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Tintin on postage stamps
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In many countries across the world, though most often in Europe, postage stamps have been released that depict scenes from Hergés comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.
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A one-off stamp that was released on October 1st, 1979. The stamp featured Tintin and Snowy with a magnifying glass examining a stamp depicting Captain Haddock. The stamp would be used on the front cover of Harry Thompsons book, Tintin, Herge and his Creation.
A set of two stamps was released in September 1999. Each showed a scene from the book Explorers on the Moon.
Released on 15th October, it depicts a model of the moon rocket.
A one off stamp was released on March 11th.
A one off depicting Tintin moving a puppet of Herge.
A joint issue that depicted scenes from Tintin in the Congo.
In February 2004, the Belgian post office released a set of five stamps to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Tintin, the 50th anniversary of the book Explorers on the Moon and the 35th anniversary of neil Armstrongs moon landing.
In 2007, the Belgian post office will release a series of 25 stamps, 24 of which will depict one of the album covers each, and the 25th showing a picture of Herge.