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A notable absentee from this list is Denmark, whose Kronborg Castle at Halsingor (Shakespeare’s Elsinore) is always regarded as the scene of Hamlet. The dramatist took his plot for this famous tragedy from an old Danish legend, said to date back to the seventh century. The castle, however, was built between 1577 and 1585, so in Shakespeare's day it was quite new. Today the castle contains a statue of Shakespeare, the man who made it famous; for its popularity as a modern tourist attraction is undoubtedly due to its association with Hamlet. But as the illustration shows, the castle has already made one appearance on a stamp—as long ago as October 1920. It was chosen as the subject for the 10 ore value in a set isued by Denmark to commemorate the recovery of North Slesvlg from Germany, as the result of a plebiscite after the First World War. This stamp, printed at first in scarlet, and later, in green, car thus claim first place—chronologically speaking—in any collection of stamps with a Shakespearian theme.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30478, 27 June 1964, Page 5
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