Popular Searches
Definitions
Henson,
Matthew
Alexander&o=10616
Henson, Matthew Alexander&o=10616

List of people on stamps of the United States
This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps. Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. Many of these people (especially the earlier Presidents) have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a very short description of their notability.

For the purpose of this list, "featured" may mean:

  1. The likeness of a person,
  2. The name of a person, or
  3. People who have neither their likeness or name on a stamp, but are documented by the United States Postal Service as being the subject of a stamp (see Reference).

This list is complete through all announced 2007 issues Quotation Reference

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Quotation

"We cannot put the face of a person on a stamp unless said person is deceased. My suggestion, therefore, is that you drop dead." -- J. Edward Day, Postmaster General, 1962. Day was replying to a request from an individual to be honored with a stamp. The letter was never mailed.

References

  • United States Postal Service (2004). The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps (31st ed.). Washington, D.C.: HarperResource. ISBN 0-06-052826-5.

See also

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006 Wikipedia contributors (Disclaimer)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Monday September 29, 2008 at 10:53:28 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation

Search another word or see Henson, Matthew Alexander&o=10616on Dictionary | Thesaurus |Spanish
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT