The so-called "Guotai Min'an, Shengshi Collection".

There is no doubt that 1978 was the year of the beginning of the collecting craze.

As long as the collection of a little research knows, in fact, the earliest collection varieties that became popular throughout the country are not antiques or calligraphy and paintings, nor ancient books or jadeite, but stamps.

Philately has a history of 100 years in Beijing, and Beijing is also the birthplace of China's stamps. From the fourth year of Guangxu customs trial postal issued the first set of "dragon stamps", until today, the capital has actually been the mainstream market of China's stamp trade.

Even during the "Movement", many commemorative stamps and special stamps issued in the past were considered to be "covered, financed, and repaired" and ceased to be sold. Philately was criticized as a "bourgeois activity". Even the official philatelic business was forced to cease on 3 February 1969. There are still many private collectors active in the capital.

The private exchange and purchase of each other's collections by these people has never been interrupted, but has been carried out underground in a more secretive form. Thus the "movement" has just ended. The private stamp trade in the capital was the first to be restored, like a resurgence. It even quickly set off a wave of hype for a long time.

Speaking of which, we cannot fail to mention a "holy place" in the minds of stamp collectors in Beijing. This is the National Philatelic Company established by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in January 1955 at No. 77 Donghua Gate in the east wing of the Forbidden City.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has been the most frequent place for private collectors to trade privately. After a brief closure in the Movement, it reopened in 1972.

Of course, after the reopening, it is only open to foreigners, and its business scope is only to handle the wholesale export of stamps. At that time, only 21 sets and 63 sets of stamps were issued before the "50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Red Party", "Model Show" and "Movement".

But at least, Chinese people can walk into philatelic companies to watch the ticket sales. This means that philately is another half-visible act.

As a result, the interior and exterior of this elegant small building have once again become a place for philatelic enthusiasts from all walks of life to gather and conduct private exchanges and transactions in a semi-public manner.

On March 3, 1978, at nine o'clock in the morning, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan came here for the fourth time. They were carrying 5,000 yuan, and their main purpose was to find a souvenir sheet of "Mei Lanfang's Stage Art".

Anyone with a little philatelic knowledge should know that this ticket is worth three yuan, and it is a high-end "strong ticket" that is highly sought after by philatelic enthusiasts, and the price has been rising all the way from the beginning of its issuance. Today, the stamp has become a benchmark for the value of postal sheetlets, and the price has successfully reached six figures, an increase of more than 30,000 times compared to the denomination of three yuan

However, Hong Yanwu did not come to it because he knew its value-added potential. I don't want to reach out to the postal market and develop more of a "scalper business". Mainly because of Chang Xianzhang's father's "rehabilitation", I hope it is tied to this special ticket.

While daring to open up the "movie ticket market", Hong Yanwu did not forget to continue to go to He Jiefu's house to engage in "public relations".

Not only during the Lantern Festival, he specially sent five catties of Lantern Festival, but every Sunday, he also had to buy some in-demand goods to show his goodwill.

It's just that the effect is not ideal, because He Jiefu is mostly not at home, and his wife's door is also very tight, and the old lady refuses to accept gifts every time. Even if you are entangled by him, at least you must insist on buying it at the original price.

Therefore, Hong Yanwu is familiar with each other at most, and it is quite annoying to people if he doesn't get it right.

really let him find a loophole, it was all because of an accident.

Last Sunday, the water pipe in He's toilet burst. He happened to come to the door again and ended up urgently serving as a volunteer plumber.

Fortunately, it is only a small matter to replace the valve, and the difficulty is not too big. Only then did he stop the He family's flood in a timely and successful manner.

And in this way, He Jiefu's wife was naturally grateful and entertained him with a cup of tea. So he chatted and inquired about He Jiefu's daily life and preferences.

In this regard, He Jiefu's wife is not so vigilant. It didn't take a few words to reveal the information that He Jiefu likes stamp collecting.

According to the old lady, He Jiefu began to accumulate small pieces of paper on these envelopes as early as the "Great Leap Forward" period, even during the "movement". And his work has always been very busy, so as time goes by, only this hobby, which does not take up much time, can be maintained.

But this Mrs. He also complained about this, saying that He Jiefu was becoming more and more obsessed with this thing, and that four or five copies of the stamp album had been bought, and the money spent on buying stamps over the years was a sea of money.

At the beginning of this year, I was even more dizzy, and almost spent 175 yuan to buy a "Mei He Fang" with a face value of only three yuan. Fortunately, they finally repented and didn't suffer this loss.

Unexpectedly, many days have passed, and He Jiefu is still sighing about it. It's not that I didn't know how to do it back then, and I missed it. In the future, I will definitely find a way to find one, even if I use more money to buy it.

According to her, this is clearly a loser. She really couldn't understand why her wife was so stupid, knowing that it was only worth three yuan, but she had to pay such a high price to buy it......

The minister's wife's words were nothing more than housewife-like nagging. But Hong Yanwu's eyes lit up and he grasped the key point from it.

Needless to say, of course, gift-giving should be done to its liking, and the more rare and memorable the thing, the better the effect.

He is convinced that if he can get this picture that makes He Jiefu think about it for a long time, He Jiefu will definitely not be able to refuse his "kindness" again.

Even if you can get a few more rare stamps, if you can't get Chang Xianzhang's father's matter, you can fall on He Jiefu.

So since he discovered this opportunity, he began to enter and leave the National Philatelic Company in Donghuamen. I want to "find" from here to the one that is enough to break through the human defense line.

It's just that it's not that easy to do. There was a situation that Hong Yanwu really did not expect.

In this era, the collectors gathered here are middle-aged and elderly, with a high level of cultural quality and living standards. Their love for stamps is more about cultural needs.

It is the mainstream to only hide and not sell, and only a minority of people use hiding to keep it. People who don't even have knowledge, but only wealth, often encounter contempt in this circle.

So even though he was not bad for money, after inquiry, many collectors did have the object he was looking for. However, his professionalism of only knowing a few well-known and valuable stamps is not popular with many collectors.

Besides, most people only have one in their hands, and they are all regarded as treasures, no one is greedy for money, and it is really difficult to find a seller who makes concessions. And the only thing he can do is to come as many times as possible, and put his hope on the probability of trying his luck.

Of course, just because this can't be done doesn't mean that he came in vain.

Fortunately, although the old stamps such as "Dalong Stamp", "Four Treasures of China Post" and "Five Treasures of the Republic of China" are equally valuable, they have not received enough attention and love from stamp collectors in this era because of their simple patterns and clear "feudal reactionary" attributes, and are far less popular than "Old Age" stamps. There are even some collectors who are a little afraid to keep in their hands, and many people are willing to transfer the excess in their hands at a high price.

Therefore, in this period, these stamps before the founding of the People's Republic of China are the most cost-effective time.

Hong Yanwu, who knows the goods, will certainly not miss the opportunity. Every time he comes, he picks up the grass and beats the rabbit, and he has bought these tickets at a high price, and he has already made dozens of tickets, and he finally found a better place for the funds in his hand.

Don't forget, he still has more than 100,000 yuan of cash at home to give him a headache. These days, he and Chen Liquan have taken the time to go around looking for banks to deposit money, but they have only just deposited 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. Not to mention that there will be a steady stream of "movie tickets" in the future.

Don't really say it, feng shui takes turns, and the Ming Dynasty came to my house. This time, Hong Yanwu felt that his luck was obviously much better than the first few.

During this period, the unspoken rule of philatelists was to come to the philatelic company with two "mobile" albums. One contains stamps that show the level of appreciation, and the other stamps that can be exchanged or transferred with someone else.

Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan chatted with each other at the door of the philatelic company as usual, and successively flipped through more than a dozen philatelic albums brought by collectors from all walks of life.

It didn't take long for him to see a few "big dragon tickets" in good condition, and then he found a "red print" Quartet, he naturally wouldn't let it go, and bought them all at a negotiated price.

But then, the real good luck came!

He unexpectedly found a straight double link in the "transfer" of the stamp book brought by an old man with glasses.

It's quite unusual that someone would sell this treasure. So although the old man's offer was as high as 1,005, and he didn't drop the price, he agreed. Then I became more and more interested in turning over the following content.

Sure enough, he soon discovered a feature. The old man's stamp album has neither the "old stamps" before the founding of the People's Republic of China, nor the "movement" stamps, almost all of them are "old and special" stamps, and there are a lot of "hard goods".

With his knowledge of stamps just now, he has found a lot of souvenir sheets and stamps on the market that people are keen on, stamps, and only one or two pieces can be put together a complete set, and some military stamps, it can be seen that the old man should be a special philatelic collector specializing in the collection of "old time" stamps.

He suddenly became hopeful, and continued to read, but he didn't expect the biggest surprise to be behind.

On the last page of the old man's postal album, he really saw the blue extravagance, which made him search for many days.