On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:29:49 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote:

But what is the principle? It's effectively no different from buying a
book of ten stamps when you only have an immediate need for one, is it?

You are not penalised for buying one stamp on its own instead. The
price of a book of 12 stamps is 12 times the price of one.

Neil

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