A Philatelic Tribute to Andrew Carnegie
Andrew
Carnegie was often referred to as the ‘Patron Saint of Libraries’. He donated
$56,162,622 for the construction of 2509 library buildings throughout the
English-speaking parts of the world.
He was honored by the United States Postal Service with a 4 cent stamp on
Nov. 25, 1960. The stamp was issued in conjunction with the 50th
anniversary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the 125th
anniversary of Carnegie's birth. Although the focus of the stamp was not
Carnegie's library philanthropy, he is pictured in his library.
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first day cover with the Carnegie library stamp. The picture of the Civil
War veterans was taken in front of the Carnegie Free Library in Carnegie, PA.
Great Britain issued an aerogramme in November, 1985 on the 150th anniversary of Carnegie's birth. The aerogramme tells Carnegie's life story. It includes an illustration of the Dunfermline Central Library in Scotland which was the first of 2,811 public libraries which he helped to fund.
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