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    The most beautiful classical music postage stamps

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

    1. beethoven stamp

      1. Beethoven

      Beethoven on a stamp from Cyprus, 2011 Credit: Thinkstock

    2. Mozart

      2. Mozart

      Mozart on an Austrian stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

    3. J.S. Bach

      3. J.S. Bach

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

    4. Musorgsky

      4. Musorgsky

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

    5. Sibelius

      5. Sibelius

      Sibelius graces a stamp from Finland. Credit: Thinkstock

    6. Tchaikovsky

      6. Tchaikovsky

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

    7. Beethoven

      7. Beethoven

      Beethoven appears on a German stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

    8. Liszt

      8. Liszt

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

    9. mozart

      9. Mozart

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

    10. Mozart piano

      10. Mozart's piano

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

    11. Wagner

      11. Wagner

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

    12. classical music on stamps

      12. Shostakovich

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

    13. classical music on stamps

      13. Scriabin

      Russian composer Scriabin on a striking stamp. Credit: Thinkstock

    14. classical music on stamps

      14. Handel

      A German stamp celebrating Handel. Credit: Thinkstock

    15. Composers on stamps

      15. Grieg

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

    16. Composers on stamps

      16. Khachaturian

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

    17. Composers on stamps

      17. Haydn

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

    18. Composers on stamps

      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

    19. Composers on stamps

      19. Telemann

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

    20. Composers on stamps

      20. Chopin

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

    21. Composers on stamps

      21. Duke Ellington

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

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