List of people on the postage stamps of Azerbaijan

Designs on the postage stamps of Azerbaijan closely follow the political history of Azerbaijan. The country briefly obtained independence in 1918, lost it to the Soviet Union in 1920, and re-acquired it in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Throughout that period 87 different persons have been depicted on stamps, excluding those featuring national football teams. Some people are featured on souvenir sheets. The currency value of the stamps (in Azerbaijani manats or qapiks) varies depending on the year of issue. The person featured most frequently over the years is President Heydar Aliyev (over 15 times). Zarifa Aliyeva, Huseyn Aliyev, Huseyn Javid, John Paul II, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Nasiraddin Tusi have been featured twice (excluding overprints).

The first Azerbaijani national postage stamps were issued by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920); they depicted ordinary individuals. From 1920s until 1991 Azerbaijan used Soviet postage stamps.^[1] The national postage stamp company Azermarka began functioning in 1992. People have been featured on stamps of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 1993. The first person to be featured on a postage stamp after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was Heydar Aliyev, the third President of Azerbaijan. In 1998 the company Europhila Stamp Ltd put into circulation illegal postage stamps, allegedly issued in Nakhchivan, which depict Diana, Princess of Wales and the British pop group Spice Girls.^[2] Genuine Azerbaijani postage stamps of that year, featuring Princess Diana, are shown below.

Year	Person(s)	Image	Value	Dimensions (mm)	Circulation	Notes
1993	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		25 AZN	36×40	25,000[3]	Se-tenant stamps
1994	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		150 AZN	100×70^[A]	70,000[4]	—
1994	Coubertin, Pierre dePierre de Coubertin		100 AZN	—	—	Dedicated to the IOC centenary
1994	Fuzûlî		10 AZN	33×50	20,000^[C][5]	—
1994	Mammadguluzadeh, JalilJalil Mammadguluzadeh		20 AZN	31×52	100,000[6]	Dedicated to Mammadguluzadeh's 125th anniversary
1994	Bilderling, Peter vonPeter von Bilderling, Nobel, AlfredAlfred Nobel, Nobel, LudvigLudvig Nobel, Nobel, RobertRobert Nobel		50 AZN	—	—	Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the Nobel Brothers Company
1994	Rasulzade, Mammed AminMammed Amin Rasulzade		15 AZN	40×40	100,000[7]	—
1995	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev and Boutros-Ghali, BoutrosBoutros Boutros-Ghali		250 AZN	42.6×28.5	36,000[8]	Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of UN
1995	Blair, BonnieBonnie Blair, Kerrigan, NancyNancy Kerrigan, Kono, TakanoriTakanori Kono, LaRoche, PhilippePhilippe LaRoche, Seizinger, KatjaKatja Seizinger, Urmanov, AlexeiAlexei Urmanov		10 AZN (Urmanov) 25 AZN (Kerrigan), 40 AZN (Blair), 50 AZN (Kono), 80 AZN (LaRoche), 200 AZN (Seizinger)	—	—	1994 Winter Olympics theme
1995	Cleave, MaryMary Cleave, Tereshkova, ValentinaValentina Tereshkova, Jernigan, TamaraTamara Jernigan, Lawrence, WendyWendy Lawrence, Jemison, MaeMae Jemison, Coleman, CadyCady Coleman, Shulman, EllenEllen Shulman, Weber, MaryMary Weber		100 AZN each	28.45×42.58^[B], 36×78^[D]	125,000^[D][9]	Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11 spaceflight
1995	Hajibeyov, UzeyirUzeyir Hajibeyov		250 AZN	31×48	50,000[10]	—
1995	Iskandarov, VahidVahid Iskandarov		400 AZN	31×48	50,000[10]	—
1995	Lennon, JohnJohn Lennon		500 AZN	42.5×28.6	80,000[11]	Features Lennon's self-portrait[11]
1995	Topchubashev, MustafaMustafa Topchubashev		300 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[12]	—
1996	Ali, MuhammadMuhammad Ali		100 AZN	42.6×28.5	20,000[13]	—
1996	Aliyev, HuseynHuseyn Aliyev		100 AZN	42.6×29.5^[B], 137×100^[D]	75,000^[B], 25,000^[D][14]	—
1996	Aouita, SaïdSaïd Aouita		200 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[13]	—
1996	Behbudov, RashidRashid Behbudov		100 AZN	48×31	50,000[15]	—
1996	Comaneci, NadiaNadia Comaneci		300 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[13]	—
1996	Huseynov, NazimNazim Huseynov		500 AZN	74×104^[A]	25,000[13]	—
1996	Korbut, OlgaOlga Korbut		250 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[13]	—
1996	Lewis, CarlCarl Lewis		50 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[13]	—
1996	Louganis, GregGreg Louganis		400 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[13]	—
1996	Mammadaliyev, YusifYusif Mammadaliyev		100 AZN	48×31	50,000[16]	—
1996	Ning, LiLi Ning		150 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[13]	—
1997	Afandiyev, IlyasIlyas Afandiyev		250 AZN	48.3×31.8	40,000[17]	—
1997	Aliyev, AzizAziz Aliyev		250 AZN	48.3×31.8	40,000[17]	—
1997	Bahramov, TofiqTofiq Bahramov		1,500 AZN	51.3×38.5	50,000^[D][18]	—
1997	Italy national football team, Argentina national football team, Uruguay national football team, Brazil national football team, England national football team, Germany national football team		250 AZN each	51.3×38.5^[B]	—	—
1997	Khoyski, Fatali KhanFatali Khan Khoyski		250 AZN	48.3×31.8	40,000[17]	—
1997	Narimanov, NarimanNariman Narimanov		250 AZN	48.3×31.8	40,000[17]	—
1997	Rasulbayov, HuseynHuseyn Rasulbayov		250 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[19]	—
1997	Khaqani		250 AZN	30.6×48.3	40,000^[D][20]	—
1998	Aliyev, HasanHasan Aliyev		500 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[21]	—
1998	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		500 AZN	51×37.5^[B], 114×890^[A]	50,000[22]	Issued for the 75th anniversary of Aliyev
1998	Alasgar, AshigAshig Alasgar		250 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[23]	—
1998	Bahram V		100 AZN	22.1×24.4	1,000,000[24]	—
1998	Bulbul		500 AZN	28.5×42.6	25,000[25]	—
1998	Diana, Princess of Wales and ´Elizabeth II		400 AZN each	42.6×28.5^[B], 142×135^[D]	240,000^[B], 40,000^[D][26]	Two sets. Each sheetlet designed by grisaille
1998	Garayev, GaraGara Garayev		250 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[23]	Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Garayev
1998	Gordeeva, EkaterinaEkaterina Gordeeva and Grinkov, SergeiSergei Grinkov		500 AZN	42.6×28.5^[B], 70×100^[A]	50,000[27]	—
1998	Witt, KatarinaKatarina Witt, Stojko, ElvisElvis Stojko, Ito, MidoriMidori Ito, Yamaguchi, KristiKristi Yamaguchi, Curry, JohnJohn Curry and Lu, ChenChen Lu		250 AZN each	42.6×28.5^[B], 138×115^[C]	50,000[27]	1998 Winter Olympics theme
1998	Shahriar, Mohammad-HosseinMohammad-Hossein Shahriar		250 AZN	42.6×28.5	40,000[23]	—
1999	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		1,000 AZN	28×40	125,000[28]	Coupling stamps
1999	Jabbarly, JafarJafar Jabbarly		250 AZN	42×30	100,000[29]	Dedicated to Jabbarly's centenary
2000	Rahman, SabitSabit Rahman		1,000 AZN	48×30	100,000[30]	Issued for the 90th anniversary of Rahman
2000	Rza, RasulRasul Rza		250 AZN	40×30	25,000[31]	Issued for the 90th anniversary of Rza
2001	Abdullayev, NamigNamig Abdullayev, Meftahatdinova, ZemfiraZemfira Meftahatdinova, Alakbarov, VugarVugar Alakbarov		1,000 AZN each	42×28 each	25,000^[D][32]	2000 Summer Olympics theme
2001	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		5,000 AZN	32×51	10,000[33]	Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence. The first Azerbaijan postage stamp produced with genuine 22 carat gold[33]
2001	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev and Putin, VladimirVladimir Putin		1,000 AZN	42×28	20,000[34]	—
2001	Gagarin, YuriYuri Gagarin		3,000 AZN	42×28^[B], 83×57^[A]	20,000[35]	Issued for the 40th anniversary of the first human spaceflight
2001	Tusi, NasiraddinNasiraddin Tusi		3,000 AZN	60×48	25,000[36]	Issued for the 800th anniversary of Tusi
2002	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev and Zemin, JiangJiang Zemin		1,000 AZN	40×30	170,000[37]	Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijani-Chinese relations
2002	John Paul II and Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		1,500 AZN	42×28^[B], 80×65^[A]	20,000[38]	Dedicated to the visit of John Paul II to Baku on May 22–23, 2002
2002	Hajiyev, RaufRauf Hajiyev		5,000 AZN	40×28	25,000[39]	Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Hajiyev
2002	Turkey national football team		5,000 AZN	—	—	—
2003	Aliyeva, ZarifaZarifa Aliyeva		3,000 AZN	40×28	25,000[40]	—
2004	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		500 AZN	28×30	500,000[41]	—
2004	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		10,000 AZN	28×40^[B], 60×80^[A]	10,000[42]	—
2004	Juma, MollaMolla Juma		500 AZN	—	—	—
2005	John Paul II		3,000 AZN	—	—	—
2005	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		1,000 AZN	28×30	1,000,000[43]	—
2006	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		60 qapiks	28×30	250,000[44]	—
2006	Rustam, SuleymanSuleyman Rustam		20 qapiks	28×40	5,000[45]	—
2006	Vurgun, SamedSamed Vurgun		10 qapiks	28×40	15,000[45]	—
2007	Azimzadeh, AzimAzim Azimzadeh		20 qapiks	40×28	10,000^[D][46]	—
2007	Javid, HuseynHuseyn Javid		20 qapiks	40×28	100,000[47]	—
2007	Kerimov, KerimKerim Kerimov		1 AZN	—	—	—
2008	Abdullayev, HasanHasan Abdullayev		20 qapiks	40×28	100,720[48]	—
2008	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		1 AZN	28×40	15,360[49]	Dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Aliyev
2008	Aliyeva, ZarifaZarifa Aliyeva		1 AZN	28×40	12,280[50]	Dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Aliyeva
2008	Landau, LevLev Landau		20 qapiks	40×28	100,720[48]	Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Landau
2008	Mushfig, MikayilMikayil Mushfig		20 qapiks	40×28	100,720[51]	Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mushfig
2009	Bahlulzade, SattarSattar Bahlulzade		20 qapiks	28×40^[B], 99.5×74.5^[A]	20,000^[A][52]	—
2009	Mammadbeyova, LeylaLeyla Mammadbeyova		20 qapiks	40×28	100,000[53]	Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mammadbayova
2009	Mammadguluzadeh, JalilJalil Mammadguluzadeh		20 qapiks	28×40	100,000[54]	Dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Mammadguluzadeh
2009	Tusi, NasiraddinNasiraddin Tusi		20 qapiks	28×42	50,000[55]	—
2010	Alakbarov, AlasgarAlasgar Alakbarov		20 qapiks	40×28	100,000[56]	—
2010	Mehdiyev, ShafaatShafaat Mehdiyev		60 qapiks	40×28	100,000[57]	—
2011	Zamanov, AbbasAbbas Zamanov		60 qapiks			—
2011	Ell & Nikki		1 AZN			—
2011	Shahtahtinsky, Behbud agaBehbud aga Shahtahtinsky		60 qapiks			130th anniversary
2011	Ganjavi, NizamiNizami Ganjavi		30 qapiks			870th anniversary
2011	Aliyev, HeydarHeydar Aliyev		2 AZN			20th anniversary of the restoration of Azerbaijan's state independence
2011	Aliyev, HuseynHuseyn Aliyev		60 qapiks			—
2012	Kangarli, BahruzBahruz Kangarli		20 qapiks			120th anniversary
2012	Akhundov, Mirza FataliMirza Fatali Akhundov		20 qapiks			—
2012	Sabir, Mirza AlakbarMirza Alakbar Sabir		20 qapiks			150th birth anniversary
2012	Magomayev, MuslimMuslim Magomayev		50 qapiks			70th anniversary
2012	Ordubadi, Mammed SaidMammed Said Ordubadi		50 qapiks			140th anniversary
2012	Javid, HuseynHuseyn Javid		20 qapiks			130th anniversary
2012	Uzun Hasan		60 qapiks			540th anniversary of the Polish–Azerbaijani diplomatic relations
2012	Casimir IV Jagiellon		60 qapiks			540th anniversary of the Polish–Azerbaijani diplomatic relations

Notes

A ^ : As a souvenir sheet
B ^ : As a stamp
C ^ : As a sheet
D ^ : As a sheetlet

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