Faced with the decline of the philatelic industry, a seventy-year-old stamp merchant could only watch with tears in his eyes as all the stamps he had acquired smashed into his hands.
In the heyday of philately, the old philatelic merchants were unlimited, making a lot of money, and now the philatelic industry has no young people to join, the old philatelists have withdrawn from the pit, or some of the old philatelists still insist on collecting the stamps of the past, and are waiting for the opportunity to shoot, but they no longer buy new stamps. The rest of those who stock up as postal merchants, the business can be described as miserable!
Judging from the stamps displayed by this septuagenarian postal merchant, he has collected a lot of rare stamps, which shows that he also made a lot of money back then. There are inscription stamps, Qing Dynasty red stamps, Qing Dynasty dragon stamps, and 1980 monkey stamps. These rare stamps used to be expensive, and it was hard to find a ticket. It's a pity that the price of stamps in the market has fallen again and again, or there is no market for it. In the face of this unbearable situation of high and low, the old postal merchant did not keep the stamps, nor did he transfer them at a loss, and he lived in a tangle every day.
The old postage dealer bought a large number of stamps hoarded and invested so much money. Therefore, no matter how bleak the industry is, he must persevere, and after a hundred years, he will hand over to his children and grandchildren to continue to take care of the stamp trade, and only hope that the philatelic industry will continue to work if it does not disappear completely.
For ordinary stamp collectors, the investment is not large, and it is painless to give up when they want to, but for stamp merchants, it is difficult to give up this road casually.
Times have changed, and no matter how much the stamp hype continues, it will be difficult to return to its heyday. Stamps that were once bought at a high price are now no longer willing to be bought at a high price.
Personally, I suggest that if you can dispose of it, you should dispose of it as soon as possible! Count as much as you can get back, otherwise if you put it for a few decades, the stamps will really be no one to play with, and they will become a piece of waste paper.