Football Programmes Centre

I see. Thanks a lot.

What exactly happened here? Am bemused.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290834169965

Thanks again to everyone, with a special mention for Wullie's scientific insight.
I've become so interested in rusty staples over the last couple of days that I'm seriously thinking of starting a col ...

If the staples are rusty, to me that is part of the item, and it shows the age of the original item. Part and parcel of the historic article to me.

Thanks Dorking. Yes indeed. A valid point. So I ...

Many thanks for all the comments. Interesting things rusty staples!
Obviously this particular one will have to go.
Now, where's the Swiss army knife?

What would the experts advise me to do about a reasonably valuable, otherwise perfect programme whose staples are beginning to go rusty?
Remove? Leave? Replace? Try to clean? Other?