Stamp Dictionary: People
  • Alexander von Humboldt: (1769 - 1859) a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science; traveled extensively in the Americas between 1977 and 1804
  • Alfonso XIII: (1886 - 1941) El Africano; King of Spain from his birth until April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed
  • Antonín Novotný: (1904 - 1975) a Czechoslovak politician who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968
  • Antonín Zápotocký: (1884 - 1957) a Czech politican and statesman who served as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953, and then as president from 1953 to 1957
  • Baron Maejima Hisoka: (1835 - 1919) a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in the Meiji period in Japan; founder of the Japanese postal service; is known as Yūbin Seido no Chichi, or "Father of the Postal System"
  • Baudouin of Belgium: (1930 - 1993) the king of the Belgians from 1951 until his death in 1993
  • Carlos Antonio López: (1769 - 1862) the first president of Paraguay from 1841 to 1862
  • Charlotte: (1896 - 1985) the grand duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964
  • David Thompson: (1770 - 1857) an Anglo-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer
  • Elizabeth II: (1926 - 2022) the queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 to her death in 2022
  • Farouk I: (1920 - 1955) the tenth ruler of Egypt from 1936 to 1952
  • Frederik IX: (1899 - 1972) the king of Denmark from 1947 to 1972
  • George VI: (1895 - 1952) the king of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 1936 to 1952
  • Han Sai Por: (1942 - ) a Singaporean sculptor