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 Famous stamp Collectors

The Hobby of the Kings

Since the issuance of the Penny Black, the first pre-paid postage stamp in 1840, people have collected stamps. The focus and levels at which they collect differ, but, nonetheless, all share the world’s most popular hobby. Through stamps, schoolchildren, businesspersons, laborers, artists, and retired persons all enjoy something significant in common with royalty, entertainers, politicians, industrialists, and business giants.
Stamp collecting has been called the “Hobby of the Kings” because so many famous individuals have been avid collectors.
The list is endless and herewith some of them.
 



US President Dwight D.
Eisenhower
 
 

John Lennon
(of Beatles fame)
 
 

Prince Rainier III of Monaco

 





US President Gerald Ford
 

Enrico Caruso Italian Opera Singer
 







Carfdinal Spellman Archbishop
of New York
 

Andrei Chesnokov
Russian Tennis Player
 

King Ferdinand I of
Bulgaria






King Carol II of Romania
 
 


Maria Sharapova
Russian Tennis Player
 

 Leo Slezak Austrian
Opera Singer
 







Lily Pons
American Opera Singer
 
 

Simon Rosenthal
Holocaust Serviver
 

Charlie Chaplin
Comic Actor








King Farouk
of Egypt



Princess Maha Chakri
of Thailand
 





 


Warren Buffett
Investment Supremo
 

Ronnie Wood
Of the Rolling Stones
 

Winston Churchil
British Prime Minister





 



Glen Ford
Hollywood Actor
 
 


Herbert Hoover
31st US President
 
 


George Turner
Scottish Rugby Player



 

headshot of Jeanette C. Rudy

Jeanette C. Rudy Philantropist
and Businesswoman


King George V
 


headshot of Baron Takaharu Mitsui

Baron Takaharu Mitsui
Famous Japanese writer

 
   

 
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Nicolas Sarcozy
France President
 

Bill Gross
American Investor
 

 
          
 
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Heinrich Himmler
A member of Nazi Party
 
   
 

Foil A. Mille
American Chemist