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Postage stamps
Numerous countries have issued postage stamps to commemorate John and they have become major collectors' items, not only for philatelists but for the average Lennon fan.
The Maldive Islands issued a 70-laari stamp of John on Thursday May 15 1986.
On 14 April 1988, West Germany issued a set of official stamps, depicting Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison and John Lennon. The multicoloured stamps were available for only 180 days from their date of issue.
Gibraltar issued a set of four John Lennon stamps in 1991. The 20p featured him with a tallow flower in his eye. The 30p was an early black-and-white picture. The 40p was a photograph of him wearing coloured glasses. The $1 stamp was a picture of John and Yoko on the runway of Gibraltar airport.
St Vincent issued a souvenir set of nine stamps featuring portraits of John, valued at $1 each.
Antigua and Barbados issued a stamp with a basic portrait of John featured on it and the entire mintage sold out within a week. On the first day of issue, there were queues outside the post offices of people wearing Beatles outfits and carrying guitars. The country's Postmaster Agneta Bleau said the mintage was such a success that they would plan another one.
Azerbaijan issued the first official postage stamp of John to be used in a former Soviet Republic, and received thousands of requests from abroad. The issue of the stamp proved to be frontpage news in the local newspapers. The Pacific nation of Palau issued a Lennon stamp as the second issue of a series of universal legends, and the country's Postmaster was able to announce, 'They have passed Elvis in popularity and have become the fastest seller.'
Tanzania issued Lennon stamps in 1995, each one a distinct image of John from different periods of his life. Other countries that have issued John Lennon stamps include Nicaragua, Ghana, Guyana and Mali.
On Friday 8 December 1995 the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. premiered an eight-nation John Lennon series of stamps, known as 'John Lennon World Postal Salute' at a special ceremony at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. At the time it was one of the world's biggest postal tributes with an issue of 100,000 stamps from Nicaragua, Guyana, Azerbaijan, Antigua/ Baruba, Palau, Ghana, Mali and the Maldives. Attending the ceremony were Billy J Kramer, Peter Noone and Mary Wilson of the Supremes.