Robert Baden-Powell

Several stamps have been issued featuring this founder of the Scouting movement, from postal administrations all over the world. The majority of these were issued in 2006 and 2007 to mark the centenary of the Boy Scouts, and the first camp on Brownsea Island in 1907.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Born in Portsmouth on 9 April 1806, Brunel has featured on stamps from Guernsey, Great Britain and St Helena. There were two Portsea cancellations, one of which is shown here.

Winston Churchill

There are a number of references to Churchill in Bournemouth, perhaps the most notable is the occasion in 1893, just before he was due to start at Sandhurst, he was being chased by his brother and neice and when jumping from a bridge to a tree at Alum or Branksome Chine fell 30 feet and was unconscious for three days and bed-ridden for three months. His funeral train returned to Bournemouth shed in 1965, hauled by 34051 "Winston Churchill". He also kept a plane during the Second World War in a now listed hangar at Bournemouth airport. The stamp featured is SG662 issued on 8 July 1965.

John Constable

His painting "Weymouth Bay" was completed whilst on honeymoon, travelling along the south coast from Brighton to Weymouth. Constable also painted two works on Salisbury Cathedral in 1825 and 1829. The stamp shown is from the "British Paintings" set of Great Britain issued on 12 August 1968 SG774.

Charles Dickens

Born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, Dickens, and the subjects of his writings, have featured on stamps from many countries, including Great Britain in 1970 and the Christmas issue in 1993.

Elisabeth Frink

Frink sculpted the grouping "Dorset Martyrs", in Dorchester in 1985. She died in her home in Blandford Forum on 18 April 1993, where she had lived for 16 years. A stamp featuring her SG1937 was issued by Great Britain as part of the Europa: Famous Women set on 6 August 1996.

Thomas Hardy

This stamp SG1506, featuring Thomas Hardy was issued on 10 July1990 to commemorat the 150th anniversary of his birth. His novels were set in the Wessex area, the town Sandbourne being used to represent Bournemouth.

Gustav Holst

Holst wrote an orchestral piece based on Thomas Hardy's Wessex, which became known as Egdon Heath. He died on 25 May 1934, and his ashes were interred in Chichester Cathedral. A stamp featuring his "The Planets" Suite SG1283 was issed as part of Europa: European Music Year, British Composers on 14 May 1985.

Rudyard Kipling

Though born on 30 December 1865 in India, he was cared for at Lorne Lodge, Southsea from the ages of 6 to 12, his parents staying on in British India during that time. One of the stamps featuring him was issued by Monaco in 2006 SG2794

L S Lowry

Lowry often visited his close friend, Margery Thompson, who lived in Southampton and in 1856 painted two works featuring the Southampton Floating Bridge whilst there. There have been many stamps featuring his work, the one illustrated is SG750 from the 1967 British Paintings stamps issue.

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers was born in Southsea in 8 September 1925. A stamp featuring him SG1298 was issued by Great Britain on 8 October 1985 as part of the set British Film Year.

Mary Shelley

Born on 30 August 1797, Mary Wollestenhome married Percy Bysshe Shelley, spent time in the Bournemouth area, where she wrote Frankenstein in 1818. Frankenstein was featured on a Great Britain stamp, SG1981 on 13 May 1997.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Stevenson was featured on a Western Samoan stamp SG198 in 1939, marking the 25th anniversary of New Zealand's control of the territory. In 1884 he bought a house which he named "Skerrymore", in Westbourne, on the west cliff, where he wrote "Kidnapped". The house was named after a lighthouse built by his uncle in Scotland. There is a road named after him near where he lived.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Queen Victoria was a great admirer of Tennyson's work and in 1884 created him Baron of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. He livedthere in a housed named Farringford, taking up his seat in the House of Lords the same year. A set of four stamps commemorating his death centenary was issued by Great Britain on 10 March 1992.

J R R Tolkein

Tolkein holidayed in Bournemouth at the Miramar hotel for 30 years. He retired to Poole. His work "The Hobbit" SG2050 was featured in the Famous Children's family Novels issue of Great Britain on 21 July 1998.

Alan Turing

Turing was a mathematician and war-time code breaker. he lived in Southampton for a while. In 1926, at the age of 14, he was enrolled at Sherborne School, but due to the General Strike and not wishing to miss a single day at his new school, he cycled the 60 miles from Southampton, stopping overnight at an inn.

J M W Turner

During avisit to Lyme Regis, Turner painted a storm scene which is now in the Cininnati Art Museum. Chichester Canal was also a subject of his painting. The stamp shown, SG 971 "Burial at Sea", is from the set issued by Great Britain on 19 February 1975 "Birth Bicentenary of JMW Turner".

Queen Victoria

It was on Queen Victoria's Coronation Day, 28 June 1838, that the Royal Bath Hotel was officially opened, marking the start of the Westover Road development to the east of the Bourne stream.

Alfred Russel Wallace

After a lifetime of study on Evolution, Wallace retired to Old Orchard in Broadstone. The road was named after him following his death in 1915. He is buried in Broadstone cemetry next to his wife. This stamp is from the 350th Anniversary of the Royal Society set issued on 25th February 2010.