Who was the first actress to appear on a postage stamp, where and when?

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Who was the first actress to appear on a postage stamp, where and when?

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Last updated Oct 08 2016.

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chattykat
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Grace Kelly

In 1993, the USA and Monaco simultaneously released a commemorative postage stamp honoring her. However, USA federal law forbids postage stamps depicting foreign heads of state, so the USA stamp listed her as "Grace Kelly", while the Monaco stamp listed her as "Princess Grace".

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000038/bio

Response last updated by gtho4 on Oct 08 2016.
Jan 28 2006, 1:45 PM

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Grace Kelly

In 1993, Princess Grace became the first U.S. actress to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Kelly

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Jan 25 2006, 1:04 PM

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Ethel Barrymore. 1982.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_stamps_of_the_United_States

She and her brothers, Lionel and John, were on the 1982 Performing Arts 20c US postage stamp.

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Aug 24 2010, 6:56 PM

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(Princess) Grace (Kelly) appeared on stamps of Monaco at the time of her wedding in 1956 - well before either issue above.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Grace_Kelly

Aug 25 2010, 6:26 AM

Who was the first actress to appear on a postage stamp, where and when?

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