Stamps with Presidents - US Presidents on Stamps

Here you will find information about stamps of the USA where US presidents are pictured.

George Washington on the second stamp of the United States, 1847
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

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George Washington on 1861 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

George Washington was president 1789 - 1797

George Washington is the president who is pictured on most US stamps

First stamp issue: 1847

US stamp issues with George Washington:

US - Provisional, carrier and local issues with George Washington:

• Milbury, 1846 5 Cents
• New York, 1842 3 Cents
• New York, 1842/45 3 Cents
• New York, 1845 5 Cents

Issues of Confederate States of America with George Washington:

• 1863: 20 Cents

More about George Washington stamp issues (coming soon)

George Washington on the second stamp of the United States, 1847
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

Three Cents issued 1857 (Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Three Cents issued 1861 (Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

13 Cents issued 1777 for the Surrender at Saratoga (Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

John Adams was president 1797 - 1801

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with John Adams:

• 1938: 2 Cents
• 1983: 20 Cents, Bicentennial of independance
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

John Adams on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

Thomas Jefferson was president 1801 - 1809

First stamp issue: 1861

Thomas Jefferson stamp issues:

1851/56: 5 Cents 1857/61: 5 Cents 1861/67: 5 Cents 1870: 10 Cents 1890: 30 Cents 1894/95: 50 Cents 1903: 50 Cents 1904: 2 Cents

1922/34: 9 Cents 1938: 3 Cents 1952: 3 Cents, Mt. Rushmore 1954: 2 Cents 1968: 1 Cent 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show 1993: 29 Cents

Issues of Confederate States of America with Thomas Jefferson:

• 1861: 10 Cents
• 1862: 10 Cents

Thomas Jefferson on 1870 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

James Madison was president 1809 - 1817

First stamp issue: 1903

US stamp issues with James Madison:

• 1903: 2 $
• 1916/22: 2 $
• 1938: 4 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1994: 2 $ in block, 1894 - 1994 Bureau of Engraving and Printing
• 2001: 34 Cents, 200 th birthday of James Madison

James Madison on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

James Monroe was president 1817 - 1825

First stamp issue: 1904

US stamp issues with James Monroe:

• 1904: 3 Cents
• 1922/34: 10 Cents
• 1938: 5 Cents
• 1953: 3 Cents, Louisiana Purchase
• 1954: 5 Cents
• 1958: 3 Cents, 200th Birthday of Monroe
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

James Monroe on 1904 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

John Quincy Adams was president 1825 - 1829

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with John Quincy Adams:

• 1938: 6 Cents
• 1983: 20 Cents, Bicentennial of independance
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

John Quincy Adams on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Andrew Jackson was president 1829 - 1837

First stamp issue: 1863

US stamp issues with Andrew Jackson:

• 1863: 2 Cents
• 1870: 2 Cents
• 1883: 4 Cents
• 1888: 4 Cents
• 1890: 3 Cents
• 1903: 3 Cents
• 1938: 7 Cents
• 1946: 3 Cents, Tennesee, 150th Anniversary of Statehood
• 1963/66: 1 Cent
• 1965: 5 Cents, Battle of New Orleans
• 1967: 10 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1994: 5 $, Washington and Andrew Jackson

Issues of Confederate States of America with Andrew Jackson:

• 1862: 2 Cents
• 1863: 2 Cents

Andrew Jackson on 1863 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Martin Van Buren was president 1837 - 1841

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with Van Buren :

• 1938: 8 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Martin Van Buren on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

William Henry Harrison was president 1841. Harrison died thirty days into his term—-the briefest presidency in the history of the office.

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with William Henry Harrison:

• 1938: 9 Cents
• 1950: 3 Cents, Indiana Territory
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

William Henry Harrison on 1986 AMERIPEX stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

John Tyler was president 1841 - 1845

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with John Tyler:

• 1938: 10 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

John Tyler on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

James K. Polk was president 1845 - 1849

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with James K. Polk:

• 1938: 11 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1995: 32 Cents, 250th Birthday of James K. Polk

James K. Polk on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Zachary Taylor was president 1849 - 1850

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with Zachary Taylor:

• 1870: 5 Cents
• 1938: 12 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Zachary Taylor on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Millard Fillmore was president 1850 - 1853

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with Millard Fillmore:

• 1938: 13 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Millard Fillmore on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

Franklin Pierce was president 1853 - 1857

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with Franklin Pierce:

• 1938: 14 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Franklin Pierce on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

James Buchanan was president 1857 - 1861

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with James Buchanan:

• 1938: 15 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

James Buchanan on 1938 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Abraham Lincoln was president 1861 - 1865

First stamp issue: 1866

US stamp issues with Abraham Lincoln:

Abraham Lincoln on 1870 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Abraham Lincoln on 1960 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Abraham Lincoln US stamps from 1959
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Andrew Johnson was president 1865 - 1869

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with Andrew Johnson:

• 1938: 17 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Andrew Johnson on 1986 AMERIPEX stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Ulysses S. Grant was president 1869 - 1877

First stamp issue: 1890

US stamp issues with Ulysses S. Grant:

• 1890: 5 Cents
• 1894/95: 5 Cents
• 1898: 5 Cents
• 1903: 4 Cents
• 1922/34: 8 Cents
• 1937: 3 Cents, Grant with Sherman and Sheridan
• 1938: 18 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1995: 32 Cents, Persons of American Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant on 1898 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Rutherford B. Hayes was president 1877 - 1881

First stamp issue: 1922

US stamp issues with Rutherford B. Hayes:

• 1922/34: 11 Cents
• 1938: 19 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Rutherford B. Hayes on 1986 AMERIPEX stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

James Abram Garfield was president 1881

First stamp issue: 1882

US stamp issues with James Abram Garfield:

• 1882: 5 Cents
• 1888: 5 Cents
• 1890: 6 Cents
• 1898: 6 Cents
• 1903: 6 Cents
• 1922/34: 6 Cents
• 1938: 20 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

James Abram Garfield on 1882 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Chester A. Arthur was president 1881- 1885

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with Chester A. Arthur:

• 1938: 21 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Chester A. Arthur  on 1986 AMERIPEX stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Stephen Grover Cleveland was president 1885 - 1889 and 1893 - 1897
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms.

First stamp issue: 1922

US stamp issues with Stephen Grover Cleveland:

• 1922/34: 12 Cents
• 1938: 22 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Stephen Grover Cleveland on 1986 AMERIPEX stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Benjamin Harrison was president 1889 - 1893

First stamp issue: 1902

US stamp issues with Benjamin Harrison:

• 1902: 13 Cents
• 1922/34: 13 Cents
• 1938: 24 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 2003: 27 Cents, coat of arms of president Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison on 1902 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

William McKinley was president 1897 - 1901

First stamp issue: 1904

US stamp issues with William McKinley:

• 1904: 5 Cents, Louisiana exhibition in St. Louis
• 1922/34: 7 Cents
• 1938: 25 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

William McKinley on 1904 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Theodore Roosevelt was president 1901 - 1909

First stamp issue: 1922

US stamp issues with Theodore Roosevelt:

• 1922/34: 5 Cents
• 1938: 30 Cents
• 1939: 3 Cents, 25th Anniversary Panama Canal
• 1952: 3 Cents, Mt. Rushmore
• 1954: 6 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1998: 32 Cents in block, 1900s Celebrate the Century

Theodore Roosevelt on 1922 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

William Howard Taft was president 1909 - 1913

First stamp issue: 1922

US stamp issues with William Howard Taft:

• 1922/34: 4 Cents
• 1938: 50 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

William Howard Taft on 1922 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Woodrow Wilson was president 1913 - 1921

First stamp issue: 1925

US stamp issues with Woodrow Wilson:

• 1925: 17 Cents
• 1938: $1
• 1956: 7 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1998: 32 Cents in block, 1910s Celebrate the Century

Woodrow Wilson on 1986 AMERIPEX stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Warren G. Harding was president 1921 - 1923

First stamp issue: 1923

US stamp issues with Warren G. Harding:

• 1923: 2 Cents, Death of President Hading
• 1925: 1 1/2 Cents
• 1930: 1 1/2 Cents
• 1938: $2
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Warren G. Harding  on 1925 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Calvin Coolidge was president 1923 - 1929

First stamp issue: 1938

US stamp issues with Calvin Coolidge:

• 1938: $5
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Calvin Coolidge on 1986 AMERIPEX stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Herbert Hoover was president 1929 - 1933

First stamp issue: 1965

US stamp issues with Herbert Hoover:

• 1965: 5 Cents, Humanitarian Engineer Herbert Hoover
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Herbert Hoover on 1965 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Franklin D. Roosevelt was president 1933 - 1945
Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945. So he is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.

First stamp issue: 1945

US stamp issues with Franklin D. Roosevelt:

• 1945/46: 1, 2, 3, 5 Cents, Death of President Roosevelt
• 1966: 6 Cents
• 1968: 6 Cents
• 1982: 20 cents, 100th Birthday of Roosevelt
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1998: 32 Cents in block, 1930s Celebrate the Century

Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1945 stamp issue of the United States
(Pictures by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Harry S. Truman was president 1945 - 1953

First stamp issue: 1973

US stamp issues with Harry S. Truman:

• 1973: 8 Cents, Harry S. Truman
• 1984: 20 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1995: 32 Cents in block, 1945: Victory at Last
• 1999: 33 Cents in block, 1940s Celebrate the Century

Harry S. Truman on 1973 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Dwight D. Eisenhower was president 1953 - 1961

First stamp issue: 1969

US stamp issues with Dwight D. Eisenhower:

• 1969: 6 Cents, Death of Dwight D. Eisenhower
• 1970: 6 Cents
• 1971: 8 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show
• 1990: 25 Cents 100th Birthday of Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1971 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

John F. Kennedy was president 1961 - 1963

First stamp issue: 1964

US stamp issues with John F. Kennedy:

• 1964: 5 Cents, 1917 - John F. Kennedy - 1963
• 1967: 13 Cents
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

A lot of other countries issued with JFK pictured stamps.

John F. Kennedy on 1964 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Lyndon B. Johnson was president 1963 - 1969

First stamp issue: 1973

US stamp issues with Lyndon B. Johnson:

• 1973: 8 Cents, Death of Lyndon B. Johnson
• 1986: 22 Cents in block, AMERIPEX 86 international stamp show

Lyndon B. Johnson on 1973 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

Richard Nixon was president 1969 - 1974.
He is the only U.S. President to have resigned from office. His resignation came in the face of impeachment related to the Watergate scandal.

First stamp issue: 1995

US stamp issues with Richard Nixon:

• 1995: 32 Cents, Death of Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon on 1995 US stamp
(Picture by Mathew J. Morey obtained at Bring back the Nixon Stamp )

Gerald Ford was president 1974 - 1977.
He became the first (and to date, only) president in U.S. history to fill that office without having been elected either President or Vice-President. He is also the longest-lived United States president ever, having surpassed Ronald Reagan's record on November 12, 2006.

First stamp issue: 2006

US stamp issues with Gerald Ford:

• No US stamp issue until december 2006. There are also some issues of other countries with Gerald Ford pictured like stamp issues from Liberia.

Gerald Ford on 2006 US stamp
(Picture by Mathew J. Morey obtained at
www.associatedcontent.com/article/365587... and www.usps.com )

Jimmy Carter was president 1977 - 1981.

First stamp issue: No US stamp issue

US stamp issues with Jimmy Carter:

• No US stamp issue because Jimmy Carter is still alive.

Jimmy Carter
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

Ronald Reagan was president 1981 - 1989. At age 69, he was the oldest person ever elected President.

First stamp issue: 2005

US stamp issues with Ronald Reagan:

• 2005: 37 Cents, Death of Ronald Reagan.
  Picture of the stamp

Ronald Reagan on 2005 stamp issue of the United States
(Picture by Thomas Schmidtkonz)

George H. W. Bush was president 1989 - 1993.

First stamp issue: No US stamp issue

US stamp issues with George H. W. Bush:

• No US stamp issue because George H. W. Bush is still alive.

George H. W. Bush
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

Bill Clinton was president 1993 - 2001.

First stamp issue: No US stamp issue

US stamp issues with Bill Clinton:

• No US stamp issue because Bill Clinton is still alive.

Bill Clinton
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

George W. Bush was president 2001 -2009.

First stamp issue: No US stamp issue

US stamp issues with George W. Bush

• No US stamp issue because George W. Bush is still alive.

George W. Bush
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)

Barack Obama  is president since 2009.

First stamp issue: No US stamp issue

US stamp issues with Brack Obama

• No US stamp issue because Barack Obama is still alive.

Barack Obama
(Picture by WIKIPEDIA)