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Pal, Bipin Chandra
Bipin Chandra Pal, from an Indian postage stamp.
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Blankers-Koen's legacy
A stamp, issued in Mongolia c. 1968, celebrating the four gold medals Dutch runner...
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British postage stamp with Mary Quant's work
A British postage stamp commemorating Mary Quant's work, 2009.
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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, from a U.S. postage stamp, 1992.
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Dr. Seuss postage stamp
Dr. Seuss and some of his characters, from a commemorative U.S. postage stamp, 2004.
Barlach, Ernst
Ernst Barlach, from an East German stamp, 1970.
Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic
Eugenie Clark
Eugenie Clark, from a U.S. postage stamp, 2022.
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Postage stamp honoring Mahatma Gandhi
Image of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi depicted on a postage stamp from Cyprus.
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Rotary International
A 1987 German postage stamp commemorating the annual Rotary International Convention.
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Giambattista Vico
Giambattista Vico, from an Italian postage stamp, 1968.
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Henry Lawson, from an Australian stamp, 1949.
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Philby, Kim
Kim Philby, from a Soviet postage stamp, 1990.
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey, from a U.S. postage stamp, 1994.
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Manuel Ceferino Oribe
Manuel Ceferino Oribe, Uruguayan postage stamp, 1961.
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Ngaio Marsh, from a New Zealand postage stamp.
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Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega, from an Angolan postage stamp, 1954.
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Ordyn-Nashchokin, Afanasy Lavrentyevich
Afanasy Lavrentyevich Ordyn-Nashchokin, from a commemorative Russian postage stamp,...
Personal collection of Andrew Krizhanovsky
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias, from a Portuguese postage stamp, 1945.
The Granger Collection, New York
postage stamp commemorating perestroika
A 1988 U.S.S.R. postage stamp commemorating perestroika.
Andrei Sdobnikov
U.S. postage stamp by Robert Indiana
A U.S. postage stamp designed by the American Pop artist Robert Indiana, issued by...
U. S. Postal Service
Roy Acuff, from a U.S. postage stamp.
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa, from a Spanish postage stamp, 1963.
The Granger Collection, New York
The Little Prince
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) pictured on a French stamp,...
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Kārlis Ulmanis
Kārlis Ulmanis, on a Latvian postage stamp.
Andrei Sdobnikov
Gadsden Purchase
U.S. postage stamp commemorating the Gadsden Purchase.
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Al-Khwārizmī
Al-Khwārizmī, from a U.S.S.R. postage stamp, 1983.
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X-Men stamp
A 2007 U.S. Postal Service postage stamp depicting the cover of X-Men no....
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