He began collecting stamps in the third grade of primary school, and has been collecting stamps as a hobby since he moved from campus to military camp. In April, 1985, organized and participated in the 4th Romanian Stamp Exhibition in China. In June 5438+10 in the same year, he participated in the knowledge contest of stamp collecting jointly organized by Beijing Philatelic Association and seven news organizations in the capital, and won the only special prize. To this end, the army awarded him a third-class merit. 1Feb. 986, once again won the first prize in the Spring Festival Philatelic Knowledge Competition of Ditan Cultural Temple Fair in Beijing. And in 1986- 1987, he won the highest prize in the knowledge competition of stamp collecting in Wuhan and other places. Won the first place in Hubei Division in the National Stamp Science Popularization Competition, represented Hubei Province in the National Finals held by CCTV, won the first place in the rematch, entered the rematch, participated in the TV quiz, and won the Excellence Award and the Spiritual Civilization Award. 1in March, 1986, he was elected as the director, executive director and deputy secretary-general of the second Council of Hubei Postal Society. In May of the same year, he was elected as the director of Wuhan Philatelic Association. Since then, he has actively participated in the work and activities of postal associations in various provinces and cities. I often go to and outside the province to popularize stamp collecting knowledge and hobbies. /kloc-0 won the first batch of national stamp exhibition judges in April, 1988, supported the evaluation of large-scale stamp exhibitions, and helped train collectors and judges of stamp exhibitions in the province many times. 1989 was elected as a director of the "Big Three" of the National Postal Union in March. 1993 In April of the same year, he was elected as the vice president of Hubei Postal Society and Wuhan Postal Society respectively in the "Big Four" of Hubei Postal Society and "Big Four" of Wuhan Postal Society. Up to now, he has made contributions to the philately in Wuhan, Hubei and the whole country, and has been awarded the title of advanced individual by Wuhan Postal Society and All-China Postal Union for many times.

Ma Lin, the earliest and only national stamp exhibition judge of our army at that time; China Philatelic Dictionary and China Philatelic Encyclopedia, edited by him, all won international gold medals. He wrote and published more than 200 philatelic papers, which were well received by experts and collectors. He first proposed three research methods: tradition, special topic and postal history, which have strong guiding significance for newcomers to the postal industry; With detailed historical data, he pushed forward the earliest time for China to publicly collect stamp design drawings for 9 years; His book "China Stamp Picture Book: Central and South China" was widely praised after its publication. Ma Lin started collecting stamps at the age of 10. By the time he was in middle school, he had nine thick stamp albums. After joining the army, his vision became broader, and he gradually realized that stamps are the name card of the country and the connotation of a small encyclopedia.

1985 65438+ In February, Marin stood out from 654.38+10,000 contestants and won the only special prize in the first national philatelic knowledge competition. Marin's original warehouse was located in the deep forest, and his cultural life was rather monotonous. According to the characteristics of the warehouse, Marin specially held a postal exhibition on the changes of automobiles, gunpowder weapons and military uniforms, which became a unique landscape in Dashangou and was deeply loved by warehouse officers and soldiers.