On July 1 1, Mr. Ge Jianya, a member of China Philatelic Society/President of National Philatelic Literature Research Association/Vice President of Jiangsu Philatelic Society, and Mr. Jiangsu Danyang postal friend visited Rongcheng successively. The next morning, accompanied by President Lin of Bamin Postal Association, they made a special trip to the post office with a history of 1 10 years.
At the post office, Ge listened to the relevant historical facts about the opening of the post office with great interest and proposed to buy a souvenir cover of the post office as a souvenir. We immediately recommended a blank 1 10 anniversary cover for the guests to choose from. However, the issue date of this souvenir cover is 20 12.09.27. Ge studied it for a long time, and always felt that this souvenir cover would not be perfect if it was stamped with today's datestamp. He deeply regretted it.
At this time, we were suddenly attracted by the hearty laughter outside. When we came to the door, we saw a foreign old woman promoting the Guling culture to tourists. It was introduced that it turned out to be an American friend, Mrs. Allen (a foreign cultural propagandist hired by the Guling Management Committee). When Mrs. Allen learned that we were stamp collectors, she said happily that stamp collecting was consistent with her work in China.
Mrs Allen told us that she has lived in Fuzhou for more than 30 years, and she likes Fuzhou very much, especially Guling. She has her own residence next to the Gardner Memorial Hall in Guling, and she and Gardner's descendants are good friends. Mrs Allen also told us that she has a friend, Zhang, who is from Fuzhou, in the United States. She collected Guling envelopes and related postal history of Guling. When talking about these plots, Mrs Allen instantly drew closer to us. Even bigger surprises followed. Mrs. Allen took out several commemorative envelopes of Guling Post Office 1 12.09.27 and signed them as a souvenir.
An American, who came to Fuzhou, China, with crutches, tirelessly promoted the culture of Guling in Guling all the year round. We must respect him!
During the conversation, Mrs. Allen said to us, "I want to give you another surprise and introduce you to a special person." . As soon as the voice fell, it immediately attracted the attention of all of us, only to see her pointing to a slightly shy middle-aged man next to her. "This is Mr. Shen Kailai, Shen's grandson and former director of the post office." In fact, Mr. Shen has been listening to us talk about stamps. After being introduced by Mrs. Allen, he stepped forward humorously and whispered, "May I take a picture with you?"
Shen Kailai told us that his father (son of Shen) Shen Fosheng is 92 years old and has been staying in Fuzhou recently. Shen Kailai himself has settled in Taiwan Province Province. His father asked him to go to the Guling Post Office to see where his grandfather used to work. He said that he was very honored to meet us at Guling Post Office today.
Here is a brief description of the story of the photo taken at the beginning of the article. ?
President Lin said that he would get in touch with his father Shen Fosheng through Shen Kailai as soon as possible, and take advantage of the recent opportunity in Fuzhou to visit and get to know Mr. Shen, the early director of the post office. ......