page_title: List of people on the postage stamps of Puerto Rico
hierarchical_section_title: List of people on the postage stamps of Puerto Rico
caption_attribution_description: English: 3 centavos indicium of 1894 postal card of Puerto Rico.
context_page_description: This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Puerto Rico.
  Isabel II of Spain
  Amadeo I of Spain
  Alfonso XII of Spain
  Alfonso XIII of Spain
  Christopher Columbus
  Benjamin Franklin
  Ulysses S. Grant
  George Washington
  Daniel Webster
  Abraham Lincoln
  In 1900, The Puerto Rican postal service was supplanted by that of the United States and U.S. stamps have been used since then. Puerto Rican subjects that have appeared on U.S. stamps are:
  La Fortaleza at San Juan.
  Puerto Rican gubernatorial election
  San Juan's 450th anniversary of founding in 1521
  Christopher Columbus, explorer's 500th anniversary landing at Puerto Rico
  Roberto Clemente, baseball player
  Luis Muñoz Marín, first democratically elected governor
  Felicitas Mendez, education reformer for civil rights
  Julia de Burgos, poet
  Puerto Rican flag, Flags of our nation series
  José Ferrer, actor
context_section_description: This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Puerto Rico.
  Isabel II of Spain (1855)
  Amadeo I of Spain (1873)
  Alfonso XII of Spain (1876)
  Alfonso XIII of Spain (1890)
  Christopher Columbus (1893)
  Benjamin Franklin (overprint during US intervention, 1899)
  Ulysses S. Grant (overprint during US intervention, 1899)
  George Washington (overprint during US intervention, 1899)
  Daniel Webster (overprint during US intervention, 1899)
  Abraham Lincoln (On stamped envelope of US intervention, 1899)
  In 1900, The Puerto Rican postal service was supplanted by that of the United States and U.S. stamps have been used since then. Puerto Rican subjects that have appeared on U.S. stamps are:
  La Fortaleza at San Juan.  (1937)
  Puerto Rican gubernatorial election (1949)
  San Juan's 450th anniversary of founding in 1521 (1971)
  Christopher Columbus, explorer's 500th anniversary landing at Puerto Rico (1982)
  Roberto Clemente, baseball player (1984 & 2000)
  Luis Muñoz Marín, first democratically elected governor (1990)
  Felicitas Mendez, education reformer for civil rights (2007)
  Julia de Burgos, poet (2010)
  Puerto Rican flag, Flags of our nation series (2011)
  José Ferrer, actor (2012)
caption: Alfonso XIII of Spain depicted on Puerto Rican postal stationery, 1894
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