Stamp Collector

The rise and fall of Smilers sheets

he very first presentation packs (excluding the ‘definitive’ packs produced in 1960) were hardly a hit when first released. The first pack in 1964 for Shakespeare Festival sold relatively well, but the subsequent packs that year – Geographical Congress, Botanical Congress and Forth Road Bridge – sold in far smaller quantities, reflected by current market

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