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Article: Stamp of approval for Arthur Guinness
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- August 28, 2009
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AN POST unveiled a special stamp to commemorate the 250th
anniversary of the Guinness Brewery on St James's Street, Dublin
yesterday.
The 82c stamp, featuring an 18th-century portrait of Arthur
Guinness by an unknown artist, covers airmail letter postage to any
part of the world. An additional specially designed First Day Cover
shows a photograph of the first fleet of Guinness Liffey barges
moored at Victoria Quay.
The stamp enters circulation tomorrow.
Arthur Guinness founded the famous brewery in 1759 when he
secured a 9,000-year lease on the St James's Gate site for
pound(s)45 per annum. ...