Advertisement for the Auction of The Home of Shakespeare

Shakspeare's (Shakespeare's) House

Stratford-on-Avon

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Mr. Robins

feels highly flattered at having been selected 

by the representatives of the late Mr. Thomas Court, 

to submit to public competition

At the auction mart, London

On Thursday, 19th of September, 1847

at twelve O'clock

The Truly Heart-Stirring Relic

of a most glorious period, and of

England's 

IMMORTAL BARD

The most honored monument of the greatest genus that ever lived.  

The sender writes:

Hi Brenda

We saw 5 plays in London and 5 plays in Stratford, loved most of them.  I could have stayed in Stratford longer.  

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This wood postcard was postmarked in 2019 from England.  It is of a paper advertisement to announce that the house in which Shakespeare was born and brought up in was going up for auction. After Shakespeare owned it, it remained in his family with his sister Joan Hart until is was sold to Thomas Court in 1806. 

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I know there are a lot of Shkespeare fans, however, to call him 'The Greatest Genus That Ever Lived', might be a bit of a stretch.  

Great Britain stamp 2019

Queen Elizabeth II, 1.35 P