(Block Of 4) Mint Condition: Free Shipping Issue Date: August 14, 1964 City: Stratford, CT Quantity: 123,245,000 Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Printing Method: Rotary Press Perforations: 10 1/2 x 11 Color: Black brown on tan paper U.S. #1250 commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth and was first issued at the home of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy in Stratford, Connecticut. The stamp pictures the legendary playwright on the stage of an Elizabethan theater. He holds a quill in his right hand, next to which is the famed skull of Yorick from the play, Hamlet. American Shakespeare Festival Theater William Shakespeare was born in Stratford, England, in 1564. So it was only fitting that Stratford, Connecticut, bearing the name of Shakespeare’s hometown, became the site of the American Shakespeare Festival Theater. The American Shakespeare Festival Theater opened in 1955. During the 1960s, its performances earned the theater an international reputation. It featured many world-renowned actors and actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Jessica Tandy, and Hal Holbrook. The theater is no longer used for performances.

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