Stamp issue: Bicentenary of the British Garrison 1816 - 2016
| Issue date: 14th August 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| These stamps commemorate the bicentenary of Britain taking possession of Tristan, with the landing of a garrison from HMS Falmouth on the 14th August 1816. Corporal William Glass and his family stayed on to become the founders of the colony. | |||||||||||||
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Stamp issue: 400th Death Anniversary of William Shakespeare
| Issue date: 4th July 2016 | ||||||||||||
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This set of stamps commemorates the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, with illustrations of characters from four of his plays. 35p - A Midsummer Night's Dream. 50p - Macbeth. £1.00 - Hamlet. £1.20 - The The Merry Wives of Windsor. |
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