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Title
The Albert Spencer philatelic Shakespeare collection.
Variant title
Shakespeare stamp collection of Albert Spencer.
Created/published
ca. 1840-1960
Description
38 volumes and 2 boxes of loose material.
Associated name
Spencer, Albert, former owner.
Note
26 numbered volumes of stamps. 11 unnumbered volumes of duplicates and ephemera. 1 volume photocopy of Theatre Philatelic by Harold Shiffler
Contents Box 1: Shakespeare and Town Cancellations; 15 cancellations Shakespeare character town names, i.e, Ophelia, Virginia; 5 cancellations 1958 Shakespeare Festival Oregon; 1 set complete of cancelled postmarks with cities in Oregon--35 cities for 1958 Shakespeare Festival; 4 Shakespeare Festival stamp sets with black backing; 1958 Oregon Festival cancellation envelopes from General Petroleum Corporation with cities in Oregon--370 cancellations; 29 various cancellations with Shakespeare stamps
Contents Box 2: 1 Plate model for Postmark Advertisement for Shakespeare Festival 1971; 8 Shakespeare Festival Stamp Sets; 27 First Day Covers for Festival Stamps (all included). Cancellation is from Stratford-upon-Avon; 18 additional misc. cancellations April 23, 1964; 21 Virgin Island cancellations April 23, 1964; 8 Virgin Island duplicates; 4 complete sets for 12 Crown Colonies April 23, 1964; Set of First Day Covers (Cayman Island not included); 11 envelopes; 1 Complete set First Day Covers British Colonies; 23 misc. envelopes including Inigo Jones First Day Cover 400th Anniversary; 29 misc. postcards with Shakespearean actors; 44 envelopes cancellations Stratford, David Garrick; 6 Marin Shakespeare Festival; 7 Ohio Shakespeare Festival; 20 Alabama Shakespeare Festival; 10 misc. Shakespeare Festivals including North Carolina and Stratford, Connecticut; 17 items or sets celebrating British Theater Postcards; 27 envelopes Stratford and Oregon; 23 items Hailey's Comet
Folder 1 : Shakespeare Greeting Cards Comical with Characters; Biographical index cards composers influenced by Shakespeare; Biographical information misc. actors; misc. cards from Stratford Theater in Connecticut; Brochure The Puck Building in New York City; Mae West and Shakespeare; receipts; a Shakespeare Music Catalog; Shakespeare Portrait articles; 1963 Book of the Month Club Rowse advertisement; Various Philatelic articles; Ship Registries Congress- Shakespeare, Garrick, Siddons
Folder 2: List of Philatelic Shakespeare copies sent gratis; copies sold; letters of appreciation for scholarship and receipt of book; Philatelic Study of Shakespeare article Stamp Collector January 1968; Reviews of The Philatelic Shakespeare
Folder 3: Book Layout grid for The Philatelic Shakespeare worksheets
Folder 4: The Shakespeare Newsletter Fall 1989; Correspondence about Shakespeare and Music; general Shakespeare First Day Cover acquisition correspondence; Shakespeare Newsletter Fall 1987; 1 envelope cancellation Jane Austen; The Shakespeare Oxford Review of Charlton Ogburn's, The Mysterious William Shakespeare; The Shakespeare Oxford Society An Inquirer's Guide to The Shakespearean Authorship Problem and The Case for Edward De Vere
Folder 5: San Gorgonio Maps?
Shelf 1 (top): 9 information sheets 1964 Shakespeare Festival GPO First Day Cover; Shakespeare Man of the Renaissance Philatelic Tribute to the Bard; Information sheet The Shakespeare Festival Stamps; Air Mail Envelope Stratford-upon-Avon; The Shakespeare Festival Stamps British Colonies; 2 copies William Shakespeare Biographical Information from The Birthplace Trust; Two information sheets The Plays
Shelf 1 (bottom): Index to Volumes Albert Spencer Collection (copy); List Shakespeare First Day Covers; List Great Britain Cancellations
Contents Box 1: Shakespeare and Town Cancellations; 15 cancellations Shakespeare character town names, i.e, Ophelia, Virginia; 5 cancellations 1958 Shakespeare Festival Oregon; 1 set complete of cancelled postmarks with cities in Oregon--35 cities for 1958 Shakespeare Festival; 4 Shakespeare Festival stamp sets with black backing; 1958 Oregon Festival cancellation envelopes from General Petroleum Corporation with cities in Oregon--370 cancellations; 29 various cancellations with Shakespeare stamps
Contents Box 2: 1 Plate model for Postmark Advertisement for Shakespeare Festival 1971; 8 Shakespeare Festival Stamp Sets; 27 First Day Covers for Festival Stamps (all included). Cancellation is from Stratford-upon-Avon; 18 additional misc. cancellations April 23, 1964; 21 Virgin Island cancellations April 23, 1964; 8 Virgin Island duplicates; 4 complete sets for 12 Crown Colonies April 23, 1964; Set of First Day Covers (Cayman Island not included); 11 envelopes; 1 Complete set First Day Covers British Colonies; 23 misc. envelopes including Inigo Jones First Day Cover 400th Anniversary; 29 misc. postcards with Shakespearean actors; 44 envelopes cancellations Stratford, David Garrick; 6 Marin Shakespeare Festival; 7 Ohio Shakespeare Festival; 20 Alabama Shakespeare Festival; 10 misc. Shakespeare Festivals including North Carolina and Stratford, Connecticut; 17 items or sets celebrating British Theater Postcards; 27 envelopes Stratford and Oregon; 23 items Hailey's Comet
Folder 1 : Shakespeare Greeting Cards Comical with Characters; Biographical index cards composers influenced by Shakespeare; Biographical information misc. actors; misc. cards from Stratford Theater in Connecticut; Brochure The Puck Building in New York City; Mae West and Shakespeare; receipts; a Shakespeare Music Catalog; Shakespeare Portrait articles; 1963 Book of the Month Club Rowse advertisement; Various Philatelic articles; Ship Registries Congress- Shakespeare, Garrick, Siddons
Folder 2: List of Philatelic Shakespeare copies sent gratis; copies sold; letters of appreciation for scholarship and receipt of book; Philatelic Study of Shakespeare article Stamp Collector January 1968; Reviews of The Philatelic Shakespeare
Folder 3: Book Layout grid for The Philatelic Shakespeare worksheets
Folder 4: The Shakespeare Newsletter Fall 1989; Correspondence about Shakespeare and Music; general Shakespeare First Day Cover acquisition correspondence; Shakespeare Newsletter Fall 1987; 1 envelope cancellation Jane Austen; The Shakespeare Oxford Review of Charlton Ogburn's, The Mysterious William Shakespeare; The Shakespeare Oxford Society An Inquirer's Guide to The Shakespearean Authorship Problem and The Case for Edward De Vere
Folder 5: San Gorgonio Maps?
Shelf 1 (top): 9 information sheets 1964 Shakespeare Festival GPO First Day Cover; Shakespeare Man of the Renaissance Philatelic Tribute to the Bard; Information sheet The Shakespeare Festival Stamps; Air Mail Envelope Stratford-upon-Avon; The Shakespeare Festival Stamps British Colonies; 2 copies William Shakespeare Biographical Information from The Birthplace Trust; Two information sheets The Plays
Shelf 1 (bottom): Index to Volumes Albert Spencer Collection (copy); List Shakespeare First Day Covers; List Great Britain Cancellations
Item Details
Call number
261014
Folger-specific note
261014.1-261014.303