U.S. #1250

5¢ William Shakespeare

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.