Mother Teresa Stamps

Mother Teresa was a famous Roman Catholic nun, who worked for orphans, poor and sick people in India and some other countries. She was founder of the renowned institution 'Missionaries of Charity' at Kolkata, India. She was winner of Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979.

Many worldwide countries have issued postal stamps in honor of Mother Teresa. Here are some of the stamps.

Although born in Alabania, Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen. She received Bharat Ratna, the highest civil award in India in 1980.

India Post have issued several stamps to honor Mother Teresa, here are two of the stamps.

First is a First Day Cover with a high value stamp from India Post honoring Mother Teresa.

Second is a stamp portraying Mother Teresa with the Nobel Prize.

Mother Teresa was born in Albania, a small country in Balkan region of Europe, in 1910. Her original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.

Albania has issued several stamps honoring Mother Teresa. Here arethree Albanian stamps featuring her.

Vatican City is a separate state of Roman Catholics ruled by the Pope.

Here is a stamp issued by Vatican City featuring Mother Teresa.

This is a beautiful multicolored postage stamp featuring Mother Teresa, issued by United States of America.

And this Mother Teresa stamp was issued by France

Here are two stamps with the original photographs of Mother Teresa. First is by Eire and second is by Germany.

Argentina, a Spanish speaking South American country also issued a postal stamp featuring Mother Teresa.