Many of the images above come from the catalog at the Philatelia website, and it’s worth perusing this amazing collection, which has an entire category for children’s lit. This is only a small look at the wealth of stamps around the world that feature children’s lit.
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Johanna Spyri’s Heidi gets a place in philatelic history with this Swiss stamp, issued in 1984 in a series that also honored Pippi Longstocking, Max and Moritz, and Pinocchio. Paraguay honors Charles Perrault’s Puss in Boots with an entire series of colorful stamps in 1982. The horse looks bigger here, but Pippi also looks a bit stronger. Here, the same image is carried on in Sweden’s 1987 stamp dedicated to Pippi, but this time it’s a bit more colorful. Naturally, Sweden pays tribute to Pippi, as well. The entire series can be seen here.Īstrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking gets this colorful tribute in a 2009 Macedonian stamp. Liberia’s children’s literature stamps in 1998 included this tribute to Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. Gibraltar released stamps featuring Roald Dahl’s characters in 2010, including this one of Matilda. Kitt’s honored Andersen’s birth anniversary with their stamp featuring an image in honor of The Emperor’s New Clothes.īerlin created a series of stamps honoring the 125th anniversary of Max and Moritz, an illustrated German story for children. This one not only features the story, but it shows an adult sharing the story with an eager group of young listeners. The Bahamas showcase Hans Christian Andersen’s classic Thumbelina in 2005, in celebration of the anniversary of his birth.īrazil honors another of Andersen’s stories, The Ugly Ducking, in 2005.Īnother 2005 stamp issued in honor of Andersen was this one in the Falkland Islands, a tribute to The Little Mermaid. Great Britain released a series of stamps in honor of their own Harry Potter that featured the book covers from all seven volumes of the series in 2007. Nearly all of the stamps worldwide honoring Harry Potter have been based off the film adaptations. Poland offers up this interpretation of The Little Prince for a stamp in 2005. Of course, France developed an entire series of stamps honoring The Little Prince in 1998.Ĭhoosing to go with a look that differs from the traditional illustration is Guinea’s stamp for The Little Prince, issued in 2008. Here’s Croatia’s take on The Little Prince in stamp form from 1994. The Little Prince secured a spot on Bulgarian stamps in 2000, along with his creator.
In 1995, Argentina featured The Little Prince and Saint-Exuprey himself on their mail. In many of the tributes, Saint-Exupery is really the star for his work with and about flight. Guinea released a stamp featuring Winnie the Pooh and Piglet in 1998.Īntoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince has made a mark on stamps around the world, as well. The entire vivid series can be seen here (some of them are based on the cartoon series, but not all of them). You can view the entire series here.Ĭanada treats Winnie with his cast of friends to this stamp with a small collection in 1996. Above is Christopher Robbin with Pooh and Piglet. In 2010, Great Britain released another series of stamps dedicated to Milne’s Winnie the Pooh. But that wasn’t the country’s only series devoted to this children’s classic: Great Britain created this postal tribute to Pooh in 1979. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh has been the face of many stamps around the world through the years as well. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, in 1982, Mali created an entire series of stamps with the classic cast of characters.Ī. The Republic of Burundi honored Alice in this image of the Mad Hatter’s tea party in 1977.
The Comoros Islands developed this trippy stamp for Alice in 1976. This 1979 stamp from the UK is one of the most memorable stamps, but it’s certainly not the only one.
The UK offered up a similar set of stamps in their own tender, which included both Maisy, Paddington Bear, and their own take on The Very Hungry Caterpillar:Ĭheck out the holes - they’re really what make this stamp a great dedication to the story.Īnother classic which has seen a variety of tributes in stamp form world-wide is Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Check out their tributes to Curious George, Where the Wild Things Are, Olivia, The Very Hungry Caterpiller and more: In 2006, the USPS offered up a tribute to Fox in Sox as part of an entire sheet of stamps dedicated to children’s classics. In 2004, the USPS honored Geisel and all of his creations, including the Cat in the Hat and The Grinch, in this stamp.
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