Who was the first non-royal woman to appear on an official British stamp?

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Who was the first non-royal woman to appear on an official British stamp?

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According to the list below, Emmeline Pankhurst, the British suffragette, was the first. Her stamp appeared in 1968.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_stamps_of_Great_Britain

Jan 02 2008, 9:47 AM

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According to your own source it is rather Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937).

Jan 02 2008, 11:32 AM

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Okay, the present Queen Elizabeth also was a royal then, even if she wasn't yet a Queen.
Sorry about that.
At least she was the first non-Queen to appear on a British stamp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bowes-Lyon

Jan 02 2008, 11:37 AM

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Or, to be more precise: The first female non-Queen.

The correct answer if you only count UK stamps is probably Emmeline Pankhurst.
But maybe the answer would be different if you counted all 'British' stamps, not only those of Great Britain? That is: Stamps from all over the British Empire?

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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was (of course) the name of the late Queen Mother, not the former name of Queen Elizabeth II.
Please delete.

Jan 02 2008, 12:09 PM