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's Birthplace, Postmarked at Stratford upon Avon

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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
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Postmark:
Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare Festival, Special Handstamp
Reference Images:
Commemorative Stamp
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FDI Postmark
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Shakespeare Festival, Special Handstamp
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