Grumbling..........

Pos Malaysia released a set of insect stamps and a miniature sheet on July 7, 2007. The miniature sheet was later overprinted for stamp exhibition Bangkok 2007. I was understood that 10,000 copies of overprinted miniature sheet were printed. This number of printing is normal for almost all the overprinted miniature sheets since year 2005. Pos Malaysia brought all the 10,000 copies of this miniature sheet to Bangkok 2007 for sale. Unexpectedly, it was all sold out during the stamp exhibition leaving none for home collectors (no sale at Philatelic Unit at home). So, this overprinted miniature sheet becomes a hot item. A hot item is not neccessary a rare item. This Bangkok 2007 overprinted miniature sheet is nowhere near rare, but it is selling as high as USD80 in eBay or some internet sites. I think the price (up to USD80) is crazy. However, at home in Malaysia the market price is said RM70 per copy. I was lucky to get it from a friend at RM20 in 2008.


top: original miniature sheet; bottom: overprinted (Bangkok 2007) miniature sheet