List of people on the postage stamps of Malta
Saint Paul on a 1919 stamp of Malta
This is a list of people that appear on the postage and revenue stamps of Malta.[1][2][3]
A
- Veneranda Abela (with her grandson) - baroness (1998)
- Francesco Giovanni Abela - historian (2005)
- Karmenu Abela - patriot (1985)
- Saint Agatha (1965)
- Carmela Aguis - head of the laundry (2003)
- Hans Christian Andersen - artist, story teller and author (2005)
- Saint Anthony (1998)
- Manwel Attard - patriot (1985)
- Francesco Azzopardi - composer (1985)
- Monsignor Michael Azzopardi - philanthropist (2005)
B
- Lord Robert Baden-Powell - founder of scouting (2007)
- Captain Alexander Ball R.N. (1999)
- Guzeppi Bajada - patriot (1985)
- Nicolo Baldacchino (1985)
- Giuseppe Barth (1971)
- Franz Beckenbauer - German footballer and coach (2006)
- Pope Benedict XVI (2010)
- Emmanuel Attard Bezzina (1974)
- Fra Diego Bonanno (1986)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1998)
- Canon Monsignor Francesco Bonnici (2007)
- Joe Borg - Foreign Minister (2004)
- John Borg (1971)
- Prime Minister Dr. Giorgio Borg Olivier (1989, 2003, 2009)
- Saint John Bosco (2004)
- Rużar Briffa (1980)
- Dr. David Bruce (microbiologist) (1966)
- Vincenzo Bugeja (1986)
- George H. W. Bush (1989)
- President Anton Buttigieg (1974)
- Lord Byron (1990)
C
- Giuseppe Calì - painter (1996)
- Joseph Callejja - film star (1997)
- Father Nazzareno Camilleri - philosopher (1996)
- Grandmaster Gregorio Carafa (2014)
- Girolamo Cassar - architect and engineer (1966, 1974)
- Archpriest Saverio Cassar - Gozitan leader (2002)
- Grandmaster Jean de la Cassière (2014)
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria (2005)
- Saint Catherine of Siena (1967)
- Carolina Cauchi (2007)
- Pietro Caxaro (1985)
- Bobby Charlton - English footballer (2006)
- Saint Christopher (1976)
- Winston Churchill (1966, 2015)
- Adelaide Cini (1986)
- Grandmaster Annet de Clermont-Gessant (2014)
- Christopher Colombus (1992)
- Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner (1964, 1976, 2014)
- Grandmaster Raphael Cotoner (2014)
- Fr. Anastasju Cuschieri (1988)
D
- Dante (1965)
- Monsignor Giuseppe de Piro (1983)
- Sister Emilie de Vialir - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)
- Grandmaster Ramon Despuig (2014)
- Carlo Diacono - composer (2006)
- Sir Adrian Dingli - Chief Justice of Malta (2002)
- Henry Dunant (2013 - on Miniature Sheet, not on actual stamp)
- Wenzu Dyer - patriot (1985)
E
- King Edward VII (1903–1912, 1918)
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1937, 1949)
- Queen Elizabeth II (1950, 1953-1954, 1956–1961, 1963-1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 2003)
- Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (1996)
F
- Blessed Nazju Falzon (1988, 2001)
- President Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami - 7th President of Malta (2004)
- Monsignor Sidor Formosa (1988)
G
- Alfons Maria Galea (1986)
- Galileo Galilei - astronomer (2009)
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Indian leader (1969)
- Monsignor Tommaso Gargallo - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)
- Grandmaster Martin Garzez (2014)
- Bob Geldof - singer, songwriter and author (2006 - on Miniature Sheet, not on actual stamp)
- King George V (1914–1915, 1917–1922, 1925–1927, 1928-1930, 1935-1936, 1943)
- King George VI (1937–1938, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1948-1949, 1953)
- Saint George (2003)
- Blessed Gerard Thom (2013)
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1989)
- Governor Lord Gort (1993)
- Saint Gregory (1998)
- Maria Amelia Grognet (1998)
- Robert Guiscard (2009)
H
- Grandmaster Juan de Homedes y Coscon (2014)
- Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1998, 2014)
- Holofernes (1975)
I
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1991)
- Nicolo Isouard (1971)
J
- Saint Jerome (1970, 2007)
- Jesus Christ (1951, 1962, 1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1980, 1983-1988, 1990-1994, 1996-2000, 2002–2005, 2007-2013)
- Pope Saint John XXIII (2014)
- Pope Saint John Paul II (1990, 2001, 2005, 2014)
- Saint John the Baptist (1967, 1970, 1976, 1998, 2007-2008, 2011, 2013)
- Saint John of the Cross (1991)
- Saint Joseph (1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1971, 1975, 1977, 1979-1980, 1983-1988, 1990-1992, 1997, 2000, 2002-2003, 2005, 2007, 2010-2012)
- Judith (1975)
K
- President John F Kennedy (1966)
- Athanasius Kircher - scholar (2002)
- Oreste Kirkop - tenor and filmstar (2002)
L
- Grandmaster Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1999, 2014)
- Dr. Albert Laferla LL.D. - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)
- Francesco Laparelli (1966)
- Egidio Lapira - dentist (2005)
- Grandmaster Giovanni Paolo Lascaris (2014)
- William D. Leahy (2015)
M
- The Magi (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974-1975, 1977, 1979, 1982-1988, 1991-1992, 2000, 2002-2003, 2005, 2010, 2012)
- Father Manuel Magri (2007)
- President Sir Anthony Mamo - 1st President of Malta (1974, 2009)
- Guglielmo Marconi - inventor of radio (1996)
- Mary (1951, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1980, 1983-1988, 1990-1992, 1994, 1996-2000, 2002-2003, 2005, 2007-2012)
- Saint Michael (1976)
- Prime Minister Dom Mintoff (1974)
- Giorgio Mitrovich (1985)
- Grandmaster Pierre de Monte (2014)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer (2006 - on Miniature Sheet)
N
- Paul Nani - composer (2006)
- Saint Nicholas (1976, 1998)
P
- Carmelo Pace - composer (2006)
- Dr. Arvid Pardo (1987)
- Louis Pasteur (1995)
- Saint Paul (1899, 1902, 1908, 1919, 1922, 1927-1928, 1930, 1938, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1990, 2001, 2008)
- Grandmaster Antoine de Paule (2014)
- Pelé - Brazilian footballer (2006)
- Grandmaster Ramon Perellos y Roccaful (2014)
- Saint Peter (1967)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (2003)
- Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (1969, 2014)
- Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani (1991, 2001)
- Pope Pius V (1966)
- Grandmaster Piero de Ponte (2014)
- Saint George Preca - Maltese saint (1980, 2001, 2007)
- Mattia Preti - Artist (2013)
- Sir Luigi Preziosi (1988)
- Dun Karm Psaila - National poet of Malta (1971)
- Saint Publius - Roman Governor of Malta (1926, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1948, 1960, 1965)
- Monsignor Paolo Pullicino M.A., D.D. - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)
R
- Saint Raphael (1998)
- Grandmaster Martin de Redin (2014)
- Count Roger I (2009)
- Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc (2014)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (2015)
S
- Grandmaster Didier de Saint-Jaille (2014)
- Robert Sammut (1969)
- Michelangelo Sapiano - clockmaker (1995)
- Monsignor Pietru Pawl Saydon - translator of the Bible into Maltese (1988)
- Antonio Sciortino (1971)
- Sir Walter Scott (1990)
- Grandmaster Claude de la Sengle (2014)
- Inez Soler - artist, musician and writer (1996)
- Joseph Stalin (2015)
- Heinrich von Stephan (1974)
- Sting - musician, singer and songwriter (2006 - on Miniature Sheet, not on actual stamp)
- Mabel Strickland - politician and journalist (1996)
T
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1990)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1990)
- Saint Thomas of Villanova (1967)
V
- Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette (1962, 1966, 1968, 1999, 2014)
- Grandmaster Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos (2014)
- Mikiel Anton Vassalli (1980)
- Paolino Vassallo - composer (2006)
- General Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois (1999)
- Grandmaster Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (2014)
- Queen Victoria (1860–1886, 1899, 1902, 1960, 1985, 2010)
- Grandmaster António Manoel de Vilhena (2014)
- Emmanuel Vitale - patriot (2002)
W
- Grandmaster Adrien de Wignacourt (2014)
- Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt (2014)
X
- Dun Mikiel Xerri - patriot (1999)
- Grandmaster Francisco Ximenes de Texada (2014)
Z
- Dr. Fra Giuseppe Zammit (1971)
- Sir Themistocles Zammit - doctor and archaeologist (1966, 1994)
- Dino Zoff - Italian goalkeeper (2006)
- Grandmaster Marc'Antonio Zondadari (2014)
People commemorated but not depicted on Malta stamps
- Geronimo Matteo Abos (2005)
- Henry Mayo Bateman (2012)
- Giuseppe Callus (2005)
- Albrecht Dürer - painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1978)
- Melchiorre Gafà - sculptor (1967)
- Edward Lear (2012)
- Antonio Sciortino (1997)
- Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis - historian (1971)
See also
References
- ↑ Buttigieg, Joseph (2014). The J.B. Catalogue of Malta Stamps and Postal History (22 ed.). Sliema: Sliema Stamp Shop Publishers. pp. 5–142.
- ↑ "Stamp Catalogue". MaltaPost Philatelic Bureau. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ McClellan, Andrew. "Malta". Revenue Reverend. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
External links
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