Ray Bradbury’s dystopian masterpiece Fahrenheit 451 was published October 19, 1953.

… books are banned, TV screens are the size of whole walls, and Firemen set fires instead of putting them out.
The protagonist is a Fireman named Guy Montag, a begins to question why books were banned in the first place.
Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451” – The Banned Books Project

Fahrenheit 451, by R.Bradbury
From series 16 stamp Science Fiction Novels series
Issued by San Marino post in 1998
Designer: Franco Filanci

Ray would weep for the USA today.