Politically Incorrect Happy Families
A Happy Families set with many differences from a conventional one.
The nine families which make up this set are contemporary and unconventional. They are:
- The Dole Family – The Benefits Claimants
- The Woods Family – The Save the World Family
- The Khan Family – The British Asian Family
- The Sterling Family – The Fat Cat Bankers
- The Starr Family – The Reality TV Family
- The Steele Family – The Super Fit Family
- The Kowalski Family – The Polish Family
- The Winston Family – The Afro Caribbean Family
- The Janey-Stitcher Family – The Same Sex Family
The last of these includes two “Ms” and two “Miss”. The designs are well done but the name of the artist is not given. See the box►
Above: Politically Incorrect Happy Families, made in Great Britain for Blighty Brands, 2014. 36 cards + 1 rule card + 3 extra cards in tuck box, on see-through board. Size: 56 x 87 mm.
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By Roddy Somerville
Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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