People who were honored on a German postage stamp during their lifetime

First postage stamp on German soil to show a head of state: King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia from November 15, 1850.

In Germany, with the exception of the head of state, no living personalities are usually depicted on postage stamps. This is traditionally based and not based on a law.

This tradition was founded with the introduction of postage stamps in the German states, today philatelically called Old German States , when the head of state (→ One Penny Black ) began to be depicted , similar to England, the country in which the stamp was born .

This article only contains the stamps that were issued in the so-called Old German States. For all other brands see:

German states until 1918

image	person	Issue occasion	Issue date	Mi. -No.
	King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.	king	November 15, 1850 to November 17, 1859	Prussia 1–13
	King Friedrich August II.	king	August 1, 1851 to November 1852	Saxony 3–7
	King John I.	king	June 1, 1855 to April 24, 1856/1863	Saxony 8–13
	Queen Victoria	Helgoland was a British colony until August 9, 1890, with its own postal sovereignty from 1867 onwards. From August 10, 1890, part of the German Empire.	March 1867 to June 1890	Helgoland 1–4, 6–16
	King George V	King of Hanover	February 15, 1859/1859	Hanover 14–16, 18, 19
	Prince Regent Luitpold	Luitpold's 90th birthday	March 10 / October 1, 1911	Bavaria 76-85
	Prince Regent Luitpold	Luitpold's 90th birthday	March 10, 1911	Bavaria 86-91
	Prince Regent Luitpold	25-year reign of Prince Regent Luitpold	June 10, 1911	Bavaria 92, 93
	King Ludwig III.	King of Bavaria	March 30, 1914	Bavaria 94-115
	King Wilhelm II.	25 years of reign (on a badge )	October 6, 1916	Württemberg 241-250