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18 February 2025 - Commemoration of the vintage popular Australian music group, AC/DC - 8 stamps (4 se-tenant pairs, face value £14.60), 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps costing £6.60, 1 booklet of 4 identical self-adhesive stamps (cost £6.60), 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes including 1 pane of King Charles III stamps (1 x 5p, 1 x 1st Class, 1 x 50p and 1 x £1), sold for £26.60 and 1 ‘Deluxe’ limited edition Prestige booklet costing £49.99 and 3 Collectors sheets, one costing £15.80 and the other two costing £7.50 each and 1 ‘Platinum miniature sheet’ costing £149.99. Total cost of one each of all of the above (excluding Platinum sheet) - £134.59p. Designed by Royal Mail Group Ltd and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.
Rating:- 0. Charmless, ugly and pointless, and that’s just the stamps.
Not for the first time, I find myself wondering how many (if any) of Royal Mail's "limited edition" products actually sells out its print run.
ReplyDeleteThey often seem to “remainder” some of these items at a notably reduced price after a period. But I suspect the profit is so great on these very expensive and exorbitantly overpriced products that it’s no loss to them if they do not sell some of them.
DeleteWould have preferred more album artwork for the stamps (see The Who), rather than concert photos for the main stamps. I can see some people being disappointed at post offices.
ReplyDeleteIron Maiden stamps are still for sale on RM, and some of the limited edition and framed stuff is in the sale!
Agree - same with other Music Giants. I can only guess it's to do with who holds the publishing rights for the imagery and costs?
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