The stamp album

How coffee countries put coffee on the post.

For a century, the countries that grow coffee have printed it on their stamps: pickers, blossoms, sacks and harvests. Here are 16 real stamps from 14 issuers, from 1924 to 2017. Explore a country and its stamp goes into your passport.

El Salvador coffee stamp, 1924: Salvadoran coffee stamp — **El Salvador · 1924**Salvadoran coffee stampWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Brazil coffee stamp, 1928: Woman holding a coffee branch over a plantation, for the bicentenary of coffee growing in Brazil — **Brazil · 1928**Woman holding a coffee branch over a plantation, for the bicentenary of coffee growing in BrazilWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika coffee stamp, 1935: Joint stamp of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika — **Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika · 1935**Joint stamp of Kenya, Uganda and TanganyikaWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Côte d'Ivoire coffee stamp, 1936: Stamp of Côte d'Ivoire, then part of French West Africa — **Côte d'Ivoire · 1936**Stamp of Côte d'Ivoire, then part of French West AfricaWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Brazil coffee stamp, 1938: The Brazilian flag on a sack of coffee, promoting Brazilian coffee — **Brazil · 1938**The Brazilian flag on a sack of coffee, promoting Brazilian coffeeWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Venezuela coffee stamp, 1938: 5-céntimo coffee stamp — **Venezuela · 1938**5-céntimo coffee stampWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Colombia coffee stamp, 1939: Colombian coffee stamp — **Colombia · 1939**Colombian coffee stampWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Costa Rica coffee stamp, 1945: Costa Rican coffee stamp — **Costa Rica · 1945**Costa Rican coffee stampWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Yemen coffee stamp, 1947: Yemeni coffee stamp from the 1947–1958 regular issue — **Yemen · 1947**Yemeni coffee stamp from the 1947–1958 regular issueWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Brazil coffee stamp, 1953: Coffee blossom and berries — **Brazil · 1953**Coffee blossom and berriesWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

French Africa coffee stamp, 1956: Coffee stamp issued across French Africa in a common design — **French Africa · 1956**Coffee stamp issued across French Africa in a common designWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Indonesia coffee stamp, 1960: Agricultural products: coffee — **Indonesia · 1960**Agricultural products: coffeeWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Tanganyika coffee stamp, 1961: A coffee picker — **Tanganyika · 1961**A coffee pickerWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Kenya coffee stamp, 1963: A Kenyan woman and man picking coffee, for the coffee industry — **Kenya · 1963**A Kenyan woman and man picking coffee, for the coffee industryWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Rwanda coffee stamp, 1975: Coffee workers and beans — **Rwanda · 1975**Coffee workers and beansWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

India coffee stamp, 2017: Indian coffee — **India · 2017**Indian coffeeWikimedia Commons (GODL-India)

Every stamp is public domain on Wikimedia Commons, except India's 2017 issue, which is released under the Government Open Data License – India. Know of a coffee stamp we're missing? Tell us.