American Warehouse Taobao King

Chapter 339: 【On the crazy little piece of paper】

   In Western society, philately is a very large collection category. A small paper stamp is often worth tens of millions of dollars. This is not an exaggeration at all. The stamps of major auction companies are a large category of auctions.

Every year, invaluable stamps are bought by some mysterious buyers at auctions. The stamps are worth millions and tens of millions, and even some out-of-print stamps, or the wrong edition stamps are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. is not surprising.

The last time I mentioned that the owners of this house have been in the military for several generations. They belong to a military family. Coupled with the history of American expansion in the past two hundred years, the military has dominated, and even some overseas colonies. , including the Eight-Power Allied Forces entering Beijing with the presence of American troops.

Not to mention World War I and World War II were both wars won by the United States. It can be said that the United States has been invincible all over the world. This is not an exaggeration. Of course, the only defeat is that we lost to Huaxia in the Korean battlefield. It is also the world's number one military power. The United States has military bases all over the world, and professional soldiers who fight for the United States are stationed in various bases.

   Twenty years ago, if these soldiers wanted to contact their relatives in the United States, in addition to making phone calls, they would send and write letters, which is not as developed as e-mail is now. Therefore, it is understandable that all stamps from all over the world are gathered in the United States. The owner of the house began to appear professional soldiers in 1840, and every generation of family members has professional soldiers. It can be said that every war led by the United States is this place. The owner family of the house will be involved.

It is almost two hundred years of family history, and all the letters have been preserved. These stamps are an astronomical number. Yang Yong just checked roughly and there are more than 700 stamps of more than 50 years old. Zhang Du is worth more than $100,000, and it's scary how much these prices are still uncapped.

Yang Yong said that the discovery of gold mines was indeed true. These small pieces of paper are paper gold reserve coupons. These small stamps can be exchanged for tons of gold, and the market position is still in short supply. Yang Yong has made a fortune. made a fortune.

After discovering these secrets, Yang Yong's excitement cannot be expressed in words. He actually taught Smith a lesson and calmed down his mood. However, his heart was beating fast, and he had been accompanying Yang Yong so that Yang Yong had no choice but to concentrate on the scene. Observe where these stamps come from? When was it mailed to the continental United States?

No way, Yang Yong could only put the stamps back into the canvas bag, then tied the mouth and took Smith to the room above the RV like a thief. Then Yang Yong came to the first floor of the RV and said to Charlie who was preparing for the barbecue party. a few words. "Charlie, I'm going to have a video with my family in New York. Don't tell me you don't know when the BBQ dinner is going on in four hours? Don't disturb me until the BBQ dinner starts."

   Yang Yong is the boss, who dares to let Yang Yong work? Although the barbecue dinner was complicated, Charlie didn't dare to work on Yang Yong's big driver. Since the boss decided to make a video connection with his family far away in Maine, they themselves should not bother Yang Yong's happy time, so Charlie patted his chest and assured Yang Yong.

   "Don't worry boss, I will never disturb you before the barbecue party starts, chat with your family at ease! All the things of the barbecue party will be borne by me, don't worry."

Hearing what Charlie said, Yang Yong was very happy and patted Charlie on the shoulder twice, then laughed, took Smith back to the second floor of the RV, locked the door, pulled down all the curtains and turned on the lights. Lying on top of the cashmere carpet mysteriously, he and Smith used the newly opened toothbrush to brush away the dust on the yellowish letters of the past century, and sorted out these priceless envelopes.

Yang Yong is a second-generation immigrant born and raised in the United States. The education he received since he was a child is American-style education. For Yang Yong, it is very simple to understand the contents of the envelopes in the United States hundreds of years ago. Yang Yong grouped these stamps according to their origin. The largest number is that the number of special stamps produced in some Pacific island countries is the largest.

   After all, these island countries are all resource-poor and economically backward regions. One of the main sources of income is the issuance of some beautifully patterned and collectible stamps to subsidize their own country’s finances. These Pacific island countries include Tonga and the Kingdom of Hawaii.

That's right, the Kingdom of Hawaii. The Kingdom of Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898. That is to say, before 1898, the Kingdom of Hawaii was an independent country, which was recognized by the then world hegemons, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. The coup overthrew the rule of the Queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii at that time and was forcibly annexed by the United States as a state in the United States, which is also one of the dark history of the United States.

  Besides these South Pacific island countries, the most abundant ones are the stamps of some European countries. The time of the invention of stamps cannot be verified, but when the modern society uses stamps uniformly to send letters, it is only how some European countries took the lead in using stamps. China's first modern stamp was printed with the help of foreigners in the late Qing Dynasty, commonly known as the dragon stamp.

And these dragon tickets were discovered by Yang Yong in the pile of letters over 100 years old, but the number is really limited. There are only ten dragon tickets issued in the Qing Dynasty. Regardless of the very small number of actual installations, each one will be worth more than 500,000. More than US dollars, after all, with the rapid economic development of Huaxia in recent years, the value of collections related to Huaxia is particularly fast. Let the outside world know that Yang Yong has ten dragon tickets from the end of the Qing Dynasty in his hand.

  Modern stamps were first used in Europe and have a history of hundreds of years. Some small European countries and South Pacific island countries adopt the same strategy. The issuance of stamps during economic development is one of the financial pillars.

Each of the stamps issued by these small European countries is particularly beautiful, and each one can be called a classic. The one set in a collection is invaluable, such as small European countries, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Pope. The Vatican is a major issuer of stamps.

It's funny to say that these small European countries are not large in size, but the stamps issued are the most exquisite in the world, and they are the most popular category for collections. However, Yang Yong is disappointed that the stamps issued by Europe with a history of more than 200 years are more than 200 years old. No more than ten stamps were found in the hand.

In addition, there are two damaged stamps. These found stamps are all genuine postage stamps, that is, used stamps and stamps that have been stamped. Although these real postage stamps are slightly lower in value than those stamps that are collected separately, but the real postage stamps It is more collectible, and there are even more man-made stories in it. It is still very popular. Besides, most of the stamps worth more than one million that have appeared in auctions over the years are real envelopes, which have been used and overwritten by people. Chapter, this is understandable.

After more than two hours of intense sorting, a total of more than 400 stamps with a history of more than 50 years have been sorted out. Among them, a dozen stamps are the most classic, and each stamp can be exchanged for tens of millions of dollars in auctions These ten stamps are the basis for Yang Yong's name for the discovery of gold mines, because each of these ten stamps is invaluable.

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