988)
    • Tuvalu-Nanumaga (1984–1987)
    • Tuvalu-Nanumea (1984–1987)
    • Tuvalu-Niutao (1984–1987)
    • Tuvalu-Nui (1984–1988)
    • Tuvalu-Nukufetau (1984–1988)
    • Tuvalu-Nukulaelae (1984–1987)
    • Tuvalu-Vaitupu (1984–1987)

U

Benjamin Franklin on the first stamp of the United States, 1847

V

W

Y

  • Yemen (1926–)
  • People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1968–1990)
  • Yugoslavia (1921–2003)
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (1918–1920)
    • Croatia-Slavonia, Yugoslavia (1918–1919)
    • Slovenia, Yugoslavia (1918–1920)
    • Ljubljana (1941–1945)
    • Istria & Slovene Coast (1945–1947)
    • Trieste Zone B (1948–1952)

Z

See also

References

  1. ↑ Libyan Stamps online
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