List of people on stamps of the Cook Islands

This is a list of people on stamps issued by the Cook Islands and its constituent islands of Aitutaki and Penrhyn Island.

Aitutaki

  • King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1911)
  • King George V of the United Kingdom (1916)
  • James Cook (1920)
  • Te Po (1926)
  • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1972)
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1972)
  • Saint Veronica (1973)
  • Anne, Princess Royal (1973)
  • Mark Phillips (1973)
  • William Bligh (1974)
  • Winston Churchill (1974)
  • Francis of Assisi (1975)
  • Onuphrius (1975)
  • John the Baptist (1975)
  • Alexander Graham Bell (1977)
  • King George III of the United Kingdom (1977)
  • John Williams (missionary) (1977)
  • King George IV of the United Kingdom (1977)
  • Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1977)
  • Rowland Hill (1979)
  • Albert Einstein (1980)
  • Charles, Prince of Wales (1981)
  • Diana, Princess of Wales (1981)
  • Prince Harry of Wales (1984)
  • Prince William of Wales (1984)
  • Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1985)
  • King George VI of the United Kingdom (1985)
  • Sarah, Duchess of York (1986)
  • Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1986)
  • Mary (mother of Jesus) & baby Jesus (1986)
  • Fletcher Christian (1989)
  • Michael Collins (astronaut) (1994)
  • Neil Armstrong (1994)
  • Edwin (Buzz) Eugene Aldrin,Jr. (1994)
  • Mary (mother of Jesus) & baby Jesus (1994)
  • Pierre de Coubertin (1996)

Penrhyn

The first stamps issued by this tiny island in the Northern Cook Islands were stamps of New Zealand overprinted "Penrhyn Island" in 1902. It continued to use its own stamps until 1932. This first short list is from stamps in that early period.

  • James Cook (1920)
  • Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1914)
  • George V of the United Kingdom (1917)
  • Te Po (1927)

Between 1932 and 1973 Penrhyn used the stamps of the Cook Islands. It resumed the use of its own stamps in 1973, and continues to do so.

See also

  • Postage stamps and postal history of Aitutaki