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I would not even consider Picture Post stamps as being anything but Cinderellas. To me, they are not even collectable
I agree with this. I have no use for these in my collection, either.
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A black mark on the postal system. Their greed is unfathomable.
I disagree with this. I think this aspect of the postal system (personalized stamps) is designed to accommodate the wishes of postal customers. I had a friend that used one of the private producers (Zazzle, I believe), to create a personalized stamp with a photo of him and his fiancee. He bought quite a quantity of them to use on wedding invitations that were mailed out. Sure, he could've used any of the multitude of commem. stamps (or definitives, for that matter), but he was very excited to create his own and make the invitations that much more special.