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List of people on the postage stamps of Colombia

List of people on the postage stamps of Colombia

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This article lists people who have been featured on the postage stamps of Colombia and its states. Note that many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, a short description of their notability, and the year they were first featured on a stamp.

The states of Cundinamarca, Santander, and Tolima did not honor any persons on their stamps.

The following states did honor persons on their stamps:

This list is complete through 2022.

A

B

C

D

E

  • Darío Echandía Olaya, president of Colombia, 1943-44 (1991)
  • Guillermo Echavarría Misas, aviation pioneer (1997)
  • Gloria Echeverri Lara, director of Community Action and Indigenous Affairs (1992)
  • Elizabeth of Hungary, princess and saint (1956)
  • Rafael Escalona, composer (2016)
  • Hugo Escobar Sierra, jurist and politician (2010)
  • José María Espinosa, painter (1983)
  • Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei (1994)

F

  • Diego Fallon, educator, musician and poet (1984)
  • José Rafael Faría Bermúdez, priest (2000)
  • Ferdinand, king of Spain and sponsor of Christopher Columbus (1955)
  • Pedro Fermín de Vargas, economist (1997)
  • José Fernández Madrid, statesman, physician, scientist, writer and president, 1814, 1816 (1995)
  • Juan Fernández de Sotomayor, bishop (2009)
  • Julio Flórez, poet (2017)
  • Deogracias Fonseca, president of Colombia, 1957-58 (2010)
  • Francis of Assisi, saint (1982)
  • Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church (2017)
  • Juan Friede Alter, historian (1997)

G

H

I

J

K

L

  • Alicia Lafaurie Roncallo, first Carnival Queen (2018)
  • Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Colombian lawyer and politician (1992)
  • Froilan Largacha, lawyer, politician and president of Colombia, 1863 (1995)
  • Eduardo Lemaitre Román, historian (1997)
  • Carlos Lemos Simmonds, vice-president of Colombia (2010)
  • Manuel Ponce de León, cartographer and civil engineer (1953)
  • José Ramón de Leyva, military commander (2009)
  • Indalecio Liévano Aguirre, politician and diplomat (1992)
  • Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States (1960)
  • Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia, 1945-46, 1958-62 (1995)
  • Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia, 1966-70 (1995)
  • Federico Lleras Acosta, Colombian doctor, veterinarian and bacteriologist (1977)
  • José María Lombana Barreneche, physician and politician (1952)
  • María Concepción Loperena, independence war heroine (1985)
  • Alfonso López Michelsen, president of Colombia, 1974-78 (2008)
  • Alfonso López Pumarejo, president of Colombia, 1934-38, 1942-46 (1961)
  • Estela López Pomareda, movie actress (1995)
  • José Hilario López, president of Colombia, 1849-53 (1981)
  • Luis Carlos López, poet (1997)
  • Luis Eduardo Lopez de Mesa, doctor, writer and Education Minister (1984)
  • Maria Lopez de Escobar, founder and director of the world's first international adoption agency (1992)
  • Saint Louise de Marillac, nun, saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity (1960)
  • Enrique Low Murtra, Colombian economist, lawyer and Minister of Justice (1992)
  • Carlos Lozano y Lozano, president of Colombia, 1942 (1982)
  • Fabio Lozano Torrijos, diplomat (1997)
  • Jorge Tadeo Lozano, scientist, journalist, and politician (1967)

M

  • José de la Mar, Peruvian military leader, politician and the third President of Peru (1955)
  • Manuel María Mallarino, acting president of Colombia, 1855-57 (1981)
  • Roberto de Mares, pioneer of the petroleum industry (1996)
  • Guglielmo Marconi, radio pioneer (1975)
  • José Ignacio de Márquez, president of Colombia, 1837-41 (1982)
  • José Manuel Marroquín, political figure and president of Colombia, 1900-04 (1904)
  • José Martí, Cuban patriot (1955)
  • William Knox Martin, early aviation pioneer (1994)
  • Aurelio Martinez Mutis, poet and writer (1987)
  • Diego Martinez Camargo, pioneer in the petroleum industry (1996)
  • Pompilio Martínez Navarrete, doctor and professor (1952)
  • Rafael Maya, poet, journalist, writer, critic, lawyer and diplomat (1986)
  • Adolfo Mejia, composer (2010)
  • Gonzalo Mejia, aviation pioneer, motion picture pioneer, and industrialist (1985)
  • Liborio Mejía, Colombian colonel, politician and president, 1816 (1995)
  • Manuel Mejía Jaramillo, banker and Colombian coffee leader (1965)
  • Manuel Mejía Vallejo, writer (2015)
  • José María Melo, Colombian general, politician and president of New Granada, 1854 (1995)
  • Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos, actress, fashion model and Miss Venezuela (2002)
  • Santo Michelena, Venezuelan politician (1957)
  • Fanny Mikey, Colombian actress, theatre producer and entrepreneur (2014)
  • Gerardo Molina Ramirez, lawyer, professor and politician (2010)
  • Montezuma, ninth Aztec emperor (1955)
  • Laura Montoya, nun and saint (1974)
  • Antonio Morales Galavís, military commander (2009)
  • Francisco Antonio Moreno, education reformer and judge (1977)
  • Joaquín Mosquera, president of Colombia, 1830 (1982)
  • Manuel José Mosquera, Archbishop of Bogota (1954 )
  • Victor Mosquera Chaux, lawyer, politician and diplomat (2010)
  • Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Colombian general, political figure and president 1845-49, 1861-64, 1866-67 (1978)
  • Pedro Domingo Murillo, patriot of Upper Peru (1955)
  • José Celestino Mutis, priest, botanist and mathematician (1947)

N

O

P

  • José Prudencio Padilla, Colombian military leader (1984)
  • Alfonso Palacio Rudas, Colombian lawyer, economist and politician (2013)
  • Jorge Palacios Preciado, historian and director-general of the National Archives (2012)
  • Manuel Maria Palacio, pioneer of the petroleum industry (1996)
  • Gabriel París Gordillo, president of Colombia, 1876-78 (2010)
  • Aquileo Parra, Colombian soldier, businessman and political figure (1981)
  • Misael Pastrana Borrero, president of Colombia, 1970-74 (1998)
  • Pope Paul VI, pope (1968)
  • Eliseo Payán, vice-president and president of Colombia, 1887 (1981)
  • Javier Pereira, Zenú Indian and Colombian supercentenarian (1956)
  • Alexandre Pétion, first President of the Republic of Haiti (1955)
  • José Miguel Pey de Andrade, statesman, soldier and a leader of the independence movement (1996)
  • Enrique Pérez Arbeláez, botanist (1997)
  • Rubén Piedrahíta Arango, member of military junta of an interim presidency (1981)
  • Próspero Pinzón Romero, jurist, statesman and military leader (1903)
  • Teresa Pizarro de Angulo, Colombian beauty pageant director and farmer (2010)
  • Lino de Pombo, engineer, diplomat (1997)
  • Rafael Pombo, poet and writer of children's literature (2012)
  • Marie Poussepin, Dominican nun (1994)
  • Alberto Pumarejo, Colombian lawyer and liberal politician (1993)

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Z

  • Francisco Antonio Zea, journalist, botanist, diplomat and statesman (1967)
  • Ramón de Zubiría, writer, educator (1997)
  • Eduardo Zuleta Angel, politician (1999)
  • Luz Marina Zuluaga, Miss Universe pageant winner (1959)

Antioquia

Policarpa Salavarrieta

Bolivar

Simón Bolívar

Boyaca

Diego Mendoza Pérez

Sources

  • 2021 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 2A, ©2021, Amos Media Co., Sidney, OH
  • Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 20, South America, 4th Edition, ©2008, Stanley Gibbons, London, UK
  • Michel Übersee-Katalog Band 3: Südamerika 2001, ©2000, Schwaneberger GMBH, Munich, Germany

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