Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/29
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On 29 Jul 99, Jim Brick wrote, at least in part:
> Leica L-O-V-E-S making commemoratives. Not much more work, l-o-t-s more
> money, and it never comes back for warranty repair. A win, win, win
> situation.
I once took off on my local postmaster for the expense the Postal
Service incurs in making the myriad commemoratives it does
during the year. My point to him was that the Postal Service
seemed to me to be underwriting the philatelist's interests at the
expense of the general public.
He replied that, statistically, the expenses incurred, such as
engraving, labor, materials and promotion were far exceeded by
the income from the sale of the commemorative stamps. That
plus the fact that nearly all of the stamps sold are never used for
postage due on mail or parcels makes, at least, for a win x 2, if
not a win x 3 situation.
Again, kudos to the collectors!
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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Thought for the day:
Success occurs in private,
failure in full view.