When it comes to collecting stamps, Li Chu has never had this hobby in his entire life.
I also don’t know which stamps will be valuable in the future and which ones won’t be sold.
But he knows one thing, that is, the 80-year monkey ticket will be valuable.
As for why it was a monkey ticket and not a chicken ticket from 1981, he had no idea.
He wasn't interested either. As for the few porcelains he kept at home, he didn't know how many stamps he could buy if he sold one of them in the future, so he didn't even think about collecting stamps.
I was a little confused when I was asked this question today.
"I don't collect stamps, and I don't know any stamps, but I remember there was someone collecting them at the door of your post office. Why didn't you go there to sell them and come here? These foreigners should not be interested in our country's stamps."
"Hey, Doctor Li, you don't know something. The people charging at the door of the post office have kept the price too low. That's why I wanted to try my luck here to see if there are any foreigners who like it. I've been here for a few days and I can't sell it at all.
Don’t go out.”
That really won't sell. If you are selling small domestic handicrafts or antiques, don't make them too expensive. Foreigners may be interested in them. Stamps... haha.
"I'm sorry, Master Wang. I really have no interest in collecting stamps or anything like that. The most important thing is that I don't understand these things either."
"It's okay, it's okay. I took the liberty, so I won't disturb you, Doctor Li."
This Wang Chongan did not continue to pester. As soon as he heard that he was not interested in this, he immediately said goodbye and left. Li Chu was a little surprised. Some people are like dog-skin plaster, which can't be shaken off even if they stick to it.
Looking at his slightly lonely figure, Li Chu stood there, frowning and thinking for a while, before calling him out.
"Master Wang, please wait a moment."
"ah?"
"Can you show me your stamps?"
Wang Chongan came back a little confused: "Doctor Li, what are you..."
"Oh, I want to see your stamps. I really don't understand them. I want to appreciate them first."
"Okay, um... let's go under the eaves over there. It's snowing. It's not good for the stamps to get wet."
There was no such stamp album at that time. Wang Chongan's stamps were sandwiched in a few magazines, but they were all kept neatly. He was afraid that the ink in the magazines would be printed on the stamps over time, so he also sandwiched the white paper specially prepared for them.
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After all, he is someone who works in the postal service. There are indeed many styles of stamps, including monkey stamps from the 1980s.
This is the only one that Li Chu knows. Oh no, there is another one that he also knows. He saw it on the Internet a generation ago. It is said to be quite valuable. What is it called a piece of red.
The rest he just saw were dolls, and there were actually ones issued during the Qing Dynasty, as well as those issued during the founding of the People's Republic of China, with terrifyingly large denominations, such as 10,000, 20,000, 40,000, etc., tsk tsk!
There are also some that should have been peeled off from the envelopes and still have postmarks, but they are all handled very well and they are indeed taken with care.
Seven or eight magazines that were originally thin were forcefully made by Wang Chongan to be as thick as a dictionary. There were nearly 200 large and small magazines in them. I don’t know how he collected them.
"Master Wang, I can see that you like collecting stamps. Why do you want to sell them so well?"
"Oh, there's no other way. My grandson is getting married. Let's not talk about the TV or anything else. I need to prepare the furniture in the house, find a way to get a bicycle, and prepare some dowry gifts for the woman.
The eldest grandson got married last year, and the second grandson just got married this summer. It seems that the old and young have already reached an agreement, and they will have to do something in the spring of next year. The family really can't get it together, so I have no choice but to think of these stamps I collected.
"
Take a look, there are many children in the family. If they come out one by one, no matter what they do, they will be done one after another.
In the past three years, three grandsons have been married in a row. As a grandfather, he can't afford to pay for the eldest and second child. If he doesn't give it to the third child, the family will not be in trouble.
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and come up with some money.
It seems that he threw all his own coffins into it, otherwise he wouldn't have exchanged all his hobbies for money.
Fortunately, he still has his retirement salary, otherwise retirement would be a problem in the future. How can he count on his children? It would be more reliable to count on himself.
Li Chu looked down at the magazines, touched them and asked, "Master Wang, how much do you plan to sell them for?"
!!!
When Wang Chongan heard this, his eyes lit up.
After running for several days, no one bid, the highest bidder gave him 70 yuan, all of it.
He didn't sell it. He felt that all the hard work he had spent over the years was more than this price.
"Doctor Li, do you want them all or just a few?"
"If you want it, definitely want them all. I don't know what's good or bad. You really put a lot of effort into saving so much. I bought it back to appreciate it for myself. It's all for learning. I see there are a lot of stamps with a few on them.
Where’s the description of the word?”
Hearing him say he wanted them all, Wang Chongan lowered his head and thought for a while before saying: "Doctor Li, if you plan to want them all, three hundred yuan."
Is it expensive? Expensive, it is indeed expensive! There are less than 200 stamps in total, and each one costs more than one yuan. There are no stamps at this price nowadays. The ones with a face value of 50 cents are very few. Basically, they are
Five out of ten.
Li Chu smashed his mouth and put the magazines he was holding back into his cloth bag.
"Master Wang, to be honest, I don't understand the price of stamps, but I think it's too expensive. Maybe it's valuable, but it's not worth that much to me."
"Doctor Li, if you think it's expensive, please tell me a price." Wang Chongan was a little anxious, and finally had some hope. He didn't want to screw it up.
"Well, I won't say anything about tens or hundreds. Let's count the total number of stamps. Those that haven't been stamped are worth one piece, and those that have been stamped are one cent. I don't even know about stamps, but
I also know that if it is stamped, it means it has been used. This thing probably has no collection value. It only looks good in the picture."
"Doctor Li, I have quite a few of them from the previous dynasty, and they are in very good condition."
"I know, that's why I evened it out and gave you a piece of it, otherwise you wouldn't think that it was worth a piece just two years ago."
"Uh..." Wang Chong'an was speechless at this moment. There were indeed some from the past two years. You can probably exchange them at the post office now, and they are still exchanged at face value.
Looking at the cloth bag that had returned to his hands and touching the magazines, Wang Chongan hesitated.
He had worked at the postal office all his life, and had been there before liberation. He really liked these stamps, and if it wasn't for his grandson's wedding, he would never exchange them for money.
But now the facts were there, and the price Li Chu offered him was the highest in the past few days. He gritted his teeth and nodded.