12. The feelings of philatelists

One

Zhang Jiayong and Lan Xiaohua said that in the world now, there are many types of philately, each with its own collection method, but if you want to participate in a philatelic exhibition, you have to abide by the rules, who sets the rules?

In the world, there are the International Philatelic Federation, Asia, the Asian Philatelic Federation, China has the All-China Philatelic Federation, provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, electric power, coal mines, etc., there are provincial, municipal, autonomous region and industry philatelic associations, below the provincial level, there are philatelic associations in various cities.

The International Federation of Philately formulates the rules for philatelic exhibitions, and the All-China Philatelic Federation, according to the exhibition rules of the International Federation of Philately, formulates the rules for exhibitions with Chinese characteristics, which are then used for philatelic exhibitions at all levels.

What are the types of exhibitions?

According to the philatelic exhibition rules formulated by the International Federation of Philately, the types of philatelic exhibitions are: traditional philately, postal history philately, thematic philately, postal supplies philately, aerospace philately, extreme philately, stamp (tax stamp), youth philately, literature philately, open, one-frame philately, etc.

Lan Xiaohua's eyes widened in surprise: "Ah, there are so many types of philately, it's really unheard of." ”

Zhang Jiayong said that he has organized several stamp collections, participated in the national philatelic exhibitions in recent years, and has participated in five consecutive sessions, which have been held in Beijing, Hangzhou, Changsha, Hohhot, and Xi'an, but the awards are not high, that is, a silver medal, a bronze medal or something.

Lan Xiaohua is still admired by the five-body casting.

Lan Xiaohua said, "You have to teach me stamp collecting." ”

Zhang Jiayong said: "There is no problem with this. ”

Although Zhang Jiayong likes philately, he never talks about philately with people who don't collect stamps, because people who don't collect stamps, when they hear about stamp collecting, the first thing they say is: "I heard that stamps are very valuable, do you make money from stamp collecting?

This remark made Zhang Jiayong speechless, Zhang Jiayong has been collecting stamps for many years, and he has never thought of making money from stamp collecting. I just like it, I really like it, and I spent a lot of money.

Especially in recent years, people's lives are rich and colorful, mobile phones, computers, networks, games, accounting for a large part of people's lives, involving a lot of people's energy, you don't see, everywhere you can see is the Internet café, all people, are playing with mobile phones, head down, concentrated, how can anyone like stamps? Now they don't write letters, who will care about stamps? Especially many young people, don't know what stamps are for?

In addition, in recent years, the issue of stamps, for the benefit of the unit, crazy stamps, no one buys, so it is sold at a discount, stamps issued, is five percent off the face value, or even three percent off the face value, so no one buys.

Lan Xiaohua was surprised again, indeed, there was no one around her to collect stamps. A student asked her, "Teacher, where can I buy commemorative stamps?" and she really didn't know. I heard that you need to buy stamps with vouchers, but I heard Zhang Jiayong say this, the things that need to be purchased with vouchers should be in demand, how can they be discounted?

Lan Xiaohua is confused, the water of philately is really deep, and it is good not to collect stamps.

Two

After listening to Zhang Jiayong's philatelic story, Lan Xiaohua liked him more, why did he know so much knowledge?

However, Lan Xiaohua still has one thing to understand: she also heard that some stamps are very valuable, Zhang Jiayong has been collecting stamps for so many years, has he not made money?

Don't you want me to know?

Lan Xiaohua couldn't help it, but still raised the question.

Zhang Jiayong did not care, he said: he also has the opportunity to make money from stamps, but did not grasp it, although a small profit, but not much, that is, to fill the money he used to spend to buy stamps.

Zhang Jiayong said. A few years ago, China Post began to issue new stamp varieties: small stamps, that is, the stamp printing finished product layout is small, before, stamps were printed, when sold over the counter, most of the stamps are in the form of a sheet, a page with 80 stamps, there are 50 stamps in a edition, is a layout, commonly known as the stamp large version. Since 2003, each type of stamp in addition to the large version, the same stamp, the same design, and the addition of small editions, small stamps, most of the only six to eight pieces of a plate, more than 12 pieces. The number of pieces is small, and the face value is low. But due to the downturn in the stamp market for many years, many people believe that this is another circle of money variety, more resistant, and no one is optimistic, the post office is not much booked, the post office leadership is anxious, in order to complete the stamp sales task, find Zhang Jiayong, hope that he through his extensive philatelic network, can help sell the small version of the stamps, and promise, according to the sales situation, to give a reward commission.

Zhang Jiayong couldn't save face, so he booked a lot of small stamps. There is no hope of getting rich, and it would be good not to lose money.

At first, these small stamps were nothing outstanding and obscure.

After the Beijing Olympic Games, the stamp market began to pick up, soon, the emergence of the Cultural Exchange, ignited the enthusiasm of the stamp market, many stamps began to get out of the trough, slowly go up, and then, began to rise like a rocket, many stamps tenfold, even a hundred times upward. The stamp market began to boil, at this time, the small edition of stamps that were not very noticeable before, began to attract the attention of some prescient people, they believed that the small edition of stamps issued in small quantities, and in packages into boxes, points convenient, so began to hype, in this regard, the price of small stamps soared, becoming the biggest hot spot in the stamp market.

Hearing this, Lan Xiaohua cautiously asked Zhang Jiayong: "What about you?"

"Alas!" Zhang Jiayong sighed: "It's a pity that I don't have that vision and don't wait for the high point." ”

Zhang Jiayong said that the market has just risen, many small stamps in his hand, doubled, which made him extremely excited, you know, these small stamps are booked, there is a reward commission, that is, there is a discount, now, has doubled, do not sell it quickly, do you have to wait until the discount?

So, Zhang Jiayong did not hesitate to sell all the small editions and made double the money, which made him happy for several days.

It's a pity that Zhang Jiayong was happy a little early.

Later, the stamp market rose again and again, until it rose to the point of jaw-dropping, many small stamps that were still discounted in the early days, from a few yuan a edition, to a version of tens of yuan, and then to a version of hundreds of yuan, a page of several thousand yuan, until a version of tens of thousands of yuan.

What is the concept of a stamps of tens of thousands of yuan? In the early days, if it is a 10 yuan stamp, you have 1,000 stamps, and the cost is 10,000 yuan.

Now it's 50,000 yuan a stamp, you have 1,000 stamps, 1,000 times 50,000 yuan, what is the concept? 50 million yuan!

Zhang Jiayong was dumbfounded. If he hadn't sold the stamps so early, he would have been a multimillionaire by now.

Three

Lan Xiaohua listened to Zhang Jiayong's stamp story, like riding a roller coaster, high and low, and her heart was about to jump out.

Lan Xiaohua stayed for a while before pulling out Zhang Jiayong's stamp story: following Zhang Jiayong, she also sighed deeply.

Alas.......... That's how it should be. ”

Following Zhang Jiayong's sigh for a while, Lan Xiaohua asked again: "In addition to the small version of stamps, are there any other stamps that are more valuable?"

Zhang Jiayong said: "In the world, there are many stamps of relatively high value, and there are many stamps in China, most of which are caused by special reasons, of course, there are also due to the age, natural precipitation of the formation. However, it is not the case that the longer it is issued, the more valuable it is. ”

"Valuable stamps have several characteristics, one is that the number of people in the world is relatively small, the second is that there are more people in need, the third is relatively high-vised, and the fourth is more special, which has a certain historical significance. ”

"Not to mention the world, China's stamps are divided into several stages: the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, the liberated areas, and New China. Thereinto. New China is divided into old stamps, special stamps, new stamps, special stamps. There are many types of ordinary stamps, aerosol stamps, and so on. ”

"Qing Dynasty stamps, there are many precious stamps, the most famous is the red stamp. The stamps of the Republic of China are also very precious, the most famous are the palace gate inverted stamps and Sun Yat-sen pattern inverted stamps. There are many precious stamps in the liberated areas, the most famous of which is the "manuscript" word stamp. ”

"New China stamps, more people like it, but also the Chinese philatelic enthusiasts collect the most stamps. ”

"New China stamps, also divided into several stages: 1949 to 1966, is a stage, this stage, precious, relatively high, is the "Great Soviet October Revolution" stamps, "World Student Congress" stamps, "BC" stamps, etc., are caused by content or printing errors.

"New China stamps, from 1967 to 1970, is another stage, this stage, precious, relatively high price stamps are" blue sky ", " size a piece of red ", " long live the victory ", " black inscription " and other stamps. ”

"New China stamps, from 1971 to 1991, is a stage closer to us, this stage, more precious, relatively high price stamps are 'love science from childhood', 'China Expo', 'monkey' stamps and so on. ”

In addition to these classic stamps, most of the stamps issued in recent years rely on speculation, and the price is unstable.

Four

Lan Xiaohua listened and asked Zhang Jiayong: "Do you have any collections of these classic stamps?"

Zhang Jiayong said: "These classic stamps, the number is small, the price is high, not the price is high now, but the price is high as soon as it comes out, not the ordinary people can win the championship, even if your economic strength allows, it is not if you want to buy it, but also look at the opportunity, because the number of these classic stamps is very small, basically in the hands of a very small number of people, the average person is difficult to get." ”

"Of course, there is still a chance to get stamps issued in the more recent era. ”

"Take the 'monkey' stamp, for example. ”

"'Monkey' stamps, in the contemporary philatelic world, is the most well-known stamps, and some people even say that there is no 'monkey' stamp philatelic enthusiasts, can not say that you collect stamps, that is to say, philately, the most basic stamps, is the 'monkey' stamp. ”

"'Monkey' stamps, the full name is 'Gengshen year' stamps, is issued on February 15, 1980, is the first set of China's zodiac stamps, a full set of only one, is China's famous painter Huang Yongyu painted, the pattern is a lifelike red monkey, the monkey on the picture, the eyes are blazing, the issue face value is only 8 cents, now it is more than 10,000 yuan, the price has risen many times, known as the mythical stamp of Chinese philately. ”

Zhang Jiayong said, "I used to own 'monkey' stamps, and there are quite a few. ”

Lan Xiaohua said, "So what about now?