HEAD OF STATES STAMPS

A collection of postal covers on "Head of States" by Johnny Lowis, a Singaporean philatelist. I try my best to include all the worldwide countries. As I started this collection quite late, somewhere in 2000, so some of the earlier leader were missed out such as Saddam Hussein, Muamar Gadaffi, Shah Pahlevi, etc..... All the stamps in this collection are genuine and each cover is dedicated to a single person only. If I miss out your country, please let me know. Thank you for visiting this site.

Togo

Nicolas Grunitzky

(1913- 1969)

Grunitzky was the second President of Togo and its
third head of state. He was President from

1963 to 1967.

He was Prime Minister of Togo from 1956 to 1958

under the French Colonial administration. Following

the 1963 coup which killed his nationalist political

rival Sylvanus Olympio, Grunitzky was chosen by

the military committee of coup leaders to be

Togo's second President.

He was however, toppled in a bloodless military coup,
and was exiled to Paris. He was injured in a car
accident in Côte d'Ivoire, and died from
complications in a hospital in Paris in 1969.