Every month or so, we get sent a special issue of stamps to sell (Queen's anniversary, Queen's birthday, Queen's done a poo etc.). Normally we get about a thousand or so of the 1st class ones. This'll pretty well last us til the next lot come out. I'm a big fan of this cos we get paid a tad more for selling the piccie stamps and if we run out just before the next lot come out, I won't have to fill in the paperwork to send back the unsold ones (Hey, I'm lazy and it's an annoying convoluted process).
Unfortunately, Post Office ltd grossly overestimated the demand for the Potter stamps. They sent us over 3,000. This was in addition to the usual monthly releases as well. As a result I've had fucking Harry Potter stamps coming out of my arse. The launch date was the date of release of the last book. I can't remember exactly when that was and really can't be arsed to look it up (I refer you to my previous comment about being lazy). Suffice to say that it was a while ago and we've only just sold our 2000th Potter stamp.
Methinks someone higher up thought it would be a great moneyspinner for Post Office ltd to lig off the popularity of all things Hogwarty and sell a few million extra stamps to kiddy collectors. Especially if (Hah! Unlikely) they caught the philatelic bug and became lifelong collectors.
Ooops. That one went tits-up.
As a result, I'm trying to put these bloody things on anything I can possibly get away with in order to get the extra pay. There's a slim chance I'll be shot of 'em this side of Christmas.
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