Chapter 21 Priceless

stamp! All kinds of stamps!

As for how many there are, that's not a problem, Fan Wubing roughly estimated that it weighs about two catties.

Fan Wubing looked through it and found that many of the stamps here had been used, but there were more new stamps. This discovery made him feel very strange.

Generally speaking, before the end of the war, everyone’s income was generally very low. Except for a few rich people, few people specially collected so many stamps. Although the face value of ordinary stamps is eight cents, it seems really cheap now. But you have to know that you can buy four pancakes for eight cents at that time. If it wasn't for correspondence, who would buy so many stamps?

The father of the three Wang brothers is said to be a professor at the Agricultural University before the anti-rightist campaign. His income is naturally higher than that of ordinary people, but he is not able to collect so many new stamps. You must know that many of the stamps here are unpublished. The wrong editions were issued, such as the thick stack of stamps for "military stickers". For this set of stamps, Fan Wubing has long admired his name.

In 1953, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Communications of the People's Liberation Army agreed that in order to give preferential treatment to soldiers for sending letters for free, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications decided to issue a set of stamps for "military stickers". There are three kinds of stamps, which are used for ordinary mail, registered mail, and air mail. The pattern is based on the "August 1st" military emblem, and the words "for military stickers", "People's Post of China" and a face value of 800 yuan (old coins) are printed below. There are three stamps in this set, the first is orange, for Army stickers; the second is purple, for Air Force stickers; the third is blue, for Navy stickers. After this set of stamps was sent to various military regions, it was found that the scope of use was difficult to control. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications decided to stop issuing them, but some post offices sold them in advance in violation of regulations. Because the outflow is very small, especially the "Blue Army Post" is only about 100 pieces, it has become a rare treasure among the stamps of New China!

Fan Wubing vaguely remembered that later in the auction, the low price of a new blue army stamp was 800,000!

But the blue army stamps I hold in my hand are probably no less than a hundred, right? What is going on here?

There is also a set of stamps commemorating the "35th Anniversary of the Great Soviet October Revolution", which is also a wrong edition stamp. This set of four stamps was also issued in 1953, but it was withdrawn due to a wrong name. Although it is not as good as the Blue Army Post It is valuable, but the auction price for a set of new tickets is around 150,000 yuan.

The most common type is the third special stamp of "Beijing Scenic Spots", with a face value of eight cents, and the Tiananmen Square on the picture shines brightly. This set of stamps was issued in 1956. The original third stamp was not issued due to misprinting. Later, the auction reserve price of a new stamp was about 300,000 yuan.

The more Fan Wubing looked at it, the more frightened he became. Why are these stamps all wrong editions? Could it be that this Old Professor Wang is also a guy who was reborn through time travel?

Continuing to scroll down, Fan Wubing discovered a problem. The wrong edition stamps and new stamps here are basically from before 1958. As for the later stamps, although there are many, they are rarely valuable for collection. , full of used stamps with postmarks, obviously mostly from the top of used envelopes, although they are handled well, they are always old stamps.

At the bottom of the package, there was actually a letter, and the recipient was indeed Wang Bingchuan, the father of the three Wang brothers. The sender's name was not written, but it was just a very scribbled letter, which was hard to read.

Although Fan Wubing was not very interested in the private letter of the deceased Professor Wang, after all, this letter was wrapped in layers, or there might be some secrets inside. Could it be that this guy is really a dangerous person?

With his heart pounding, Fan Wubing's novelty-seeking mentality became stronger, and he finally decided to open it to have a look.

The letter paper has turned yellow, but the ink writing on it is still clear enough to be read. The handwriting is very delicate, as if written by a woman, and the tone is very euphemistic.

It was only now that Fan Wubing understood the origin of these stamps. Mr. Wang liked to collect stamps during his lifetime, and one of his private girlfriends happened to be a staff member in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications who managed the issue of stamps.

Therefore, if there are wrong stamps that need to be destroyed, or some rare stamps, they will always find a way to get some for him. It is only after 1958 that he was labeled as a rightist, and the relationship between the two has cooled down. These things Well, Professor Wang never mentioned it to anyone. Naturally, his three sons didn't know about it, let alone that their father had collected so many stamps, and they didn't know how valuable these stamps would be in the future.

Along with the stationery, there are also several stamps to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the meeting in Jinggangshan. There are four stamps in total. They were all eight points, but they were not issued for some reason, so all the printed stamps were destroyed, but there were still several pieces of the first picture "Big Blue Sky", which became the most rare stamps in New China, and the auction price reached 100 per piece Eight hundred thousand yuan.

There are many stamps that Fan Wubing has never seen before. Fan Wubing couldn't help but feel a little shaken. As long as he handles it properly, in another ten or eight years, these stamps will be worthless. The value is definitely hundreds of millions! And there is room for value-added!

"Uneducated, it's terrible!" Fan Wubing couldn't help sighing when thinking of the three Wang brothers Kong Zaibaoshan's blind eyes.

I also blame Professor Wang for this matter. He obviously collected so many precious stamps. Even if the value cannot be reflected now, it is still decades of painstaking efforts. However, due to face, he did not tell his sons. I didn't know there was such a thing, and I really didn't know what to say.

But then again, although there are some people who collect stamps at present, they are very few. When everyone has not settled down with their stomach problems, how can they have such arty leisure time? The market of stamps has not yet been fired, even if these stamps are taken out, it is nothing more than a lottery, attracting countless eyeballs, and the money cannot be sold for much.

well! Fifty yuan, in exchange for hundreds of millions of income! Fan Wubing's heart was very restless, the value of the two catties of stamps in his hand alone far exceeded all the rags he had collected!

Do I need to tell the three Wang brothers about this? Fan Wubing was a little uncertain.