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Monday, 14 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

David Tennant as Hamlet, RSC Stamps 2011

The Royal Mail are to release a new collection of stamps featuring six iconic images from the Royal Shakespeare Company to celebrate 50 years of the company's charter.

Each of the six stamps features a scene from The Tempest, Henry VI, King Lear, A Midsummer's Night Dream or Romeo and Juliet - the 1st Class stamp will feature Hamlet, as portrayed by David Tennant!

The stamps are due to be released on 12th April 2011, with the 1st Class stamp costing 46p at the time of issue.

News links: Norvic Philatelics, Anglotopia

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