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 Quartocentenary, Postmarked at St. Agnes

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23rd April 1964 - Shakespeare Festival
Stamp Type:
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:
St. Agnes CDS Postmark
Notes: 2/6d only - Dark Grey Black variety - very scarce
Reference Images:
Commemorative Stamp
Presentation Pack
Postmark illustrations

Sold Out varieties of this First Day Cover below.
FDI Postmark
non-phosphor
$54
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CDS Postmark
2/6d only - Dark Grey Black variety - very scarce
$60.75
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Shakespeare Anniversary Year, Slogan Postmark
phosphor
3d only - very scarce pmk with printed address
$60.75
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Have you taken out your TV licence?, Slogan Postmark
non-phosphor
$60.75
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