The Big Ben Commemorative sheet is self-adhesive with 20 definitive-sized Union Flag stamps, as shown.
On the same day, Royal Mail sold a Philatelic Medal Cover, which included a commemorative medal (not coin) from the Royal Mint, with a special Smilers stamp, and special postmark. The Smilers label is in the same design as the final label on the sheet, but smaller - because the stamp is the large-size Union Flag on conventionally gummed paper. Whatever form it was printed in, this stamp was not available to collectors of dealers. The perforation is the same as the Rule Britannia Smiler of 2004, but the shade is quite different.
(Oh, and the postmark is pretty rubbish - looks like it was done with a dot-matrix printer!)
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