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Here is the USA's January 10, 1964 5c stamp (Sc #1242) honoring Sam Houston (1793-1863). Houston was Commander in Chief of the Texas Army during the territory's fight for independence from Mexico, and later he served as President of the Texas Republic.

Estonia
Jaan Kross Birth Centenary
February 19, 2020
The stamp depicts the portrait and signature of Jaan Kross (1920-2007), a prominent Estonian writer.

Netherlands
Martin Luther
October 11, 1983
The design, with a signature of Martin Luther (1483-1546), symbolizes separation of church.

Argentina
Famous Argentinians
August 12, 1995
The stamp honors José Martí (1853-1895), a Cuban author and an important figure in Latin American literature.

On November 5, 1992 Germany issued this 100 (pf) stamp (Mi #1641) to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Gebhard Leberecht von Bluecher (1742-1819). Field Marshall von Bluecher led the Prussian army against Napoleon I at the Battle of Nations (1813) and at Waterloo (1815).

This close-up pic of a Finnish first day cover shows one of the three June 14, 1993 first day cancels on a complete booklet pane of five stamps (Facit #s1218-22) commemorating the centenary of the birth of children's book illustrator Martta Wendelin (1893-1986). The artist's signature is in the middle of the cancellations.

On August 28, 1994 Sweden issued this 3.20 kr stamp (Facit #1857) to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Baroque composer and native son Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758). Stamp depicts Roman, his signature and opening to his Drottninghomsmusique (1744).

This 1.75 kr + 1.25 kr stamp (Facit #336) of Iceland is the high value of a set of 3 semi-postals issued on January 23, 1956 to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the Bishopric of Skalholt. Writer and Lutheran bishop Jon Thorkelsson Vidalin (1666-1720) and his signature are shown on the stamp.

This May 3, 1947 one lire stamp (Sc #257a) of San Marino is from a set of 14 values honoring deceased U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A January 17, 1945 quotation on liberty and President Roosevelt's signature are shown on the stamp.

Italy
Arnoldo Mondadori
June 8, 2021
The stamp depicts a portrait and signature of Arnoldo Mondadori (1889-1971) who founded the biggest publishing company in Italy.

Switzerland
Jeanne Hersch
September 3, 2010
The stamp commemorates centenary of the birth of Jeanne Hersch (1910-2000), a Swiss philosopher whose works dealt with the concept of freedom.

Here is the Federal Republic off Germany's June 21, 1968 30 pf stamp (Mi #566) commemorating the centenary of the first performance of Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg.

On September 6, 1984 Greenland issued this 5.00 kr stamp (Facit #153) to honor native son Henrik Lund.

From wikipedia," Henning Jakob Henrik Lund or Intel'eraq (1875-1948) was a Greenlandic lyricist, painter, and pastor. He wrote the lyrics to Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit in the indigenous Greenlandic language, an Eskimo-Aleut language. The song was adopted as the national anthem of Greenland."

Here is the 27 p value (SG #1406) from Great Britain's September 6, 1988 set of four stamps commemorating the death centenary of artist, illustrator, writer, poet and musician Edward Lear (1812-1888). Stamp shows Lear's self-portrait as a bird and his signature.

On May 3, 1996 Germany issued its EUROPA "Famous Women" set of two stamps (Mi #s 1854-5) depicting renowned German female artists Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) on the 80 pf value, and Kaethe Kollwitz (1867-1945) on the 100 pf stamp. Modersohn-Becker was an expressionist painter, and Kollwitz was a printmaker, sculptor and painter.

Each of the first day cancels on the two clippings shown here contain the signatures of both artists, probably signifying that they were on one card.