Who painted the 80-edition monkey ticket? What version?

Shao Bolin, the former chief designer of the State Post Bureau, designed it according to the works of the great painter Huang Yongyu.

1979, China, which has emerged from the ten-year Cultural Revolution, is in a state of great need. One day, Shao Bolin went to Huang Yongyu's house and invited him to draw a monkey for the monkey ticket. At that time, Huang Yongyu's pet monkey had just died, and he was very sad. In memory of this little monkey, Huang Yongyu immediately agreed.

Huang Yongyu painted quickly and finished it in a few days. Shao Bolin made the post-design of stamps according to Huang Yongyu's drawings, which went smoothly.

Thus, China's first zodiac "Monkey Ticket" was born, named "Geng". This monkey ticket is a masterpiece in both shape and craft. The monkey on the stamp has bright eyes and visible hair roots. The traditional bright red background in China sets off the festive atmosphere, and also reflects China's desire to take off.

Behind the card is a sketch.

The value is worth hundreds of thousands.

In the process of designing monkey tickets, there are also many unforgettable episodes.

At that time, Huang Yongyu specially drew a first day cover for monkey tickets. He asked his friend and cultural relic collector Chen Yan to send the sample of the first day cover to the seaweed museum in the Summer Palace. Chen Yan said that he didn't know where the seaweed hall in the Summer Palace was, so Huang Yongyu drew a white card from the back and drew a map for Chen Yan.

Chen Yan put the white card in his down jacket pocket and rode away on a motorcycle. Next spring, Chen Yan will no longer need to wear down jackets. Before he washed his down jacket, he felt in his pocket. Why does he have a card? When I took it out, it was a map to the Gleditsia Hall drawn by Huang Yongyu. Turning it over, I was overjoyed: it turned out to be a monkey ticket sketch designed by Huang Yong in the year of Geng Shen.

Chen Yan was very happy, so he went to Huang Yongyu to talk about it. I am also very happy, so I improvised a few words on the sketch: "This draft is the first draft. When I look at the picture again, the wind and rain come and the clothes are still wet." Later, a Filipino postman was willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for this sketch, but Chen Yan refused.

Throw a motorcycle when it rises.

Can I buy a Mercedes now?

The first round of monkey tickets is so valuable today that no one thought of it at that time.

Shao Xin said that he was working in a publishing house when the first round of monkey tickets was issued. He advised several close colleagues to buy one each, saying that China issued monkey tickets for the first time, and the design was very distinctive, which could be kept as a souvenir. But none of my colleagues said anything. Finally, my colleagues thought Shao Xin was wordy, so they said to give him a face and buy a copy. But everyone asked Shao Xin to keep it for them.

A few years later, when they saw the price increase of monkey tickets, these colleagues were embarrassed to say to Shao Xin, don't bother him, let them keep the monkey tickets themselves. Although these colleagues and Shao Xin have parted ways, whenever they meet, they always hold Shao Xin's hand and thank him repeatedly.

There is also a relative in Shao Xin who bought eight monkey tickets at the price of four tickets in 6 yuan. But when I got to the first edition of 80 yuan, I threw it all away. I bought a motorcycle imported from Japan with a monkey ticket of more than 600 yuan. Now, this version 8 monkey ticket can be exchanged for at least 3 Mercedes-Benz luxury cars.

Singaporean businessmen have a good eye.

640 yuan has become more than 20 million.

Shao Xin said that at that time, there was a Singaporean businessman with a good eye. When he went to China, he bought 100 monkey tickets at once. Later, Shao Xin's father was asked to sign the seal for a whole day. The price of this 100 monkey ticket was only 640 yuan RMB at that time, and now it is worth at least 20 million yuan.

Although Shao Xin's father, Shao Bolin, is the designer of this monkey ticket and has the reputation of "the father of monkey tickets", most people think that he must have collected a lot of monkey tickets and there must be many versions at home. But at that time, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications had professional discipline, and stamp designers could not collect stamps. Shao Bolin had to avoid it and only bought a few pieces symbolically.

Why is the first round of monkey tickets so valuable?

"Father of Monkey Tickets": Only because of the small quantity and high quality.

Three years have passed since 1980, and three rounds of monkey tickets have been issued, but only the first round of monkey tickets is the most valuable.

Why is 1980 the first round of monkey tickets so valuable? Shao Bolin, the designer of the first round of monkey tickets, analyzed that there were two main reasons.

One reason is that its print run is too small. Its accurate print run is 4.43 million 1600. And it must have been destroyed during use, and everyone didn't care too much. There are not many really intact ones.

Secondly, this monkey ticket is designed according to the sketch of the great painter Huang Yongyu. The artist's intellectual input is very important to the cultural gold content and artistic value of stamps.

Comparison of circulation and price (RMB) of three rounds of monkey tickets in China Post

Issue year original price current price

In the first round, the single item cost more than 400,000 yuan, with 8 points. 1600 yuan.

( 1980)

Full-page (80 sheets) 6.4 yuan is more than 200,000 yuan.

Second round

(1992) 200 million a set of two 2 yuan with 20 points and 50 points.

The third round, a single unknown 6-angle 4.5 yuan.

(2004)

24 editions, 52 million 19.2 yuan, and one edition of 40 yuan.

6 small edition 1.8 million 4.8 yuan edition 27 yuan.

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