Comments on: Prestige Booklets – from Stamp Booklets to Booklets with Stamps http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/great-britain/prestige-booklets-%e2%80%93-from-stamp-booklets-to-booklets-with-stamps/ Philatelic or Stamp Collecting Database for philatelists and stamp collectors, stamp articles, stamp archives, stamp book reviews, a philatelic dictionary and a philatelic directory. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Yardley http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/great-britain/prestige-booklets-%e2%80%93-from-stamp-booklets-to-booklets-with-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-1706 Chris Yardley Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:49:50 +0000 http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/?p=5317#comment-1706 I suspect that Australia Post are pushing the boundaries of collector's patience with the 2009 Prestige Booklets. Almost every one of the 'normal' stamp issues are complimented with a Prestige Booklet. Of, course at a premium over the face value of the stamps. But wait, there is more. The Prestige Booklet to celebrate 200 years of the Post Office contains three (miniature) sheets of the set of 10 stamps. 2 sheets are the same, however, the third has the stamps in an imperforate sheet.......................... a MUST for the specialist collector. There's more? Yes. Two obtain the imperforate sheet as a sheet and the stamps individually the specialist collector has to acquire two Prestige Booklets and pay the premium twice. I hope that collectors might rise up against this sort of blatant abuse of the collector. I cannot speak for other countries. Chris Yardley / 12.viii.09. I suspect that Australia Post are pushing the boundaries of collector’s patience with the 2009 Prestige Booklets. Almost every one of the ‘normal’ stamp issues are complimented with a Prestige Booklet. Of, course at a premium over the face value of the stamps.

But wait, there is more.
The Prestige Booklet to celebrate 200 years of the Post Office contains three (miniature) sheets of the set of 10 stamps. 2 sheets are the same, however, the third has the stamps in an imperforate sheet…………………….. a MUST for the specialist collector. There’s more? Yes. Two obtain the imperforate sheet as a sheet and the stamps individually the specialist collector has to acquire two Prestige Booklets and pay the premium twice.

I hope that collectors might rise up against this sort of blatant abuse of the collector.
I cannot speak for other countries.

Chris Yardley / 12.viii.09.

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