List of people on stamps of Andorra
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This is a list of people honoured on the postage stamp
s of Andorra
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The list is complete through 2004.
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
s of Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
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The list is complete through 2004.
French administration
- Thomas AquinasThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
, theologian (1982)
- CharlemagneCharlemagneCharlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
(1980) - Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
, co-prince (1972)
- Thomas JeffersonThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
, US president (1976)
- Robert KochRobert KochHeinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis , the Tuberculosis bacillus and the Vibrio cholerae and for his development of Koch's postulates....
, physician (1982)
- François MitterrandFrançois MitterrandFrançois Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President...
, French president (1997) - Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, composer (1991)
- Napoleon I of FranceNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
(1980)
- Guillem d'Areny Plandolit, reformer (1977)
- Georges PompidouGeorges PompidouGeorges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974.-Biography:...
, co-prince (1975)
Spanish administration
- Mossen Enric Arfany, composer (1985)
- Pere d'Arg, bishop of Urgel (1979)
- Joan BenllochJuan Benlloch y VivóJoan Baptista Benlloch i Vivó was a Valencian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Burgos from 1919 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1921.- Biography :...
, bishop of Urgel (1979) - Josep de Boltas, bishop of Urgel (1981)
- Francesc Cairat, magistrate (1980)
- Josep CaixalJosep Caixal i EstradéJosep Caixal i Estradé was Bishop of Urgell from 1853 until his death and co-prince of Andorra during the New Reform period....
, bishop of Urgel (1979) - Salvador Casañas, bishop of Urgel (1981)
- Joan J. Laguarda Fenoliera, bishop of Urgel (1983)
- Antoni Fiter, magistrate (1980)
- Alexander FlemingAlexander FlemingSir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...
, scientist (1994) - Francis of AssisiFrancis of AssisiSaint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...
, saint (1982) - Jaime Sansa Nequi, church official (1983)
- Isabelle SandyIsabelle SandyIsabelle Sandy was a French poet and writer, best known for her regionalism. She was awarded the Prix Montyon by the Académie française for Chantal Daunoy. It has been noted that she was one of the few women writers in the interwar period.-Bibliography:* L'Ève douloureuse, 1912* Chantal Daunoy,...
, writer (1996) - Jacinto Verdaguer, co-prince (1983)