Core Tip: Shanghai is the largest city with the most developed economy in China. It is directly connected with all parts of the world, and it is the earliest and fastest place to accept foreign novelty. Stamp collecting originated in Europe.
Shanghai is the largest city with the most developed economy in China. It is directly connected with all parts of the world, and it is the earliest and fastest place to accept foreign novelty.
Philatelic activities originated in Europe. Because there are many foreigners in Shanghai, stamp collecting was first introduced to Shanghai. As early as 1897, Shanghai Shenbao published an advertisement for buying stamps, which was of course published by foreigners. This can probably be regarded as the embryonic form of stamp trading.
/kloc-in the 20th century, the earliest people in China engaged in stamp business appeared in Shanghai. At the beginning of the 20th century, the earliest philatelic organization in China was established in Shanghai, and a stamp auction was held soon. Zhou Jin Jue, the most famous stamp collector in China, was born in Shanghai. Before liberation, there were 100 stamp companies, stamp agencies and private postal merchants in Shanghai. There are dozens of large postal periodicals published successively; Stamp import business ranks first in the country. Before liberation, Shanghai's postal merchants dominated the national stamp market and supported more than half of China's stamp collecting business.
Among the major cities and provinces in China, in the first half of the 20th century, Shanghai was in a vanguard position, with more than 100 famous stamp shops. There are no names, but only individuals engaged in stamp business and amateur postal merchants, and the number cannot be counted. The throughput of Shanghai stamps is very huge. China's early precious stamps were almost all controlled by Shanghai postal merchants. If you want to buy and sell them, you must deal with them. Shanghai's stamp industry is a leader in the history of China's postal merchants, and their contribution can never be avoided and obliterated.
Shanghai postal merchants occupy the most important page in the history of China postal merchants.
Li Huitang, the earliest postman in China.
The earliest people engaged in stamp business in China promoted Li Huitang's position in the stamp industry.
Li Huitang (1869— 1943) was born in Sihui, Guangdong. He was born in his hometown and went to Shanghai to do business with his father when he was 7 years old. At the age of 20, he entered Morrison Foreign Firm in Shanghai, studied the proofing of architectural drawings and began to learn English.
At that time, it was very fashionable to ride a bike in the street. Li Huitang bought one, too, and goes for a ride every Saturday. One day, he met a foreigner, Dolby. His bike broke down in the street, and AARON Li offered to help him repair it. After the repair, the two chatted. Dolby told him that he likes collecting stamps and asked him to help him find some old stamps washed from envelopes. Before that, Li Huitang didn't know what a stamp was, much less that someone was collecting it. A few days later, Li Huitang cut out many stamps from letters from foreign companies and gave them to Dolby, who also gave him some biscuits and candy and 10 yuan RMB. As a result, Li Huitang has an indissoluble bond with stamps.
/kloc-at the end of 0/9 and the beginning of the 20th century, Li Huitang lived in Huidongli, Yunnan Road, Shanghai, and then moved to Taoyuan Square, Jiangxi Road 105 to engage in stamp trading. In order to run the stamp business, he also published an advertisement of "buy out the head" and "leadership" in the newspaper at that time.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Li Huitang changed from an amateur postman to a professional postman, and opened a shop in Sichuan North Road, Shanghai, dealing in stamps. At that time, people in China rarely collected stamps, and almost all the customers were foreigners living in Shanghai. In this street, there are also two stamp shops, the owners of which are his hometown in Guangdong-Chen Shaozhou and Feng. They have not been dealing in stamps for a long time. After Chen's death, Feng returned to Guangdong.