it's a shakespear stamp,has a oicture of a skull on the left of him,and it's a five sent stamp,it was on a post card,so it was back when it costed 5 cents to send a post card.
2006-10-27 17:29:56 · 2 answers · asked by james b 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
This stamp was issued August 14, 1964 to honor the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. At that time 5c was the cost for a first-class letter within the US. It may have been used on a card because the sender only had 5-cent stamps and didn't think it was worth a trip to the post office to get the cheaper (I think 3c) stamps used for post cards, or it may have been used at a later date when the post card rate was 5c and someone wanted to use up leftover stamps. It is very common and only worth a few cents as an off-paper stamp, but it is worth a bit more if you leave it on the original card - 50c-$1, probably.
2006-10-28 06:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Maple 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't they usually have the date it was made somewhere on it? Your name is james so is mine, james is an awesome name =)
2006-10-27 17:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by James C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋