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Great British Smilers Sheets Issued 2000 to ....
I remember walking towards the Royal Mail stand at Earls Court 2000 chatting to another British Stamp dealer. I wanted to buy a few bits from Royal mail for stock. We got to one of the counters and he asked for 200 of the Stamp Show 2000 sheets. Not knowing what he was talking about and not wanting to seem like an idiot, I just opened my mouth and said "I will take 100 as well".
I do not know what my face looked like when they were plonked on the counter in front of me, but I remember thinking "What the hell have I bought this rubbish for, no one is going to want these, they are too big" and to cap it all, they cost me more than face value!
Boy, was I wrong! A classic case of a dealer not having a clue. Actually, I was not the only one. Ask any GB dealer and if they are honest, they will all tell you, we did not think they would ever take off. That all changed the moment Royal Mail produced the Smilers Album, then everyone seemed to want them.
As can now be seen, the fact that virtually no dealer thought they were going to go anywhere, meant that after the initial issue, very few people brought any of the early sheets in quantity. So the subsequent issues became hot property and started to rise in price fast and I do mean fast.
The 2000 and 2001 Christmas issues are without any doubt the fastest price rising issues ever. Not even back in the daft heydays of the late 70s and early 80s did anything rise at such a mind boggling rate for a new issue as these did.
The 2001 Christmas Pair is just a wonderful story. Everyone who had a Royal Mail account for everything issued was sent the 2000 Christmas sheets, A few dealers got some, a lot of these went onto First Day covers, mostly split, as they were too big for one cover. They were then put away. 2001 comes along and though and behold Royal mail have the same sheets again. Reaction of most people, "I do not want these, I have already got them" So they either sent them back or just did not bother to order any. Big mistake!
Take a look at the images below, would you have spotted the difference and kept them. Did you? If you did, well done, you made a brilliant Investment.
You roughly made a 10,000% profit in 6 years.
This is unique in modern general issued British stamps.
Actually I can not think of any other period it happened either. Unless you know different!
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