The most beautiful classical music postage stamps

The great composers have popped up on postage stamps around the world. We've been exploring some of our favourites.

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   1. Beethoven

   Beethoven on a stamp from Cyprus, 2011 Credit: Thinkstock

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   2. Mozart

   Mozart on an Austrian stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

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   3. J.S. Bach

   J.S. Bach on a stamp from Cyprus, 2011. Credit: Thinkstock

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   4. Musorgsky

   Modest Musorgsky on a Russian stamp from 1989. Credit: Thinkstock

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   5. Sibelius

   Sibelius graces a stamp from Finland. Credit: Thinkstock

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   6. Tchaikovsky

   Russian composer Tchaikovsky on a stamp from 1974. Credit: Thinkstock

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   7. Beethoven

   Beethoven appears on a German stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

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   8. Liszt

   Liszt on a stamp from the DDR, 1973. Credit: Thinkstock

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    9. Mozart

    The great composer appears on a Cypriot stamp from 2011. Credit: Thinkstock

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    10. Mozart's piano

    This German stamp celebrates Mozart not with a portrait, but with a picture of a piano. Credit: Thinkstock

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    11. Wagner

    A 1963 stamp from the USSR celebrating Wagner. Credit: Thinkstock

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    12. Shostakovich

    Shostakovich appears with an excerpt from the score for his 7th Symphony. Credit: Thinkstock

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    13. Scriabin

    Russian composer Scriabin on a striking stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

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    14. Handel

    A German stamp celebrating Handel. Credit: Thinkstock

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    15. Grieg

    Edvard Grieg, composer of 'Peer Gynt', appears on a stamp from the USSR. Credit: Thinkstock

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    16. Khachaturian

    The Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian appears on a stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

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    17. Haydn

    The father of the symphony, Joseph Haydn, on an Austrian stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

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    18. Caruso

    Not a composer, but a singer – one of the best tenors who ever lived, Enrico Caruso, appears on this American stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

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    19. Telemann

    The Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann – and some of his music on a German stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

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    20. Chopin

    The Polish composer Chopin appears on a stamp from Czechoslovakia. Credit: Thinkstock

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    21. Duke Ellington

    This French stamp from 2002 celebrates the brilliant jazz composer and performer Duke Ellington. Credit: Thinkstock

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