List of people on the postage stamps of Azerbaijan

Designs on the postage stamps of Azerbaijan closely follow the political history of Azerbaijan. The country briefly obtained independence in 1918, lost it to the Soviet Union in 1920, and re-acquired it in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Throughout that period 87 different persons have been depicted on stamps, excluding those featuring national football teams. Some people are featured on souvenir sheets. The currency value of the stamps (in Azerbaijani manats or qapiks) varies depending on the year of issue. The person featured most frequently over the years is President Heydar Aliyev (over 15 times). Zarifa Aliyeva, Huseyn Aliyev, Huseyn Javid, John Paul II, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Nasiraddin Tusi have been featured twice (excluding overprints).

The first Azerbaijani national postage stamps were issued by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920); they depicted ordinary individuals. From 1920s until 1991 Azerbaijan used Soviet postage stamps.[1] The national postage stamp company Azermarka began functioning in 1992. People have been featured on stamps of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 1993. The first person to be featured on a postage stamp after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was Heydar Aliyev, the third President of Azerbaijan. In 1998 the company Europhila Stamp Ltd put into circulation illegal postage stamps, allegedly issued in Nakhchivan, which depict Diana, Princess of Wales and the British pop group Spice Girls.[2] Genuine Azerbaijani postage stamps of that year, featuring Princess Diana, are shown below.

Year Image Person(s) Value Dimensions (mm) Circulation Notes
1993 Heydar Aliyev 25 AZN 36×40 25,000[3] Se-tenant stamps
1994 Heydar Aliyev 150 AZN 100×70[A] 70,000[4] —
1994 Pierre de Coubertin 100 AZN — 30,000[5] Dedicated to the IOC centenary
1994 Fuzûlî 10 AZN 33×50 20,000[C][6] —
1994 Jalil Mammadguluzadeh 20 AZN 31×52 100,000[7] Dedicated to Mammadguluzadeh's 125th anniversary
1994 Peter von Bilderling, Alfred Nobel, Ludvig Nobel, Robert Nobel 50 AZN — 50,000[8] Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the Nobel Brothers Company
1994 Mammed Amin Rasulzade 15 AZN 40×40 100,000[9] —
1995 Heydar Aliyev and Boutros Boutros-Ghali 250 AZN 42.6×28.5 36,000[10] Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of UN
1995 Bonnie Blair, Nancy Kerrigan, Takanori Kono, Philippe LaRoche, Katja Seizinger, Alexei Urmanov 10 AZN (Urmanov) 25 AZN (Kerrigan), 40 AZN (Blair), 50 AZN (Kono), 80 AZN (LaRoche), 200 AZN (Seizinger) — — 1994 Winter Olympics theme
1995 Mary Cleave, Valentina Tereshkova, Tamara Jernigan, Wendy Lawrence, Mae Jemison, Cady Coleman, Ellen Shulman, Mary Weber 100 AZN each 28.45×42.58[B], 36×78[D] 125,000[D][11] Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11 spaceflight
1995 Uzeyir Hajibeyov 250 AZN 31×48 50,000[12] —
1995 Vahid Iskandarov 400 AZN 31×48 50,000[12] —
1995 John Lennon 500 AZN 42.5×28.6 80,000[13] Features Lennon's self-portrait[13]
1996 Mustafa Topchubashev 300 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[14] —
1996 Muhammad Ali 100 AZN 42.6×28.5 20,000[15] —
1996 Huseyn Aliyev 100 AZN 42.6×29.5[B], 137×100[D] 75,000[B], 25,000[D][16] —
1996 Saïd Aouita 200 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[15] —
1996 Rashid Behbudov 100 AZN 48×31 50,000[17] —
1996 Nadia Comaneci 300 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[15] —
1996 Nazim Huseynov 500 AZN 74×104[A] 25,000[15] —
1996 Olga Korbut 250 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[15] —
1996 Carl Lewis 50 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[15] —
1996 Greg Louganis 400 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[15] —
1996 Yusif Mammadaliyev 100 AZN 48×31 50,000[18] —
1996 Li Ning 150 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[15] —
1997 Ilyas Afandiyev 250 AZN 48.3×31.8 40,000[19] —
1997 Aziz Aliyev 250 AZN 48.3×31.8 40,000[19] —
1997 Tofiq Bahramov 1,500 AZN 51.3×38.5 50,000[D][20] —
1997 Italy national football team, Argentina national football team, Uruguay national football team, Brazil national football team, England national football team, Germany national football team 250 AZN each 51.3×38.5[B] — —
1997 Fatali Khan Khoyski 250 AZN 48.3×31.8 40,000[19] —
1997 Nariman Narimanov 250 AZN 48.3×31.8 40,000[19] —
1997 Huseyn Rasulbayov 250 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[21] —
1997 Khaqani 250 AZN 30.6×48.3 40,000[D][22] —
1998 Hasan Aliyev 500 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[23] —
1998 Heydar Aliyev 500 AZN 51×37.5[B], 114×890[A] 50,000[24] Issued for the 75th anniversary of Aliyev
1998 Ashig Alasgar 250 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[25] —
1998 Bahram V 100 AZN 22.1×24.4 1,000,000[26] —
1998 Bulbul 500 AZN 28.5×42.6 25,000[27] —
1998 Diana, Princess of Wales and Elizabeth II 400 AZN each 42.6×28.5[B], 142×135[D] 240,000[B], 40,000[D][28] Two sets. Each sheetlet designed by grisaille
1998 Gara Garayev 250 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[25] Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Garayev
1998 Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov 500 AZN 42.6×28.5[B], 70×100[A] 50,000[29] —
1998 Katarina Witt, Elvis Stojko, Midori Ito, Kristi Yamaguchi, John Curry and Chen Lu 250 AZN each 42.6×28.5[B], 138×115[C] 50,000[29] 1998 Winter Olympics theme
1998 Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar 250 AZN 42.6×28.5 40,000[25] —
1999 Heydar Aliyev 1,000 AZN 28×40 125,000[30] Coupling stamps
1999 Jafar Jabbarly 250 AZN 42×30 100,000[31] Dedicated to Jabbarly's centenary
2000 Sabit Rahman 1,000 AZN 48×30 100,000[32] Issued for the 90th anniversary of Rahman
2000 Rasul Rza 250 AZN 40×30 25,000[33] Issued for the 90th anniversary of Rza
2001 Namig Abdullayev, Zemfira Meftahatdinova, Vugar Alakbarov 1,000 AZN each 42×28 each 25,000[D][34] 2000 Summer Olympics theme
2001 Heydar Aliyev 5,000 AZN 32×51 10,000[35] Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence. The first Azerbaijan postage stamp produced with genuine 22 carat gold[35]
2001 Heydar Aliyev and Vladimir Putin 1,000 AZN 42×28 20,000[36] —
2001 Yuri Gagarin 3,000 AZN 42×28[B], 83×57[A] 20,000[37] Issued for the 40th anniversary of the first human spaceflight
2001 Nasiraddin Tusi 3,000 AZN 60×48 25,000[38] Issued for the 800th anniversary of Tusi
2002 Heydar Aliyev and Jiang Zemin 1,000 AZN 40×30 170,000[39] Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijani-Chinese relations
2002 John Paul II and Heydar Aliyev 1,500 AZN 42×28[B], 80×65[A] 20,000[40] Dedicated to the visit of John Paul II to Baku on May 22–23, 2002
2002 Rauf Hajiyev 5,000 AZN 40×28 25,000[41] Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Hajiyev
2002 Turkey national football team 5,000 AZN — — —
2003 Zarifa Aliyeva 3,000 AZN 40×28 25,000[42] —
2004 Heydar Aliyev 500 AZN 28×30 500,000[43] —
2004 Heydar Aliyev 10,000 AZN 28×40[B], 60×80[A] 10,000[44] —
2004 Molla Juma 500 AZN — — —
2005 John Paul II 3,000 AZN — — —
2005 Heydar Aliyev 1,000 AZN 28×30 1,000,000[45] —
2006 Heydar Aliyev 60 qapiks 28×30 250,000[46] —
2006 Suleyman Rustam 20 qapiks 28×40 5,000[47] —
2006 Samed Vurgun 10 qapiks 28×40 15,000[47] —
2007 Azim Azimzadeh 20 qapiks 40×28 10,000[D][48] —
2007 Huseyn Javid 20 qapiks 40×28 100,000[49] —
2007 Kerim Kerimov 1 AZN — — —
2008 Hasan Abdullayev 20 qapiks 40×28 100,720[50] —
2008 Heydar Aliyev 1 AZN 28×40 15,360[51] Dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Aliyev
2008 Zarifa Aliyeva 1 AZN 28×40 12,280[52] Dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Aliyeva
2008 Lev Landau 20 qapiks 40×28 100,720[50] Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Landau
2008 Mikayil Mushfig 20 qapiks 40×28 100,720[53] Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mushfig
2009 Sattar Bahlulzade 20 qapiks 28×40[B], 99.5×74.5[A] 20,000[A][54] —
2009 Leyla Mammadbeyova 20 qapiks 40×28 100,000[55] Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mammadbayova
2009 Jalil Mammadguluzadeh 20 qapiks 28×40 100,000[56] Dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Mammadguluzadeh
2009 Nasiraddin Tusi 20 qapiks 28×42 50,000[57] —
2010 Alasgar Alakbarov 20 qapiks 40×28 100,000[58] —
2010 Shafaat Mehdiyev 60 qapiks 40×28 100,000[59] —
2011 Abbas Zamanov 60 qapiks —
2011 Ell & Nikki 1 AZN —
2011 Behbud aga Shahtahtinsky 60 qapiks 130th anniversary
2011 Nizami Ganjavi 30 qapiks 870th anniversary
2011 Heydar Aliyev 2 AZN 20th anniversary of the restoration of Azerbaijan's state independence
2011 Huseyn Aliyev 60 qapiks —
2012 Bahruz Kangarli 20 qapiks 120th anniversary
2012 Mirza Fatali Akhundov 20 qapiks —
2012 Mirza Alakbar Sabir 20 qapiks 150th birth anniversary
2012 Muslim Magomayev 50 qapiks 70th anniversary
2012 Mammed Said Ordubadi 50 qapiks 140th anniversary
2012 Huseyn Javid 20 qapiks 130th anniversary
2012 Uzun Hasan 60 qapiks 540th anniversary of the Polish–Azerbaijani diplomatic relations
2012 Casimir IV Jagiellon 60 qapiks 540th anniversary of the Polish–Azerbaijani diplomatic relations
Notes

A ^ : As a souvenir sheet
B ^ : As a stamp
C ^ : As a sheet
D ^ : As a sheetlet

References

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