Since 1840, when the Penny Black featured a profile of Queen Victoria,[1] it has been a tradition worldwide for nations to honor individuals on their postage stamps.[2] 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.
^"The Penny Black". The Postal Museum. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
^Ross, John F. "Stamps, What an Idea!". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
April 21, 2024
lists, countries, with, people, postage, stamps, since, 1840, when, penny, black, featured, profile, queen, victoria, been, tradition, worldwide, nations, honor, individuals, their, postage, stamps, typical, choices, include, monarchs, important, figures, hist. Since 1840 when the Penny Black featured a profile of Queen Victoria 1 it has been a tradition worldwide for nations to honor individuals on their postage stamps 2 Typical choices include monarchs important figures of history politicians cultural leaders and more recently celebrities A Penny Black British postage stamp 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 Contents Top 0 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S U W X Y ZC editCanada 1851 Canadian provinces 1850 1947 Central African Republic 1959 Chile 1853 People s Republic of China 1949 Republic of China 1950 Colombia 1859 Costa Rica 1863 Croatia 1941 1945 1991 Cuba 1855 D edit nbsp Frederick VIII king of Denmark Denmark 1851 Djibouti 1977 F editFaroe Islands 1919 G editGerman Democratic Republic 1949 1990 H edit nbsp Hong Kong s 1862 96 cent stamp featuring Queen Victoria Hawaii 1851 1899 Hong Kong 1862 1999 Hungary 1871 I editIceland 1873 India 1854 Ireland 1922 J editJapan 1871 L editLatvia 1918 1940 1991 nbsp Saint Paul on a 1919 stamp of MaltaM editMalta 1860 Mexico 1856 N editNetherlands 1852 Netherlands New Guinea 1950 1962 New Zealand 1855 Nigeria 1914 Norway 1855 P editPakistan 1947 Peru 1857 Portugal 1853 R editRussia 1857 1923 1992 S editSamoa 1877 San Marino 1877 Sri Lanka 1972 Sudan 1897 U edit nbsp Benjamin Franklin on the first stamp of the United States 1847 United Kingdom 1840 United States 1847 See also editTopical stamp collectingReferences edit The Penny Black The Postal Museum Retrieved 2022 06 21 Ross John F Stamps What an Idea Smithsonian Magazine Retrieved 2022 06 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lists of countries with people on postage stamps amp oldid 1207409014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
