Topical: The Moustache

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874-1908), an Egyptian lawyer, journalist, and nationalist activist, printed by photogravure, and issued by Egypt on February 10, 1958 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the politician's death, Scott No. 419, plus an image of a photograph of Mustafa Kamil.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman Nariman Narimanov (1870-1925), designed by Evgeny Dmitrievich Aniskin (1925- ), engraved by Lidiya Fedorovna Majorova (1927-2008), and issued by Russia (USSR) on November 30, 1973, Scott No. 4135, Zagorski No. 4231, plus an image of a photograph of Nariman Narimanov which was probably the model for this stamp's design.

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This January 28, 1914 issue of Serbia depicts King Peter I (Karageorgevich) of Serbis in military uniform. It is Michel #127.

From Wikipedia, Peter I (1844-1921) reigned as the last king of Serbia (1903-18) and as the first king of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918-21). Since he was the king of Serbia during a period of great Serbian military success, he was remembered by the Serbian people as King Peter the Liberator, and also as "Old King".

By the way, if you collect by Scott, you might be confused by this stamp. They have listed it as "slate" for quite some time, and unless they have corrected this recently, fail to see it as greenish black.

Here is an image of an engraved stamp featuring a portrait of Nikolay Mikhailovich Shvernik (1888-1970), President of the USSR from 1946 to 1953, designed by V. Kartsev, and issued by Russia (USSR) on May 19, 1988 to commemorate the Soviet politician's birth centenary, Scott No. 5666, Zagorski No. 5878, plus a photo of Nikolay M. Shvernik.

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France
19th January 1948
Stamp Day
Étienne Arago (1802 - 1892)



French writer and politician and co-founder of Le Figaro
newspaper. Served as director of the national post office in 1848.
Instrumental in introducing postage stamps to France in
1849, some 9 years after their first use in Great Britain.

designed and engraved - Raoul Serres

France
28th March 1960
Heroes of the Resistance
Léonce Vieljeux (1865 - 1944)



A colonel in the French reserve army, Vieljeux was mayor of La Rochelle when German
forces overran the town. He was shot by firing squad in September 1944, after a
campaign of refusing to comply with the occupying army and for assisting the
French Resistance.

Designed - A Spitz
Engraved - P Munier

France
10th May 1971
Famous People
Victor Grignard (1871 - 1935)



Awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1912 (with Paul Sabatier).

Designed - J Pheulpin
Engraved - P Béquet

France
3rd July 1972
Famous people
Louis Blériot (1872 - 1936)

Aviator, inventor, engineer.
First to cross the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft on 25th July 1909.



designed - P. Béquet

Engraved - M Monvoisin

France
12th November 1951
Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1921)
33rd anniv of the Armistice
French politician, Prime Minister during WWI.



designed and engraved - Albert Decaris

One of the most recognizable mustachioed gents in is Einstein, although his moustache is overshadowed by his famous hair.

Here is the 1966 8 cent US (Scott 1285) which drew on a famous 1947 photo by Philippe Halsman.

The closest thing I have to a personal hero is the legendary Belgian-born jazz guitarist, Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt (born 1910). He is my hero for several reasons, apart from my love of his music. He overcame two huge handicaps in his life, one physical and one cultural, to become one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time, one whose influence has spawned an entire genre of jazz: so-called "gypsy" or manouche jazz. The physical handicap was one caused by a fire which almost cost him his life at age 18 and severely limited the use of his left, or fretting hand. The cultural handicap was that of the prejudice suffered by the Roma, who hate the term Gypsy, which they consider derogatory and who are some of the most despised and marginalized people in the world today, especially in Europe where most of them settled over several hundred years. Here is a stamp celebrating Django, issued by his native country. It clearly shows his trademark pencil mustache. He has also been depicted on a stamp issued by France where he lived most of his life, dying there, in Fontainebleau in 1953

Here is a cinderella stamp of Austrian politician Leopold Kunschak (1871-1953), who previously appeared on page 4 of this thread on an Austrian stamp of 1978. Note that on the cinderella, the moustache points up, while on the postage stamp it points down.