Stamp Collector

A question of prestige

ack in the late in 1960s the agent handling the advertising in British stamp books put forward the idea of a sponsored ‘cheque-book’ type product. It did not prove easy to find a sponsor although eventually the Milk Marketing Board was persuaded, and the 1969 £1 ‘Stamps for Cooks’ resulted. It is a sobering thought that for your

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