◆ Wen Yu Xiaolin
◆ Tuwen Wave
Transferred from Zhongshan Daily
The Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, and related commemorative stamps are also popular with the public. Wu Baolin, 75, is a celebrity in zhongshan philatelic circles. During his 65-year philatelic career, he collected tens of thousands of precious stamps. Riding on the "Winter Olympic boom", Wu Baolin spent three days sorting out more than 130 selected Winter Olympic stamps from it, and appreciated the Winter Olympic culture in every inch.
On February 10, the reporter went to Wu Baolin's collection room on Minzu Road - Suwan Post Garden. As soon as they met, the spirited Wu Baolin enthusiastically showed reporters the Winter Olympic stamp album he had just compiled, and each stamp in it was carefully placed in the pouch and sorted into a standard patch. Wu Baolin introduced that this set of stamp albums covers Winter Olympics-themed philatelic products from 26 countries, including 114 stamps and 6 extreme postcards, which is quite collectible.
"Collecting stamps is a spiritual pleasure, don't underestimate these stamps, it is not easy to show the Olympic spirit in every inch." As soon as she talked about stamps, Wu Baolin opened the conversation box, and he was familiar with the history and story behind each Winter Olympic stamp.
Wu Baolin's favorite set is the commemorative stamp of the 13th Winter Olympic Games, which is 42 years old. This is the first set of Winter Olympics-themed stamps in mainland China, and the emblem of the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Winter Olympics projects also appear on the stamps for the first time. The first main image is the emblem of the Continental Olympic Committee, and the second, third and fourth pieces depict the images of athletes speed skating, figure skating and skiing, highlighting the charm of ice and snow sports. The four stamps in this set feature a circular pattern of pines and snowflakes on the background, symbolizing the movement of the earth and ski skating. Wu Baolin introduced: "The 13th Winter Olympic Games was held in 1980, and this set of stamps was a commemorative stamp issued by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the People's Republic of China that year to congratulate Chinese athletes on their first participation in the Winter Olympic Games, which is of far-reaching significance. ”
Wu Baolin told reporters that since the age of 10, he has plunged into the world of stamps. "The process of collecting stamps one by one is not only a record of different nodes in life, but also the best commemoration of history." The process of appreciating stamps is to look at the size of the times in every inch. He sighed.