BobbyBarnhart
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin 25 Aug 2015 09:51:10am | re: A Question About the 100 Stamp Rule for Approval Books.
Jim
As a member of the committee which created the approval books, I will undergo a root canal sans anesthetic before I revisit the "rules" issue. We probably spent over half of our time discussing this very issue, finally reaching a compromise which gave the moderator the authority to make exceptions to the "100 stamps rule" as needed. It was never envisioned that there would be a requirement that a book comprised of sets of stamps would require 100 such sets, or a book of covers would require 100 covers, etc. But to specifically say "25 sets" would invariably find some wise acre assembling a book of 25 1 & 2 stamp "sets." So instead we gave the moderator the authority to accept 25 sets, 10 sets, etc. as he/she determined adequate. From what I have observed, our approvals moderator, Ralph Anavy, has done an admirable job of doling out exceptions where needed and enforcing the 100 stamp (or item, if you prefer) rule where called for.
Regardless of the rules we authored, we were aware that there would be members who found objection to one or more. Overall, I believe we did a good job. I think the evidence is in the popularity and success of the approval books.
Bobby
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philatelia
APS #156650 26 Aug 2015 05:34:57pm | re: A Question About the 100 Stamp Rule for Approval Books.
I'm sure any book adhering to the "spirit" of the rule would pass muster. I believe the rules were written to shut down flagrant deviations from what the VC envisioned the approvals would become. Am I close to the mark with this interpretation?
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BobbyBarnhart
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin 26 Aug 2015 06:17:42pm | re: A Question About the 100 Stamp Rule for Approval Books.
IMHO, you nailed it, Theresa!
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