Shakespeare Festival Stamps

These Post Office stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.

23.04.1964 | Shakespeare and Stratford Theatre, Postmarked at Leeds

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Stock Code:

49601

Issue:

23rd April 1964 - Shakespeare Festival

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

3d Puck & Bottom - A Midsummer Night's Dream ... ▼ expand stamp details ▼

6d Feste - Twelfth Night
1/3d Balcony Scene - Romeo and Juliet
1/6d Eve of Agincourt - Henry V
2/6d (non-phos. only) Hamlet contemplating Yorick's Skull

Postmark:

Leeds FDI Postmark

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Reference Images:
Commemorative Stamp
Presentation Pack
Postmark illustrations

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The above Royal Mail Shakespeare Festival stamps were issued on 23 April 1964 by Royal Mail and feature the following stamp designs: 3d Puck & Bottom - A Midsummer Night's Dream; 6d Feste - Twelfth Night; 1/3d Balcony Scene - Romeo and Juliet; 1/6d Eve of Agincourt - Henry V; 2/6d (non-phos. only) Hamlet contemplating Yorick's Skull. The Shakespeare and Stratford Theatre first day cover with the Leeds FDI Postmark postmark and features these stamps which can make a very collectible and lovely gift.