List of people on the postage stamps of Azerbaijan
Designs on the postage stamps of Azerbaijan closely follow the political history of Azerbaijan. The country briefly obtained independence in 1918, lost it to the Soviet Union in 1920, and re-acquired it in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Throughout that period 87 different persons have been depicted on stamps, excluding those featuring national football teams. Some people are featured on souvenir sheets. The currency value of the stamps (in Azerbaijani manats or qapiks) varies depending on the year of issue. The person featured most frequently over the years is President Heydar Aliyev (over 15 times). Zarifa Aliyeva, Huseyn Aliyev, Huseyn Javid, John Paul II, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Nasiraddin Tusi have been featured twice (excluding overprints).
The first Azerbaijani national postage stamps were issued by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920); they depicted ordinary individuals. From 1920s until 1991 Azerbaijan used Soviet postage stamps. The national postage stamp company Azermarka began functioning in 1992. People have been featured on stamps of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 1993. The first person to be featured on a postage stamp after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was Heydar Aliyev, the third President of Azerbaijan. In 1998 the company Europhila Stamp Ltd put into circulation illegal postage stamps, allegedly issued in Nakhchivan, which depict Diana, Princess of Wales and the British pop group Spice Girls. Genuine Azerbaijani postage stamps of that year, featuring Princess Diana, are shown below.
Year |
Person(s) |
Image |
Value |
Dimensions (mm) |
Circulation |
Notes |
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1993 |
25 AZN |
36×40 |
25,000 |
Se-tenant stamps |
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1994 |
AZN |
100×70 |
70,000 |
— |
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1994 |
AZN |
— |
— |
Dedicated to the IOC centenary |
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1994 |
Fuzûlî |
AZN |
33×50 |
— |
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1994 |
AZN |
31×52 |
Dedicated to Mammadguluzadeh's 125th anniversary |
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1994 |
, , , |
AZN |
— |
— |
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the Nobel Brothers Company |
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1994 |
AZN |
40×40 |
— |
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1995 |
and |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of UN |
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1995 |
, , , , , |
AZN (Urmanov) AZN (Kerrigan), AZN (Blair), AZN (Kono), AZN (LaRoche), AZN (Seizinger) |
— |
— |
1994 Winter Olympics theme |
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1995 |
, , , , , , , |
AZN each |
28.45×42.58, 36×78 |
Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11 spaceflight |
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1995 |
AZN |
31×48 |
— |
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1995 |
AZN |
31×48 |
— |
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1995 |
AZN |
42.5×28.6 |
Features Lennon's self-portrait |
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1995 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×29.5, 137×100 |
, 25,000 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
48×31 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
74×104 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
48×31 |
— |
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1996 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1997 |
AZN |
48.3×31.8 |
— |
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1997 |
AZN |
48.3×31.8 |
— |
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1997 |
AZN |
51.3×38.5 |
— |
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1997 |
Italy national football team, Argentina national football team, Uruguay national football team, Brazil national football team, England national football team, Germany national football team |
AZN each |
51.3×38.5 |
— |
— |
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1997 |
AZN |
48.3×31.8 |
— |
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1997 |
AZN |
48.3×31.8 |
— |
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1997 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1997 |
Khaqani |
AZN |
30.6×48.3 |
— |
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1998 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1998 |
AZN |
51×37.5, 114×890 |
Issued for the 75th anniversary of Aliyev |
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1998 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1998 |
Bahram V |
AZN |
22.1×24.4 |
— |
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1998 |
Bulbul |
AZN |
28.5×42.6 |
— |
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1998 |
Diana, Princess of Wales and ´Elizabeth II |
AZN each |
42.6×28.5, 142×135 |
, 40,000 |
Two sets. Each sheetlet designed by grisaille |
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1998 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Garayev |
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1998 |
and |
AZN |
42.6×28.5, 70×100 |
— |
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1998 |
, , , , and |
AZN each |
42.6×28.5, 138×115 |
1998 Winter Olympics theme |
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1998 |
AZN |
42.6×28.5 |
— |
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1999 |
AZN |
28×40 |
Coupling stamps |
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1999 |
AZN |
42×30 |
Dedicated to Jabbarly's centenary |
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2000 |
AZN |
48×30 |
Issued for the 90th anniversary of Rahman |
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2000 |
AZN |
40×30 |
Issued for the 90th anniversary of Rza |
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2001 |
, , |
AZN each |
42×28 each |
2000 Summer Olympics theme |
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2001 |
AZN |
32×51 |
Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence. The first Azerbaijan postage stamp produced with genuine 22 carat gold |
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2001 |
and |
AZN |
42×28 |
— |
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2001 |
AZN |
42×28, 83×57 |
Issued for the 40th anniversary of the first human spaceflight |
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2001 |
AZN |
60×48 |
Issued for the 800th anniversary of Tusi |
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2002 |
and |
AZN |
40×30 |
Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijani-Chinese relations |
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2002 |
John Paul II and |
AZN |
42×28, 80×65 |
Dedicated to the visit of John Paul II to Baku on May 22–23, 2002 |
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2002 |
AZN |
40×28 |
Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Hajiyev |
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2002 |
Turkey national football team |
AZN |
— |
— |
— |
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2003 |
AZN |
40×28 |
— |
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2004 |
AZN |
28×30 |
— |
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2004 |
AZN |
28×40, 60×80 |
— |
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2004 |
AZN |
— |
— |
— |
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2005 |
John Paul II |
AZN |
— |
— |
— |
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2005 |
AZN |
28×30 |
— |
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2006 |
qapiks |
28×30 |
— |
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2006 |
qapiks |
28×40 |
— |
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2006 |
qapiks |
28×40 |
— |
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2007 |
qapiks |
40×28 |
— |
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2007 |
qapiks |
40×28 |
— |
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2007 |
AZN |
— |
— |
— |
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2008 |
qapiks |
40×28 |
100,720 |
— |
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2008 |
AZN |
28×40 |
15,360 |
Dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Aliyev |
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2008 |
AZN |
28×40 |
12,280 |
Dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Aliyeva |
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2008 |
qapiks |
40×28 |
100,720 |
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Landau |
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2008 |
qapiks |
40×28 |
100,720 |
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mushfig |
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2009 |
20 qapiks |
28×40, 99.5×74.5 |
— |
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2009 |
20 qapiks |
40×28 |
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mammadbayova |
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2009 |
20 qapiks |
28×40 |
Dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Mammadguluzadeh |
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2009 |
20 qapiks |
28×42 |
— |
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2010 |
20 qapiks |
40×28 |
100,000 |
— |
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2010 |
60 qapiks |
40×28 |
100,000 |
— |
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2011 |
60 qapiks |
— |
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2011 |
Ell & Nikki |
1 AZN |
— |
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2011 |
60 qapiks |
130th anniversary |
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2011 |
30 qapiks |
870th anniversary |
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2011 |
2 AZN |
20th anniversary of the restoration of Azerbaijan's state independence |
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2011 |
60 qapiks |
— |
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2012 |
20 qapiks |
120th anniversary |
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2012 |
20 qapiks |
— |
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2012 |
20 qapiks |
150th birth anniversary |
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2012 |
50 qapiks |
70th anniversary |
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2012 |
50 qapiks |
140th anniversary |
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2012 |
20 qapiks |
130th anniversary |
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2012 |
Uzun Hasan |
60 qapiks |
540th anniversary of the Polish–Azerbaijani diplomatic relations |
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2012 |
Casimir IV Jagiellon |
60 qapiks |
540th anniversary of the Polish–Azerbaijani diplomatic relations |
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- Notes
A : As a souvenir sheet
B : As a stamp
C : As a sheet
D : As a sheetlet