24 January 2021

Sunday Stamps | Shakespeare

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Poets (writers). Time to show this stamp from 1964 that I got on the back of a postcard... in 2020!


This one is from 1995. Not as old as the previous one, but also received last year. It belongs a British series called Greetings - Art, and its title is: Decoration from 'All the Love Poems of Shakespeare' (Eric Gill).


Shakespeare is a favourite theme on postcards and stamps.

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10 comments:

  1. Joy24 January, 2021

    Well it seems Shakespeare is as timeless in stamps as in his work. I enjoyed the link.

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    1. Mail Adventures25 January, 2021

      I bet there are a lot of collectors of Shakespeare's stamps!

      Thanks for visiting the link too.

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  2. violet s24 January, 2021

    Shakespeare and poor Yorick's skull!
    I am familiar with Eric Gill and his typefaces, but this stamp shows something different.

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    1. Mail Adventures25 January, 2021

      I had to look up the title of this stamp.

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  3. Bryon D24 January, 2021

    It’s fun finding those older vintage stamps and seeing the designs used many years ago.

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  4. FinnBadger25 January, 2021

    Unusual to have a non-US person on a stamp. There are a few (e.g. John Lennon, the actors in Harry Potter), but not many.

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    1. Mail Adventures25 January, 2021

      Queen Isabella (Queen of Castile) became the first woman on a US stamp, in 1893 :)

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  5. Bob Scotney29 January, 2021

    It's not clear to me where that first stamp is from.

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    1. Mail Adventures31 January, 2021

      United States of America, issued in 1964.

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