Analyzing the Intrinsic Factors Affecting the Appreciation of Stamps

With the rapid development of various communication services and networks, the use of letters to communicate and communicate has gradually faded out of our lives. There are very few people who write letters today, and the function of stamps as a postage voucher is gradually weakening. At the same time, with the improvement of people’s living standards and the demand for pursuing cultural life, the investment and collection functions of stamps have been continuously highlighted, especially the upsurge of collections that has been flourishing in China for the past decade or two. This has led to an increase in people’s investment awareness. Pure collection and appreciation gradually transformed into a new favorite of collections and investment appreciation.

If the stamp is used as a kind of investment and collection, I think the internal factors that affect the appreciation of the stamp mainly include the following aspects.

Intrinsic factors that affect the appreciation of stamps The value of any item is subject to both its own and external influences. The external factors that affect the value of stamps are mainly social and market factors. We cannot control external factors, but we can use them. The factors of the stamp itself are understandable and can be analyzed and grasped. In terms of the stamp itself, there are four main factors affecting its appreciation: the title of the stamp, the design and printing of the stamp, the circulation of the stamp, and the diamond effect of the stamp.

1. Selected topics for stamps (themes)

Stamps are encyclopedias. Good topics (or good topics) can be said to have achieved half the value of stamps, such as very popular zodiac stamps. The Chinese zodiac culture originated in China and has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is an important part of Chinese culture and folk culture. Not only do China issue zodiac stamps, our neighbors and some countries in Southeast Asia, even the United States and Canada on the other side of the ocean, and Africa, South Africa and other countries have issued zodiac stamps. Now there are about 50 countries and regions around the world that issue zodiac stamps. Zodiac stamps have become a major hot item for people investing in philatelic products.

Since China issued the “Zengshou Monkey” zodiac stamp in 1980, it has been released to the third round and there are more than 30 zodiac stamps. The Gengshen Monkey Zodiac stamp is not only a good title, but also a good manuscript of the stamp, and the stamp has a high level of design and engraving, and the printing is also very beautiful. At the same time, the Lunar New Year stamps have added festive colors to the folk blessings of the New Year and become a favorite mascot for people of all walks of life. They are sought after by philatelists and collectors. The “Gengshen Monkey” stamp of the Lunar New Year is flying with a price and it is now difficult to get a vote.

The postal city once said that "a monkey ticket for a car, a monkey ticket for a suite," this may sound a bit exaggerated, but often friends have asked me: "when is it appropriate to buy?" Say to them: "When to buy a 'Monkey Ticket' is the right choice. When to sell is a wrong decision." Because investing and collecting stamps are deeply rooted in people's minds, especially the "Gengshen Monkey" stamp is already a philatelic market. The change in price of the "Dinghai Pin" has almost become a barometer for the postal market. When the postal market rises, the "Gengshen Monkey" stamp will rise first, and when the overall price of the market falls, the "Gengshen Monkey" stamp will finally be cut in price, and the price reduction will be less than other varieties. Therefore, the choice of topics is the primary consideration for postal collectors and investment stamps.

There are many good stamp subjects, in addition to the theme of the zodiac, there are red subjects (including character themes), folk themes, painting and calligraphy themes (including ancient paintings and modern paintings and calligraphy works), cultural themes, scenery and theme of flowers and flowers, etc., good topics The stamps are also hot spots that marketers and collectors of all walks of life chase.

2. Design and printing of stamps As a national business card, stamps are often designed by professional stamp designers and well-known artists and famous artists all over the country. Their printing is often based on the most advanced printing techniques and processes. Many of the stamps are beautifully printed and brightly coloured, and their expression techniques and techniques are novel. Therefore, they have high appreciation and aesthetic value in terms of aesthetics and color, giving people the enjoyment of the United States. For example, the "Chrysanthemum," "Butterfly," and "Running Horse" stamps designed by Liu Shuolen, Fan Qilai's "Qi Baishi" miniatures, and Wan Weisheng's "Swans" and "Sui" stamps are all excellent stamp designs. Many were rated as best stamps, and their market prices also performed well in the philatelic market.

The size of the stamp on the stamp also affects its market price. A special ticket with a large ticket size generally has a greater appreciation potential than a small ticket. Because from an intuitive point of view, a large ticket will make people feel more comfortable, more gas, and content is more abundant. The stamps such as "Huangshan", "Selection of Qi Baishi", "Lady's Figure", "Watertown New Look" (Lianyin), and "Shenzhou Spaceship" (Triangle) have become popular among philatelists and collectors. Variety, its market price has also become a leader in the same subject stamp.

The printing of stamps includes offset printing, photocopying, engraving, etc. Stamps with the same subject matter have more appreciation potential than engravings with an engraving or offset printing. The stamps printed on engravings are deeply loved by collectors because of their complicated process, outstanding texture, strong anti-counterfeiting and limited print. The stamps with the same theme as the characters, the stamps “Dong Biwu”, “He Long” and “Zhu De” issued in 1986 are overprinted or engraved, and the current market price is 10 yuan, 15 yuan and 40 yuan respectively; The "Li Weihan", "Mao Dun" and "Wang Jiaxiang" stamps were printed in shadow editions. Currently, the market price per set is only 5 yuan. It can be seen that the printing format of the stamp has a great influence on its future appreciation.

3. Distribution of stamps The circulation of stamps is generally announced by the postal department before or after the issuance of stamps. The circulation of the stamps determines the space for appreciation and the speed of appreciation of the stamps. In general, the amount of stamps with smaller circulation is larger. This point will be analyzed in detail later.

4. The "diamond effect" of stamps

The philatelists usually collect stamps by stamps or sets, and some postmen prefer to collect stamps from the Quartet. With the increasing popularity of investment and collecting stamps in recent years, the postal market has boomed with the full-stamp stamp collection, which is a full-page collection in accordance with the stamp format. Investors also purchase large quantities of full-page stamps. Full-page stamps currently have layouts such as layout one (full ticket) and layout two (small sheet). The number of full-page stamps is much smaller than the number of single-set stamps. Due to the large number of stamps to be sold for sale, etc., the number of full-page stamps will be less and less, and because of difficult collection and other reasons, the The market price is also much higher than the sum of the market price of the same number of single stamps. This is like a diamond weighing 10 carats, worth 1 million yuan, and a total of 10 carats of broken diamonds, the value may not yet reach 100,000 yuan. This is the world famous "diamond theory", also called the "diamond effect" of collection.

For example, in 1980, China issued the J59 "China-US" stamps, including a full set of 2 stamps. In addition to printing a full-length stamp with 50 stamps, a small sheet was also printed. There were 12 stamps on the two small sheets respectively. Stamps, and the current market price of the small version has reached 80 times the single set of stamps. Another example is the "Shenzhou spaceship" triangular stamp issued in 2000, a full set of two, denominations of 1.6 yuan, the current market price of the package is 23 yuan, while the full-price ticket (21 sets for each version) of the market price of 800 yuan, the highest had More than 1,000 yuan.

Due to the limited number of stamps in the world and the difficulty in collecting collections, the stamps have naturally been “loved” by many collectors, and some of the early-issue good-looking stamps have become collectors' treasures.