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 | With rare One Shilling Shakespeare stamps, Postmarked at Stratford upon Avon
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23rd April 1964
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Shakespeare Festival
Stamp Type:
Stamp Details:
3d Puck & Bottom - A Midsummer Night's Dream
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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
Producer/Series:
Royal Mail/Post Office
Postmark:
Notes:
Very rare covers with pair of One Shilling stamps issued at the time - I have never seen these before. Covers are pristine and unaddressed
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Reference Images: Commemorative Stamp Presentation Pack Postmark illustrations |
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