[Official first day cover with omnibus issue stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth] [graphic] : [Cayman Islands].

[Bodden Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands] : [Post Office?], [1964]

1 stamp affixed to 1 envelope : color ; envelope 11 x 17 cm

paper

Official first-day cover featuring color cachets depicting Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon (lower left corner) and Anne Hathaway's cottage, Shottery (lower right corner). "Official first day cover, Cayman Islands" is printed above the illustration of Shakespeare's birthplace, with an image of the Cayman Islands coat of arms and a Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare. "400th anniversary of Shakespeares birth, Saint Georges Day, April 23rd 1964" is printed in between the illustrations of Shakespeare's birthplace and Anne Hathaway's cottage. Affixed in upper right corner is a 15c stamp with illustrations of Queen Elizabeth II, William Shakespeare, and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, printed in pink. Postmarked in Bodden Town, Grand Cayman, C.I., 23 April 1964.

Title devised by cataloger.
Part of the 1964 omnibus issue to British Commonwealth countries commemorating William Shakespeare.

Stanley Gibbons simplified stamp catalogue, 183
Scott standard postage stamp catalogue, 171
Spencer, Albert. The philatelic Shakespeare, pages 61-62

Great Britain -- Cayman Islands -- Grand Cayman Island -- Bodden Town.

ART 248- 896 (size XS)

Gift of Kent Cartwright.

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