Book stamps are similar to stamps. Since the day they appeared, they have evolved into objects of collection and collection. Sometimes their collection function even overshadows their function of marking books. The reason is that book stamps have high artistic appreciation characteristics and are rich in pictures and texts.
, colorful; the small note can not only convey a certain idea, but also adapt to various painting types and production methods, with endless changes and endless fun. From loving books, we collect books, from collecting books we have bookplates, from bookplates we derive a special
art category, and cultivated a team of collectors, which eventually became a big trend.
The bookplate in the envelope is from the 1980s. It depicts three black carps swimming in green water. On the top is a row of Latin words - ex.libris, and below it is the words Shanghai Book Fair 1984 Hong Kong.
Bookplates originated in Europe in the 15th century. They are small signs that indicate who the books belong to in an artistic way. They are also beautifying decorations for books. They are small prints or miniature prints and are known as "prints".
Pearls”, “Gems on Paper”, “Butterflies on Books”, “Miniature Art”.
Introduced to our country at the beginning of the 20th century. They are usually prints with a side length of 5-10 cm. In addition to the main pattern, there must be the name or alias of the book collector, the name of the restaurant, etc. It is internationally accepted to write "" on the ticket.
"ex-libris", this line of Latin text means "belonging to a private collection", and the bookplate is usually affixed to the first page or title page of the book.
Bookplates appeared in the European Renaissance in the 15th century. The earliest bookplate that can be seen is owned by the German Johannes Knabensberg and was made in 1470. The hedgehog in the picture is stepping on several broken flowers and plants and holding a quilt in his mouth.
The folded flower, with the ribbon fluttering above it, humorously reads: "Beware of being kissed by a hedgehog at any time." The author is unknown. Western bookplates usually also have the Latin word "ex-libris" on them. The pattern of the bookplate
Initially, most of them were based on family emblems, myths and legends, heroes and beauties, etc. Later, the themes became more and more extensive, including landscapes and various patterns related to personal life, work, and hobbies.
However, bookplates composed of pictures like this were extremely rare in the early days. Until the end of the 17th century, bookplates mostly used coats of arms indicating noble status as patterns. Since only nobles or monasteries could afford to collect books at that time, heraldic bookplates were often
It symbolizes power and status and is not popular. For example, in the mid-17th century, the bookplate of King Charles II of England used the royal crest of two lions holding a shield as the pattern, which was a typical heraldic bookplate.
In Asia, the earliest country to make bookplates was Japan. The bookplates that appeared after the Meiji Restoration were combined with traditional ukiyo-e to form a unique style. Chinese bookplates were introduced from Japan in the 1930s. They were promoted by the printmaking movement advocated by Lu Xun.
It has led to the development of Chinese bookplates. The modern printmaking society organized by woodcut artist Li Hua created bookplates while creating prints.
The 9th issue of "Modern Prints" published in 1935 is an album of bookplate artworks. Yu Dafu loved bookplates very much, and Tang Tao also collected bookplates extensively. In his book "Book Talk", he collected bookplates engraved by Chen Zhonggang and others. 80
In the early 1990s, the Chinese Bookplate Research Society was established and participated in the International Bookplate Biennial Conference. The first Bookplate Exhibition was held in Beijing in 1987. Chinese bookplates have been exhibited in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and other countries and regions.
Luo Tian carefully put the bookplate back into the envelope, and suddenly he saw that there was a stamp inside. Luo Tian didn't take it out completely, but he just took a look and was happy: "Isn't this the legendary red!
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During the Cultural Revolution in September 1968, revolutionary committees were established in 29 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country except Taiwan Province. To commemorate and celebrate this event, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications decided to issue a national mountain and river certificate on November 25, 1968.
A piece of red stamp. The face value is 8 cents. The stamp image shows workers, peasants and soldiers holding "Quotations of Chairman Mao". In the background is a red sea formed by the red flags of the Revolutionary Committee and the scene of warm cheers by workers, peasants and soldiers. Above is a map of the People's Republic of China. Map
Except for Taiwan Province, all the stamps are painted in bright red, with the red and gold characters of the country's mountains and rivers printed on it. The stamp size is 30 mm x 40 mm, the perforations are 11.5 degrees x 11 degrees, and the number of whole sheets is 50 (10x5). Photocopy version. Beijing stamps
Printed in a factory. Stamp collectors call it a piece of red.
The stamp was first issued in Beijing on November 25, 1968, less than half a day after it was issued. An editor from China Map Publishing House found that the map of China on this stamp was inaccurate and did not draw the Paracel Islands and Nansha Islands. He passed
The organization reported it to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. After the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications discovered the problem, it urgently ordered post offices across the country to stop selling the stamps and return all the stamps. However, some post offices had sold the stamps in advance, resulting in a small amount of stamps being leaked. One Piece of Red is due to the number of surviving stamps.
There are only a few stamps, and it has become a famous rare stamp among the stamps of New China, and is ranked among the rare stamps in the world. Its performance at auctions is unexpected, and it has repeatedly fetched high prices.
On October 19, 1996, at China Guardian's '96 Autumn Auction, a double-joined "All the Mountains and Rivers Are Red", raw rubber, top grade, with a reserve price of 210,000 to 230,000 yuan (RMB), was sold for 302,500 yuan (RMB).
.On April 20, 1997, China Guardian's '97 Spring Auction, a set of "All Mountains and Rivers Are Red" stamps in four directions, with right paper, original glue, top grade, with a base price of 580,000 to 600,000 yuan (RMB), sold for 748,000
Yuan (RMB) was sold. On October 1, 1997, the China Stamp Expo held in Guangzhou exhibited for the first time a brand-new 50 full-page stamps of "Mountains and Rivers Across the Country Are Red". This edition can be called a "national treasure" rare stamp. The market
The price is more than 10 million yuan (RMB).
On October 31, 2009, at the 2009 Autumn Stamp Auction held by Hong Kong's Bujohn Stamp Auction Co., Ltd., the famous stamp "The Country's Mountains and Rivers Are Red", which had a face value of only 8 cents and was stopped for recycling as soon as it was issued, was sold at a sky-high price.
.One of the large-scale "All the Mountains and Rivers Are Red" broke the world record for the highest auction price of a single Chinese stamp at HK$3.68 million, while the other six sold for a total of HK$2.9325 million.
Due to the chaotic social order at that time, it was very difficult to approve stamps. After the artwork was submitted, it could not be approved on time and had to wait for a period of time. In order to cooperate with the publicity in a timely manner, the Military Control Commission of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications adopted the method of printing sample stamps first and then submitting them for review.
A batch of horizontal stamps were made. After being submitted for review, the superior leaders put forward opinions on the stamps. According to the opinions conveyed, Lao Wan re-drawed the stamp pattern, changed the horizontal type to vertical type, and changed the size from 60x40mm to 30x40mm. This is
People call it "a small piece of red".
"Big piece of red" is a stamp, expensive, and how it entered the society is unknown. In 1987, when this ticket was auctioned in Hong Kong, the base price was HK$80,000, which was 10 times the price of "small piece of red". Later, the price of "big piece of red" skyrocketed.
.Currently, industry insiders estimate that "Big Red" should be worth more than 1.4 million yuan.
A small piece of red is worth more than 100,000 yuan.
At that time, due to misprinting, a large number of stamps were often recycled. Even the designer of the stamp did not have this stamp in his possession. However, many stamps were still handed over to individuals and were not handed over. In recent years, due to concerns about the value of stamps,
With the increase in understanding, collectors who have collected a piece of red have seen the right time to sell it. The design background of this piece of red is very complicated. After all, the background of the era was more complicated, but it is precisely because of this that the "piece of red" is more popular among collectors and auctioneers.
Market favor.
The person who discovered the printing error in the printing was also an important witness in tracing this period of history in the future. He once wrote in his diary: "I bought the National Mountains and Rivers in Red stamp at noon and found that there were many outlines of the country.
If you make a mistake, please contact the production team to report it. In the interests of the country as a whole, ask them to report it to the relevant units. This is your due responsibility.", "I bought new commemorative stamps yesterday, and I have been notified today that the issuance will be stopped. I asked them to take them back. I have gone to return them.
.It has been passed to the superiors and has been decided to deal with it, which shows that our opinions have been taken seriously and political losses to the country have been avoided. I feel very happy."
The discoverer was also worried that it would bring trouble to the designer of the stamps. Fortunately, there were no adverse consequences as he imagined. This small discovery would make these wrong stamps a hot collection, which neither the discoverer nor the designer had imagined.
Luo Tian looked through the customer's information and found that he was not very familiar with it. Luo Tian was familiar with the company's main customers. After all, he had a strong memory. In addition, Cheng Zhen was under pressure because he was not often in the company and lacked communication with customers.
During the interaction, Cheng Zhen took the customer information home and asked Luo Tian to tutor. Luo Tian also wrote down the company's regular customer information. This one could not immediately come to his mind.
Luo Tian was very fond of this customer. He always thought that it was unusual for people to choose stamps and book stamps as collections, especially for such a discerning person? He wrote down the customer's information, and then continued to read the next
From the collection, Luo Tian selected seven or eight items in a row and took them out. He moved very quickly. At the same time, the new restoration employee looked at Luo Tian's movements and stuck out his tongue: "This is too fast. Will the boss make a mistake?"
Yuan Jie next to him said: "Just because you said this means you are a new employee, go out and ask, has our boss ever had an eye piercing?"
"Oh." The newcomer just responded, and was immediately scolded by Yuan Jie: "Pay attention to the proportion of melt in your hands, don't get distracted."
The newcomer quickly looked away from Luo Tian and concentrated on preparing the cleaning solution on his hands.
Next was an iron box, with a note posted by Cheng Zhen on it. It was a friendly reminder, telling Luo Tian that the important point was not the iron box, but the coins inside. Luo Tian smiled, and only Cheng Zhen would be so careful.
Seriously, in addition to being a lover, she is also a good partner at work.
Opening the iron box, there were coins inside, but they were not ordinary coins, but 5-cent and 1-cent coins from 1981, one of the "Five Heavenly Kings". Luo Tian immediately counted them, and there were eight 5-cent coins.
There were seventeen pieces with a score of 1. Luo Tian made a "beep" in his mouth.
The five kings of coins refer to: 5 cents in 1979, 2 cents and 5 cents in 1980, 1 cent and 5 cents in 1981. Our country's coins are produced according to circulation needs. If there is no shortage of coins of a certain denomination in a certain year,
Coins of that year are often no longer produced, as was the case with the emergence of the "Five Heavenly Kings". There was no shortage of these five coins at the time, so they were not produced and issued on a large scale. The mint only produced a small amount, and the mint produced only a small amount.
In the same year, coins of various denominations were bound and became the "Annual Chinese Coin Set", which was given as a collection or sold to foreign guests (with a foreign exchange coupon of 6 yuan). They were very precious and were called the "Five Heavenly Kings" of coins.
The current market price is that the 1-cent coin in 1981 is worth 1,500 and the 5-cent coin is 1,400. For other kings, the market value of the 5-cent coin in 1979 is around 1,400 and the 2-cent coin in 1980 is worth about 1,400.
Around 1350 each, 5 cents are equally valuable. Of course, the value of these coins always fluctuates with market fluctuations. After all, they are not complete currencies now, but collections and commodities to a certain extent.