Lists of countries with people on postage stamps

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Since 1840, when the Penny Black featured a profile of Queen Victoria,^[1] it has been a tradition worldwide for nations to honor people 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

C

Canada (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

Denmark (1851–)
Djibouti (1977–)

F

Faroe Islands (1919–)

G

German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)

H

Hong Kong's 1862 96-cent stamp featuring Queen Victoria.

Hawaii (1851–1899)
Hong Kong (1862–1999)
Hungary (1871–)

I

Iceland (1873–)
India (1854–)
Ireland (1922–)

J

Japan (1871–)

L

Latvia (1918–1940, 1991–)

M

Malta (1860–)
Mexico (1856–)

N

Netherlands (1852–)
Netherlands New Guinea (1950–1962)
New Zealand (1855–)
Nigeria (1914–)
Norway (1855–)

P

Pakistan (1947–)
Peru (1857–)
Portugal (1853–)

R

Russia (1857–1923, 1992–)

S

Samoa (1877–)
San Marino (1877–)
Sri Lanka (1972–)
Sudan (1897–)

U

United Kingdom (1840–)
United States (1847–)

References

^ "The Penny Black". The Postal Museum. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
^ Ross, John F. "Stamps, What an Idea!". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-21.

Topical stamp collecting

Themes

Nature

By country	Butterflies of Australia Flora of Australia

People

By country

History

Space	Astrophilately Soviet space exploration U.S. space exploration

Transport

Bicycles

Culture

Artworks	Soviet Union United States
Celebrations	Christmas Coronation Hanukkah Holidays Millenium (Canada)
Sport	Commonwealth Games Ice hockey in Canada Olympics in Canada

Science

Organizations

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