pappabearbooks Chapter 1153: Picking up leaks from the stall
Chapter 1153: Picking up leaks from the stall
These counterfeiters are also prepared.
They realized that the value of stamps would skyrocket as early as the first year after some stamps were issued.
Lin Ran said: "Boss, can you let me see the stamps?"
The shop owner and Luo Yu were very proud. He had opened a shop here for so long, so he could naturally tell who was rich.
Luo Yu had the aura of a superior person, so he naturally regarded Luo Yu as the big boss.
As for the two people next to him, they seemed to be his followers, and he didn't even bother to pay attention to them.
"Kid, this set of stamps is of high value and cannot be taken out casually."
"Show this friend of mine." Luo Yu said calmly, "If it is genuine, I will buy it. If there is any damage, I will pay for it at the original price."
"It's not a matter of price..." The boss rubbed his hands and said, "This set of stamps is expensive, if it's broken."
"Double compensation." Luo Yu increased his chips.
Now, the store manager has no reason to refuse.
He took out the stamp with a smile. There was a layer of film on the stamp, obviously to leave fingerprints on the viewer.
He placed the stamps in front of Lin Ran and said again: "Kids, you can see if you want, but be careful not to damage them."
Lin Ran didn't even bother to pay attention to him.
He leaned down and looked at the lines on the surface.
The engraving lines of this set of stamps are natural and delicate, and the golden monkey's hair is clearly defined.
He stretched out his finger and touched the film.
The film interferes with the touch, but you can still feel the thickness and texture of the stamp.
The ink is dark and shiny, and the three characters "Geng Shen Nian" on the lower right are black and thin.
Not a patchwork.
Lin Ran recognized the text above again, and there was a row of small characters printed below.
t46 and a string of numbers, this is the stamp number.
He gestured with his finger, and the number was parallel to 1980 on the right.
The numbers on the counterfeit bills will be relatively to the right, not parallel.When Lin Ran was about to learn about paper products, the store manager became a little unhappy.
He took the stamp back from Lin Ran's hand and said, "You're pretending to be pretty cool. Did you see any clues?"
Lin Ran and Guan Yun were both unhappy to see him being so rude.
"What do you mean?" Guan Yun couldn't bear to see others being rude to Lin Ran.
Lin Ran advised: "Forget it, this set is fake anyway."
"Hey, you brat, you call something fake if you can't get it. Why don't you tell me where the fake thing is?" The store manager made the mistake as soon as he heard the mistake.
Lin Ran said: "Your set of monkey tickets is almost fake, but there is still one detail missing."
"What details? If you can't tell me, I want you to compensate me for mental damages!"
This set of stamps was bought by the store manager at a huge price just to make a profit.
When he bought it, he paid the price of the genuine product. If it was a fake, he would have suffered a big loss.
Naturally, he didn't want to accept Lin Ran's opinion.
"The back of your set of stamps is too white." Lin Ran said, "I just wanted to pick it up and see if I could see the outline of the monkey from the back. No need to do it now, it will have the same effect if you hold it."
"Outline?" The shop owner was a little confused. He turned the stamp over and looked at it from behind.
Directly behind is pure white, and the outline of the monkey cannot be seen at all.
Lin Ran took this opportunity to explain: "For real monkey tickets, you can see the outline of the monkey pattern from the back."
Stamps of this era used engraving and printing. This printing method required professional inks.
In the early 80s, the inventory of this ink was not large. In order to meet printing needs, a small amount of lead printing ink was added during printing.
Printing ink does not dry easily, so printed stamps tend to stick.
The monkey tickets printed using this method will have black ink marks on the back, and the outline of the monkey can be seen.
The store manager's face became a little ugly. He was also a knowledgeable person. He would know immediately whether what Lin Ran said made sense.
After knowing that it was a fake, Luo Yu naturally lost interest.
He stopped talking to the shopkeeper and walked out of the shop.
"I didn't expect you, Mr. Luo, to be a stamp player," Lin Ran said.
"Haha, a set of stamps from the 'Mountain and River Red' series were auctioned at Yunhai Trading House last year, and I actually took the photos."
"Mountains and rivers are red?" Lin Ran was a little surprised when he heard Luo Yu's words.
This set of stamps, launched in the 60s, is much more valuable than monkey stamps.
Because this set of stamps was the wrong stamp issued that year.
After the wrong hairstyle, they are recycled and destroyed in various places.
Only some brave businessmen collected it.
Ultimately, only a tiny fraction makes it to the market.
It is possible that this set of stamps appeared at auction because the auction house was just starting out.
This stamp really became popular around 2010 at the Hong Kong City Auction.
The mountain and river red stamps were appreciated by businessmen in the Hong Kong city and were finally sold for a high price of HK$750 million.
Lin Ran was not very interested in stamps, but he had heard about these legendary stamps.
Unexpectedly, this ticket was actually on Luo Yu.
But it is the ultimate goal of all contemporary stamp collectors.
Luo Yu did not continue. His current identity is still a mystery, and Lin Ran may not have the chance to see his stamps.
They continued walking and some street stalls appeared.
The stall owner shouted: "Don't miss it if you are passing by. Come and see the tickets I have. They are all newly collected."
"The out-of-print Mei Lanfang Xiao Zhang, if you are interested, come and take a look."
Unexpectedly, there is a stamp collecting area in the underground trading market.
Compared to the jade shop, this place is obviously more popular.
It was also the first time for Lin Ran to feel this kind of atmosphere.
"Boss, here is a set of stamps showing a drunken concubine. Do you want to take a look?"
Some stall owners saw that Luo Yu had money and took the initiative to sell their products.
Among them, a stamp with the imperial concubine printed on it was pushed directly in front of him.
Luo Yu glanced at it and waved his hand: "Are you trying to trick me with a commemorative stamp issued in 75? This is not the Drunken Concubine issued in 62 at all, don't want it."
Luo Yu pushed the stamp back.
Lin Ran heard this and said, "Don't you understand stamps?"
"It's a long story, but after all, I have collected so many stamps, so I have some understanding of it." Luo Yu replied calmly.
The person who pushed the stamp back was not very angry. Instead, he licked his face and said with a smile: "Boss, you are really good at joking. If it were really the receipt of a drunken concubine, I would have sold it at the stall. I would have gotten it a long time ago." Went to the auction house."
He is really thick-skinned. He was caught selling fake goods and still thought he was justified.
Luo Yu ignored him and continued walking forward with Lin Ran.
Finally stopped in front of an old man's stall.
The old man was smoking a dry cigarette and did not greet the guests.
Seeing several people standing in front of the stall, he took a long puff of cigarette, then poured the burnt tobacco inside on the ground and stamped it out with his feet.
He smiled at them: "Boss, are you looking at stamps or banknotes?"
"Just stamps," Luo Yu replied.