Four special commemorative stamps for the Carnegie libraries in Ireland

By Felix M. Larkin   Ireland is often referred to as ‘the Land of Saints and Scholars’, and a number of saints have featured on Irish stamps, most recently Our Lady of Fatima and St Kevin of Glendalough. There have been few scholars, however. This deficiency was addressed in August 2019 when An Post launched ... Read more

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