The Year of the Dragon zodiac stamp is on fire. According to the feedback of stamp fans, many aunts and uncles went to the post office at 4 o'clock in the morning on the day of the issue of the Year of the Dragon stamps, and some people called "a ticket is hard to find".
China Post officially issued the "Jiachen Year" special stamps on the 5th, a set of two, the names are "Tianlong Xingjian" and "Chenlong Xianrui", with a total face value of 2$4. Sino-Singapore Jingwei noticed that the value of stamps in the secondary market has increased sharply, with a set of 32 large stamps with a face value of 384 yuan, on an e-commerce platform, there are merchants **215 yuan, with a premium of 4599%。
The premium in the second-hand market is as high as 4599%
I arrived at the post office at 6 o'clock in the morning on the 5th, and the uncles and uncles in line were chatting enthusiastically. On the social platform, a fan told about his "ticket grabbing" experience, saying that in December last year, the whole family did not book a dragon ticket, so he thought about going to the post office early in the morning to try his luck on the day of issuance. I didn't expect the uncles and aunts to be earlier, and when they got to him, there were only quadripartite couplets and postage packs, and the large and small booklets were all sold out.
Dragon tickets for 2024 are really hard to buy! Liu Tao (pseudonym), who also did not grab the stamp, told Zhongxin Jingwei that Chinese have always had a special cultural complex for the zodiac "dragon". 2024 is both a leap year and a dragon year, and as a major zodiac, it is not surprising that dragon tickets are sold "crazy".
It is reported that the stamps of the Year of the Dragon that were snapped up were made by designer Wang Huming. The pattern draws on the cultural genes of the classic dragon images of the Chinese dynasties, and interprets the dragon images of the new era and the new historical period. The picture is simple and bright, and the colors are festive and auspicious, implying auspiciousness and beauty.
Jiachen Year" special stamps **China Post Official***
According to China Post's WeChat, Tianlong Xingjian "shows a golden dragon with its head held high, symbolizing the spirit of vigorous and self-improvement; "Chenlong Xianrui" means auspicious and complete, blessed and healthy, showing the grand scene of the dragon and the four seas, and expressing the good wishes of smooth wind and rain, national peace and security.
On the 8th, Zhongxin Jingwei came to a postal outlet in Xicheng District, Beijing as a consumer to inquire about the sale of stamps, the staff said that there is only one stamp commemorative album left, which contains large stamps (32), small stamps (12), small booklets, quadripartite and a 05 grams of gold jewelry, the price is 498 yuan.
A China Post outlet in Xicheng District, Beijing.
Year of the Dragon stamps are very sought-after, so be sure to grab them if you want to. According to the staff, on the day of the 5th issue, there were already many people queuing up before the outlets opened, the outlets sold 1920 sets of tickets on the spot, 65 small booklets, sold out in two hours, the commemorative album in addition to stamps also contains ** jewelry, etc., the sales speed is relatively slow, but only the last one remains.
In another postal outlet in Xicheng District, which mainly focuses on philatelic business, Zhongxin Jingwei saw that many aunts and uncles were queuing up to take out the stamps they had booked in advance. As a consumer, the staff asked the staff if there were any stamps left, and the staff said that there were only two products left at the counter, philatelic products and stamp albums. Among them, "Dragon Doll Folk Customs" contains a small version of stamps, but because it is a philatelic product, ** will be more expensive than retail stamps, the official price is 98 yuan;Another album containing large and small stamps is officially priced at 690 yuan.
Longwa talks about folk customs" priced at 98 yuan in the new warp and weft.
On an e-commerce platform, a set of face value is 38The large version of 4 yuan (naked version)** is 215 yuan, and the premium is as high as 4599%；And a set of face values 14The small version of 4 yuan (naked version), the price range is between 30 yuan and 45 yuan, and the premium range is 10833%-212.5%。
*: An e-commerce platform.
Wan Zhe, a professor at Beijing Normal University, told China News Jingwei that the reason why stamps in the Year of the Dragon are so popular is partly because the dragon is usually a symbol of auspiciousness and auspiciousness in China. Therefore, not only the Year of the Dragon stamps, but also commemorative coins, commemorative banknotes and other peripheral products related to the "Dragon" are more popular. On the other hand, stamps themselves also have certain financial attributes and value-added space.
Queue for 15 hours, grab it and sell it immediately.
Outside the postal outlets, Sino-Singapore Jingwei encountered merchants selling stamps for the Year of the Dragon at a higher price. From the perspective of sales types, large plates, small plates, small booklets, annual books, commemorative books, etc., are readily available, and can be sold separately. Among them, the large version (bare version)**215 yuan, the large version (with fold)** is 260 yuan, and the small version (with fold)**100 yuan.
Talking about the popularity of stamps in the Year of the Dragon, the merchant said that the stamps were issued on the 5th, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the 4th, some people came to line up with a small bench, and the weather was too cold, and many people had a cold.
I'm 65 years old, I've been in this business for more than 20 years, and many of the regular customers in the neighborhood know me. The merchant said that on the day of the 5th, some customers queued for 15 hours, and after grabbing it, (the customer) only left a small cashier's ticket, and the rest were all price increases**. Although the merchant did not disclose ***, she repeatedly assured that if you want to buy more, you will have the goods.
It is worth mentioning that in the half-hour conversation between Sino-Singapore Jingwei and the merchants, more than 5 consumers purchased relevant products from here. From the perspective of consumer groups, they are generally middle-aged and elderly. According to the merchants, although there are also young people to buy stamps, but most of them are for the main purpose of value-added, and now the postage attribute is weakening, and the issuance of stamps is also showing a downward trend year by year.
There are constantly consumers who buy stamps for the Year of the Dragon at a higher price.
Judging from the number of stamps issued by the State Post Bureau, the circulation of the zodiac stamps of the current round of Jiachen year, "Tianlong Xingjian" and "Chenlong Xianrui" totaled 29.98 million; 1.8 million mini-edition tickets, a total of 21.6 million; 4.5 million booklets, a total of 54 million; Format 3: 5.2 million editions, a total of 20.8 million; 600,000 souvenir sheets from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, totaling 7.2 million pieces. That is to say, the total number of zodiac dragon tickets issued in the Year of the Dragon is 133.6 billion, 183.9 billion, down 2735%。
Year of the Dragon Zodiac Stamp Issuance **State Post Bureau.
In Wan Zhe's view, the premium of stamps in the Year of the Dragon is closely related to the number of stamps issued. "* is determined by the supply and demand of the market, in the case of relatively strong demand, the reduction of supply is bound to play a role in the promotion of **, so that there is a phenomenon of 'hard to find'. She said that in addition, the Year of the Dragon stamps have also increased their efforts in publicity, including inviting celebrities to publicize, etc., which will also cause the market to seek after.
At present, the stamp premium for the Year of the Dragon is the result of the continuous game between supply and demand. In recent years, many collectibles, including stamps, have been sold at too high a premium, mainly because of a short period of hot selling. However, for standard industrialized products such as stamps, which can be mass-produced and reproduced, the premium level will not be particularly high. Wan Zhe added.
Zhongxin Jingwei inquired about the second-hand trading platform and found that the stamps issued in the Year of the Millennium Dragon in 2000 were sold for a set of exquisite large-format stamps as high as 2,600 yuan, and the lower ** also reached 1,380 yuan; The large version of the dragon ticket issued in 2012 is only between 120 yuan and 200 yuan.
Wan Zhe said that everyone's expectations for stamps are different from those in the past. Whether stamps can meet new consumer needs in the process of consumption upgrading and cultural upgrading, and achieve subversive breakthroughs in culture and aesthetics, has become a key factor to attract young collectors.