03995ckm\a2200577Ii\4500 257731 20251009105337.0 ki\coo 080605s1964\\\\dcunnn\\\\\\\f\\\\kneng\d (OCoLC)on1019824855 (OCoLC)1019824855 UXG eng rda UXG UtOrBLW United States Postal Service, n 80013137, issuing body. [Five-cent stamp, Shakespeare issue, on Shakespeare Anniversary Committee first-day cover] [graphic]. Folger card catalog title: Shakespeare stamps 1964, United States Shakespeare Anniversary Committee official first day cover with the Shakespeare stamp United States : 5 cents [Washington, D.C.] : [United States Postal Service], 1964. Stratford, Connecticut : American Shakespeare Festival Theatre [Washington, D.C.] : [Bureau of Engraving and Printing] 1 stamp (affixed to envelope) : rotary process, black ink on tan paper ; envelope 9.5 x 17 cm still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier paper paper rdamat ink rdamat polychrome rdacc Title supplied by cataloger. Stamp was designed by Douglas Gorsline. Printed by rotary process and issued in panes of fifty stamps. Initial printing of 118 million stamps. First sold through the Stratford, Connecticut post office on August 14, 1964. There are several variants of this cover. In one, the words "official first day cover" are integrated into the cachet illustration at center left; in another, "official first day cover" appears at the bottom right. Stanley Gibbons simplified stamp catalogue, 1232 Smithsonian Institution. National Postal Museum, Arago database Spencer, Albert. The philatelic Shakespeare, page 72 Scott standard postage stamp catalogue, 1250 One black-and-white stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, affixed to a first-day cover issued in Stratford, Connecticut. Stamp features illustration of Shakespeare in striped doublet, holding quill with skull sitting nearby. Red and black cachet on left side of cover featuring an image of the Shakespeare family crest flanked by "1564 - 1964" and an image of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre. Caption: "Shakespeare Anniversary Committee at... American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut." Postmarked by the Stratford, Connecticut post office, August 14, 1964. Also available as a digital reproduction. revised 2017-01 EEW 1 link Luna local DFo cataloged 2018-01-17 SEH 2 pieces local DFo Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, n 78095332, depicted. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Anniversaries, etc. sh 85120826 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Appreciation. sh 85120829 Postage stamps. 300037321 aat First day covers. 300195405 aat Envelopes. 300197601 aat Gorsline, Douglas W., 1913-1985, n 82033017, artist. United States. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, n 79139615, printer. American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy, n 88666559, distributor. United States District of Columbia Washington. naf US-DFo DeckB-Art ART 248- 906 (size XS) "Official first day cover" appears at the bottom right. Gift of Kent Cartwright. 103689 248906 US-DFo DeckB-Art ART File S527.3 no.28 CIN=mc "Official first day cover" is integrated into the cachet illustration at center left 340783 No case or accession number present https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/img119645 Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART File S527.3 no.28 oai:catalog.folger.edu:257731 GLOBAL_SET BIB Online Vault