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Who was the first star depicted on a postage stamp?

Question #90599. Asked by mixerman.
Last updated Jun 25 2021.

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Grace Kelly, who married Prince Rainier of Monaco and became a princess link http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000038/bio

Jan 02 2008, 4:34 AM
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Perhaps Sir Charles Chaplin

Commemorated with a UK postage stamp in 1985 (8 years before Princess Grace) and with a US stamp in 1994 (one year after Princess Grace)

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin

Jan 02 2008, 6:52 AM
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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.

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

Response last updated by gtho4 on Jun 25 2021.
Feb 21 2021, 9:38 AM
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