Ethel barrymore , 1982
1993.
The first US postage stamps ever issued was in 1847 and were - 5 cent brown featuring B Franklin 10 cent black featuring G Washington Both of these stamps served as the standard postage until 1851 when new values with mostly the same faces were introduced.
In 1939 the US Issued a stamp picturing kids playing baseball on a sandlot. Thirty years later a batter was pictured on a stamp honoring professional baseball. In 1982, Jackie Robinson was pictured and named on a postage stamp.
The first African-American woman honored on her own stamp was Harriet Tubman in 1978. Some of the letter-sorters shown on a 1973 stamp appear to black women.
The first postage stamp in Paris was distibuted in the year 1849 with the image of the goddess Cerès. The heading was "Repub Franc".
Ethel barrymore , 1982
Martha Washington, wife of President George Washington.
She was the first actress on a postage stamp.
The first person to appear on a stamp was Queen Victoria. It was called the One Penny Black. It was issued by Great Britain in 1840.
william shakespeare was the first on a brish stamp, there have been many others
My guess is Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia who appeared on a 1918 stamp of Ethiopia. You didn't ask from what country, so it's hard to say. If you are talking about the United States, the first Black woman to appear on a postage stamp was Harriet Tubman on Feb 1, 1978.
If I am not wrong he is Frances Chichester, he appears in British stamp 24th July, 1967.
A profile bust of Queen Victoria was pictured on the first postage stamp.
The penny black was the worlds first postage stamp in 1840.
Great Britain issued the first postage stamp in 1840.
A living person.
1993.