Chapter 4: stamp

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The 1980s was a very dynamic era, but the reasons for this vitality were quite different.
The vitality of Ancheng comes from the smelting furnaces and one ton of steel; from the big dry and special dry, to complete the national mission with full horsepower; from the incomparable glory of its own class; The survival relationship of the factory, so that young people have sharpened their heads and want to squeeze into Angang ...
Very few people jumped into some hotbeds to take the initiative to think about another path. Everything they did was confined to this city.
Such vitality, lack of speculation and rebellion, has long been doomed.
Every time Xu Fei rides on the street, he will unconsciously feel the smell of carnival in the cage-resource-based city, which is probably the case.
"jingle!"
He rang a bell, stopped at the door of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, first put the letter into the post, and when he entered the hall, he found that there was a line in it.
That's right, this will also be called the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, and then in 1998 the Post and Telecommunications Branch, the electricity became telecommunications and mobile, and was sprayed by the people all day long.
The post office in the later generations was almost closed, but now it is a solid department, where mails, parcels, telegrams, money orders, etc. must be handled here.
He queued six talents to turn to himself, and said to the aunt behind the counter: "Hello, I will buy stamps."
"How many?"
The aunt dragged a quartet to tear.
"Is there another pig ticket, I want a version."
"A version? Are you sure you want a version?"
"Yes, there is also a set from the West Chamber, as well as a small sheet, and a set from Marx."
"Little comrade, are you a collection?"
"Well, I really like stamps."
"..."
The aunt looked strange, but she said nothing. Now there is the concept of philately, there are not many enthusiasts, and people are ashamed to associate stamps with money-or people are ashamed to talk about money.
I saw that she turned over the cabinet for a long time, and then she found a few books.
First, the zodiac pig ticket, a version of 80, 8 points each. Then there is a set of four Western Chamber Records, plus a two-dollar sheetlet-won the best design award of the year. There are also two stamps issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Marx. The first one won the best engraved stamp award.
The pig ticket is six yuan and four, the West Chamber is three yuan and six points, and Marx is two cents. Gee, Marx is cheap!
Anyway, a total of nine quarters and four quarters, with a mail book. In fact, it is not worth much in later generations, like the pig ticket is only eight or nine thousand, and the western chamber is only a few hundred.
Xu Fei mainly collects fine products, and secondly, of course, to speculate for speculation!
"Are there any dog ​​tickets last year?"
"It's already sold out."
"The chicken ticket the year before, what about the monkey ticket the year before?"
"Huh!"
The aunt was impatient and said, "It's been a matter of two or three years, but now I think of it as a collection. Why did you go?"
"I didn't come early ..."
He smiled and took the booklet out of the post office.
Today, nothing happened in the group. Xu Fei went back to his home first, wrote a two-line word on a piece of cardboard, and turned back. Taking a poke next to the door, the pedestrians were immediately attracted and attracted attention, seeing the words above:
"Look for comrades who love collecting stamps. Let's learn together."
There is also a weird stick figure underneath, flying on the clouds. Everyone showed their contempt. In their eyes, this is called a typical social idler, which is only better than the blind flow.
Xu Fei didn't care. He pulled half a bag out of the trouser belt and mass-produced it.
He has written as conservatively as possible, but the people are more conservative. There are many people entering and leaving the post and telecommunications office. There are very few who love the base friends.
After waiting for a little while, I found nothing.
As he was about to go home, he suddenly saw a man leaning in. He was in his twenties, wearing earthy green pants and stepping on a pair of broken rubber shoes.
The man looked at him and said, "Brother, are you going to collect stamps?"
"It's just a hobby, is this good brother?"
"It's okay, and it's been noticed recently."
"Your surname?" He passed a cigarette.
"Just call me Old Zhang."
The man gripped the cigarette with his rough brown fingers, and took a quick and hard breath, as if he hadn't tasted tobacco in a long time, and then said: "What type do you want to collect?"
"Anything works, of course I have to be able to look at it."
"That's right, there are just a few editions in my house. Are you going to look over?"
The man reached for a finger, a small alley not far from the post office, "Just over there, a few minutes."
"Uh, that's fine."
After thinking for a while, Xu Fei stood up and pushed the bicycle to leave.
There was no gossip along the way. He only cared about the stamps and said: "I mainly accept zodiac stamps, especially the chicken tickets and monkey tickets issued two years ago. Do you have any over there?"
"..."
After I heard nothing, I turned my head and looked at it. The buddy was staring at his bicycle, his eyes flashing, and then he suddenly reacted.
Ok?
Xu Fei jumped in his heart and quickly glanced around his eyes. He had left the post office and was turning into a small alley. Look at that alley again, it's dilapidated, and there aren't even decent families.
"Brother, how long have you been in contact with stamps?" He slowed down, and continued Hala like a puff of water on his face.
"It's not long, it's not as good as you."
"Then you definitely don't understand the value of philately. I tell you, don't look at the postage stamp is inconspicuous, it will be valuable in the future, just like the one by Marx, at least this number in the future ..."
"How many?"
The man looked down subconsciously, and the result felt, huh! A strong wind from the sleeve hit the face violently, and the angle he turned around was like sending it to the door.
The big fist of the sandbag was first applied to a layer of soft meat, and then hit a hard gang of teeth. Hearing a bang, the other party crooked, and the corners of his mouth cracked, and two yellow teeth with blood flowers flew out.
Before he could react, Xu Fei rushed up with another kick, pedaling on his stomach, then turned the head of the car and ran away.
"Fuck, run away!"
At this time, another guy swooped out of the alley, chasing over him angrily, picked up the stone and threw it.
Crackling! Crackling!
Xu Fei shrunk his neck, as if braving guns, bullets and rain, so that he could eat the milk with a frenzy. Fortunately, the Great Phoenix did a good job, did not drop the chain at a critical moment, jumped out for a while, and quickly dumped the other party.
"Damn it!"
He was irritated and frightened, panting heavily, but did you fight me after learning basketball for two years? ? ?
This year's law and order really did not drip, and he dared to carry out the robbery in the daytime. There is no way. There are too many people in the society. I do n’t think this car is good. Others think it is a piece of fat, or it is still very fresh.
In the afternoon of about Mo, he just wobbled back home.
After seeing so many stamps, my parents could not help nagging again. Xu Fei couldn't explain it. He just stuffed the postal book into the drawer and added a small lock.
In fact, his real goal was not Xixiangji and Marx, nor chicken tickets or dog tickets, but monkey tickets issued in 1980.
Speaking of monkey tickets, can be described as famous. In the later generations, it was once fired to over 10,000 pieces, and the amazing price of 1.2 million for the whole version, which the collectors called "Golden Monkey". There are three reasons for this:
It is the first Chinese zodiac stamp issued by China;
The author is Huang Yongyu;
The number is scarce.
When it was first released, it was originally planned to be issued 8 million. Later, it was considered that the philatelic base was small, and it was reduced to 5 million. During the printing process, it was damaged due to technical reasons, and only 4 million came out in the end. less.
Based on these three points, coupled with the promotion of some people behind the scenes, the price of monkey tickets has skyrocketed all the way. There is even a magical story spreading:
It is said that an old man in the south worked at the post office at that time. In order to complete the task, he bought a six-edition monkey ticket cruelly. As a result, thirty years later, the eldest son married to buy a house without money, and sold a copy; the second son married, without money, and sold a copy ... It is clear that the arrangement is clear.
If he wore it for a few years early, let alone monkey tickets, what kind of "big red", "revolutionary victory", "Daqing Post" these quaint treasures, quasi-baotong started.
This investment is almost cost-effective, it is not good at all, the return period is too long!