James Chalmers

James Chalmers

male, deceased (1853)
inventor, newspaper, reform, Convener, Business Person, from Angus…adhesive postage stamp, uniform postage rate, postagestamp
James Chalmers (February 2 1782 Arbroath, Angus - May 26 1853) was a Scottish inventor who introduced the adhesive postage stamp and uniform...

John Cook

male, deceased (1892)
Professor Thomas Chalmers, Queen's College at Kingston, Canada West, postagestamp, church of scotland, university of edinburgh, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Quebec City
John Cook (13 April 1805 - 31 March 1892) was a Presbyterian Church in Canada minister and educator from Quebec. He was born in Sanquhar, Scotland,...
Sandford Fleming

Sandford Fleming

male, deceased (1915)
Presbyterian, Scottish migrant to Ontario, knight, Stamp designer, From Peterborough, Ontario, From Fife…postagestamp
Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 - July 22, 1915) was a prolific Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor, known for introducing Universal...
John Basilone

John Basilone

male, deceased (1945)
American military personnel of World War II, the Pacific, purple heart, united states marine corps, United States Marine, Navy Cross recipient…thirty-seven cent stamp, postagestamp, Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, United States Marine Corps, (November 4, 1916–February 19, 1945), received the Medal of Honor for his actions at th...
Mel Ott

Mel Ott

male, deceased (1958)
Melvin Thomas "Mel" Ott, American road accident victim, American League All-Star, baseball hall of fame, Road accident victim, postagestamp
Melvin Thomas "Mel" Ott, nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played his entire career for the New York Giants...
Jacob Perkins

Jacob Perkins

male, deceased (1849)
1d black, postagestamp, uniflow steam engine, physics, Goldsmith, patent
Jacob Perkins (9 July 1766 - 30 July 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was...
William Wyon

William Wyon

male, deceased (1851)
medalist, die, city of london, medal, Stamp designer, engraver…postagestamp
William Wyon, (1795 - October 29 1851), was official chief engraver at the Royal Mint from 1828 until his death. Wyon was born in Birmingham,...

Élise Rivet

female, deceased (1945)
Roman Catholic, World War II, postagestamp, French Resistance member, French, lyon
Élise Rivet born January 19, 1890, in Draria, Algeria - died March 30,1945, Ravensbrück, Germany, was a Roman Catholic nun and war heroine. The da...
Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

male, deceased (1783)
blind, mathematician, most prolific mathematician, number theory, oiler, mathematical analysis…postagestamp
Leonhard Euler , the most prolific mathematician of all time, wrote more than 500 books and papers during his lifetime about 800 pages per year...
Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri

female, deceased (1901)
German-language writer, Chur, zurich, heidi, children's writer, From Zurich…postagestamp
Johanna Spyri (June 12, 1827 - July 7, 1901) was an author of children's stories, and is best known for "Heidi". Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the...