tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post5078933353320041747..comments2024-01-12T00:20:22.174-12:00Comments on Machin Mania: Royal Mail Are Driving Us PottyMachin Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-33445283700618541802007-06-05T08:58:00.000-12:002007-06-05T08:58:00.000-12:00You are going to hate me...although I agree with y...You are going to hate me...although I agree with you that Royal Mail are issuing FAR too many stamps (not to mention all the ridiculous miniature sheets, Smilers sheets, Prestige Booklets etc etc etc) and I agree that it is getting stupidly expensive and all about Royal Mail profits ... BUT! I like the Harry Potter stamps and I think it is fantastic that Royal Mail are making stamp collecting relevent and accessible for younger generations. It should evolve. I just hope we'll see some of the Harry Potter stamps actually used for postage so kids get to see them. There you go, now you can shoot me! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-15447746687173191302007-05-30T00:34:00.000-12:002007-05-30T00:34:00.000-12:00Larry stated "Polyjuice Potion and look somewhat v...Larry stated "Polyjuice Potion and look somewhat vaguely like definitives"<BR/><BR/>I do know a smilers sheet is planned with a difference, but I think perhaps Larry is correct, these will be known as commemoratives..<BR/><BR/>Just one thing, did you NOT mean UGLYJUICE POTION?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-75366854546993380802007-05-25T07:51:00.000-12:002007-05-25T07:51:00.000-12:00Just because Royal Mail calls the stamps in the mi...Just because Royal Mail calls the stamps in the miniature sheet definitives doesn't make them definitives. There is, I think, a pretty widely accepted definition of what a definitive is. Unless these stamps appear later in a more convenient format (sheet or booklet) and remain on sale for a prolonged period of time, they are just commemoratives that have drunk Polyjuice Potion and look somewhat vaguely like definitives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-3171499292113775542007-05-24T09:58:00.000-12:002007-05-24T09:58:00.000-12:00I agree royal mail seem to think that collecters w...I agree royal mail seem to think that collecters will buy "any old tosh" especially where they seem to get at us best is stick one stamp you can't buy individually (sp) with a load that cost £2.50 or a £5 for the set.<BR/>I do however think the Beatles set was a statement with all the perfs being multi faced, quite a nice touch :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-69854143621332204082007-05-23T03:34:00.000-12:002007-05-23T03:34:00.000-12:00Yes, Royal Mail are taking the piss. They know th...Yes, Royal Mail are taking the piss. They know that stamp collecting is still a money-spinner. But what is so special, really, about the Harry Potter books? The recent Beatles albums, depicting a still-living non-Royal? How did they get away with that?Postman Phathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828031782895649416noreply@blogger.com