Authoritarian Leaders On Stamps

jamesw:
Jefferson Davis did not have a personality cult thing going. I guess I should add this a condition, oterhwise I'll end up knee-deep in countries like Czechoslovakia which like to get inauguration stamps with their presidents. Updating conditions.

aisaev - Don't forget to include this character: Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo (6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970), first President of Indonesia (from 1945 to 1967), finally overthrown and stripped of his title on 12 March 1967, and replaced by one of his generals, Suharto. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of President Sukarno, produced by photogravure and printed by J. Enschedé & Sons, Haarlem, and issued by Indonesia in March, 1951, Scott No. 390, SG No. 186.

- nethryk

nethryk:
Thanks, I'll update my list

aisaev - You're welcome!

Here is another prime candidate for your rogues' gallery: Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as Marshal Pétain, a French general who was Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. His government voted to transform the discredited French Third Republic into the French State, an authoritarian regime. During World War II, his government at Vichy actively collaborated with Nazi Germany. After the war, Pétain was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for treason, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by his former protégé Charles de Gaulle.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Marshal Pétain, designed and engraved by Jules Piel, and issued by France on January 25, 1941, Scott No. 415, Y&T No. 470.

- nethryk

Thanks, but is this French dude really a leader? Sounds like he was just a marionette of occupational regime, while country was not in independent state.

Interesting thread aisaev even though your criteria is kind
of wishy washy.

What about the following?


You have included Erich Honecker of the former DDR but
not Walter Ulbricht who was responsible for erecting the Berlin Wall
and had blood on his hands. That would fit.
But then again wasn't East Germany basically a puppet state controlled/occupied by the Soviet Union?
So he wouldnt fit according to your rules and then of course neither would Honecker.

Ulbricht from a definitive set.



The one below was issued on August 8, 1973, seven days after his
death in his " honour".



Oh sorry aisaev it wasn't issued in his lifetime but maybe because
it was within a week perhaps it would qualify.

Was Nasser any better than Mubarak ?



What about all the leader/dictators from the former East bloc countries Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Hungary,Albania,Bulgaria ?
Should/would they be included ?

I quote this in reference to your item number 4.

Ulbrect does qualify, sure. I am trying to establish firm parameters and make them less wishy-washy. East Germany being a puppet state? Well, Soviet troops had bases there, you can see it this way, but most of the bad stuff that had happened there were incurred by East Germans themselves, it's not like KGB agents were roaming streets of Dresden preying on innocent citizens. On the other hand, West Germany had, and still has, US bases there - does that make them marionette, too? And East bloc country most likely would qualify, provided there were some stamps of their leaders on them at that time, sure, it's just a matter of finding which ones and during which period, and I will find out whether by going through catalogs myself, when I have time, or by listening to advice of people like yourself and other good folks here.

Why not Enver Hoxa from Albania?

Here's another: François Duvalier otherwise known as Papa Doc of Haiti. He is on some stamps during his time of "leadship" and he and his forces killed thounsands of his own citizens.

Thanks, added.