HAITI

HAITI / HAÏTI.

In memory of Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965).
Maps of Alsace and Gabon.
First stamp in a set of 7, issued on 20.04.1967.
Face value: 5 cents of Haitian gourde.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 41 x 29 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 892.
- StampWorld No. 880.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1008.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 567.

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (Kaysersberg, Alsace, German Empire, January 14, 1875 - Lambaréné, Gabon, September 4, 1965) was a Franco-German doctor, philosopher, theologian and musician who spent most of his life in Lambaréné (French Equatorial Africa, currently in the Republic of Gabon), where he established a hospital with his wife and cared for thousands of patients. He cared for hundreds of lepers and treated many victims of the African disease known as sleeping sickness. In 1952 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.