The 1864 Shakespeare Penny Memorial poster stamp.
[edit] Origins
The first poster stamps were inspired by the invention of the postage stamp.
Shakespeare stamp: inscription on label issued by stamp dealers, 1964.
SGAG: Stanley Gibbons Auctions Galleries, Inc. (USA).
SGL: single stamp.
SGMJ: Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal.
SGP: international postal code for Singapore.
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In Love's Labour's Lost, William Shakespeare has Maria say of Longaville:
Figure 1. A 90¢ carmine Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry stamp. The vignette is the central part of the design. The frame surrounds it. Click on image to enlarge.
The first person other than royalty to appear on a British stamp was William Shakespeare in 1964.
The first self-adhesive stamps were issued by Sierra Leone on 10 February 1964.
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