The philately, as we know, did not exist in the time of Napoleon, since the first stamp in the world was put into circulation by the Post Office of the United Kingdom in 1840. France, meanwhile, will wait until 1849. The stamp "Ceres" of 20 cents, created by the sculptor Jean-Jacques Barre, will be issued under Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the Second Republic.
The Napoleonic era, however, often instigated postal authorities, both French and foreign (even exotic ones), in issuing stamps commemorating events in its history, and honoring its actors.
The list below shows a number of these achievements. To complete it, do not hesitate to send us pictures of stamps you possess. We will use them with pleasure (reserving us the right to surround them by a frame), stating of course the copyright of the photo and adding, if you want it, a link to your own website.
Personalities of the napoleonic era
- ALEXANDRE Ist of Russia
- André Marie AMPÈRE
- Archduke Charles of AUSTRIA
- Austrian stamp issued in 2009 to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Aspern-Essling
- Marie Louise of AUTRIA
- Pyotr Ivanovitch BAGRATION
- Guinea stamp commemorating the Battle of the Moskva (or Borodino) where Bagration was killed
- François de BARBÉ-MARBOIS
- U.S. 3 cent stamp issued on the occasion of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the treaty of cession of Louisiana (a.k.a. Louisiana Purchase)
- Joséphine de BEAUHARNAIS
- Stéphanie de BEAUHARNAIS
- Jean-Baptiste BERNADOTTE
- Claude-Louis BERTHOLLET
- Xavier BICHAT
- Gebhard Leberecht von BLÜCHER
- Elisa BONAPARTE
- François-Joseph BOSIO
- Pierre-Fidèle BRETONNEAU
- Capital punishment of Georges CADOUDAL
- Lazare CARNOT
- Claude CHAPPE
- CHARLES IV of Spain
- François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND
- Luigi CHERUBINI
- Jean Nicolas CORVISART des MARETS
- Georges CUVIER
- Yrieix-Pierre DAUMESNIL
- Jacques Louis DAVID
- Louis DESAIX
- René-Nicolas DUFRICHE-DESGENETTES
- FERDINAND VII of Spain
- FREDERIC-WILLIAM III of Prussia
- André GRÉTRY
- Jean-Dominique INGRES
- François Etienne Christophe KELLERMANN
- Mikhaïl Illarionovitch KUTUZOV
- René LAËNNEC
- Joseph LAGRANGE
- Jean LANNES
- Pierre Simon de LAPLACE
- Jean Dominique LARREY
- Antoine Marie Chamans de LAVALETTE (ou LAVALLETTE)
- André MASSÉNA
- Etienne MÉHUL
- Bon-Adrien Jannot de MONCEY
- Gaspard MONGE
- NAPOLÉON II
- Horatio NELSON et HMS Victory
- Giovanni PAISIELLO
- PIUS VI
- PIUS VII
- Józef Antoni PONIATOWSKI
- Jean-Etienne PORTALIS et le Code Civil
- Louise of PRUSSIA
- Emmanuel SIÉYÈS
- Madame de STAËL
- STENDHAL
- Robert SURCOUF
- Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD
- Alessandro VOLTA
- Maria WALEWSKA
