Smith, F. B.

SMITH, Frederick Burgess d.1954 age 70. Originally in timber trade. Dealer, with FC Penney, as FB Smith Ltd. They were known as 'Penny-Farthing', Penney being large, and Smith diminutive. Member of BPA Expert Committee. Became director of Stanley Gibbons Ltd on death of G Hamilton-Smith in 1926, as representing the majority shareholding that had passed to the Hamilton-Smith estate.

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