People Who Will Never Be Forgotten.

Is there anyone alive who after listening to Beethoven's Sixth symphony (Pastoral) or his Ninth can say that they don't feel something extraordinaire from this music ?
Beethoven's music is powerful and permanent and I believe will still be appreciated long after rock, pop, rap, jazz have been all but forgotten.

Alexander the Great conquered an immense land mass stretching from Greece to India in less than 10 years at age 30.

He was 32 years old when he died in Babylon in 323 BC . King of Macedonia, Pharaoh of Egypt, King of Persia

Alexandria the second largest city in Egypt (pop 4 million) still bears his name after 2343 years.

I would bet ( any takers? ) that his name will not be forgotten in 1000 or even 2000 years.

@londonbus Yes, fictional characters would be fine, so long as they are well known enough. I had not thought about that actually, maybe that can be a kind of 3rd collection or side collection.

@everyone Really nice stamps on show, thanks.

Scott USA 1771 issued 13 January 1979.

I agree Beethoven is right up there but, if composers are to be included (and you should look at the thread on this topic - big thanks to Nethryk), the big one to list is Czech composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) whose music is now performed more frequently than Beethoven's. A couple of Austrian stamps have commemorated him but I don't recollect seeing him on stamps of other countries. As a conductor, he made an impact on not only Austria where he was director of the Vienna State Opera but also in Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands and the United States. His music is worshipped by classical music lovers all over the world.

Also, Johann Sebastian Bach maybe should be considered as one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the last 500 years. I've seen him on stamps from Germany but I expect other countries have also honoured him.

Maybe there could be room for Isaac Newton who some consider the greatest scientific mind ever! Don't remember seeing him on a stamp.

Nikola Tesla


Jesus Christ


Santa Claus

Nikola Tesla, a civilized and gentlemanly "mad" scientist.

Every Tesla geek's favourite photo ... and usage of his coil in a manner that Tesla probably would not have foreseen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1O2jcfOylU

Ryan

the Bard.

On Monday is Martin Luther King day. When I was looking for the best place to commemorate him, I came upon this thread because he is mentioned by Jack Brown who began the topic two years ago. The thread seems to have stalled a bit, but the idea is great. Adding stamps of people one considers unforgettable is certainly a matter of personal selection and that in itself is fascinating to compare. Does anyone else out there have a Martin Luther King?

If I win, how will I collect?

I guess you're going to have to wait and see.

Kris. here is a whole bunch of Martin Luther King Jr's
stamps.
Issued by the USPS in 1979 as part of the annual Black Heritage
Series, his was the second issue after the initial one
in 1978 for Harriet Tubman.



I really don't think it's a good likeness of MLK, actually it's terrible.
Your Yemen stamp is much more realistic
of how he looked I believe.

Scott 1771




Part of the problem is the poor quality printing.
IMO the BEP never really got the hang of photogravure printing.

Thanks Lithograving for adding the new scan of the American stamp of M.L. King; it shows even more clearly than the scan of Stampfan earlier that quality of printing is lacking. The Manama portrait is of higher quality. I'd like to draw attention to the small Dove of Peace. It was taken from a drawing by Picasso which he did in 1949 and which has been used as a symbol of peace and human rights by numerous countries on their stamps. Here only one from China.

A rare picture of Winston Churchill as a young man, issued by Fujeira, one of the Arab Emirates. He died at 90 on the 24th of January 1965.