Why no living people appear on US postage stamps
- Written by Richard Handler, Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia
The practice of putting images of only deceased or allegorical people on U.S. stamps dates back to 1847.Schulte Productions/iStock via Getty Images PlusWith the ascension of King Charles III to the British throne, some commentators have made much of the fact that the new stamp bearing his image features the king without a crown.
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