Treasure Hunt America

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There are many stamp collectors in the United States. Those people not only collect a lot of stamps issued in the United States, but also collect a lot of stamps from all over the world.

Jin Muchen had seen many such stamp albums in the homes of her colleagues in the United States before, and had also seen many precious stamps of various eras.

However, most of the precious stamps collected by others are from major European powers or the British, the ancestors of the Australians. As for the stamps issued by the Australians themselves, they are not included in the collection at all.

He had also heard that person talking about stamps issued in Australia before, and to their experts in this field, Australian stamps were not worth a visit at all.

In their mouths, Australian stamps are simply garbage and not worth collecting.

Because this country was founded for a very short period of time, even shorter than the United States, only two hundred years or so, and half of the two hundred years or so, was still based on the status of a British colony.

So at that time, many of their cultural objects were basically the same as those in the UK. For example, the stamps they issued were simply copied from British stamps.

The stamps in this philatelic album that Jin Muchen has seen now generally confirm the statement of those philatelists.

The stamps were almost identical to the British stamps he had seen in the US, and most of them featured the head, or bust, of Queen Victoria.

And the workmanship is very rough. The postmark on the stamps shows these stamps, but it has gone through a long time.

The Queen's portrait on these stamps is immutable, but the earliest postmarks are from 1840, then 1850, and later in 1894.

This Nima is too irresponsible, right?

They are all one penny or half penny stamps. In the 64 years of Queen Victoria's reign, the British people will also make adjustments to the Queen's bust on the stamps according to the Queen's appearance and body changes. Konima, why are you Australians so lazy?

This stamp statue has been used for decades. Is it possible that Queen Victoria in your impression has the ability to live forever?

No wonder American philatelists look down on Australian stamps. This is too rough and too irresponsible?

After flipping through a few pages, Jin Muchen saw almost all the Queen's busts, the only difference being that the date of the postmark on the stamps was constantly changing.

Looking at this immutable stamp, Jin Muchen couldn't help but feel sad for the stamp collectors who created this stamp album. Obviously there is a hobby in this area, but unfortunately the Australia Post Office is too irresponsible, and I can't find any stamps that I want to collect.

This situation did not change until he turned to the last pages of the stamp album, for example, some stamps with different statues finally appeared in the following pages.

One of them is a British woman holding a bullwhip, sitting on a haystack, next to a pair of free men and women, and in front of the woman is kneeling a prisoner with handcuffs and shackles.

Obviously, the implication of the statue is that the woman is teaching prisoners who were exiled to Australia. What is hard work, how can you be less self-reliant and make a living with your own hands.

After all, it is Sydney Bay where sailboats are cruising, and there are buildings in the distance.

Although the picture is a bit rough, it looks interesting.

Then there is another stamp that is one size larger than the other stamps, reddish-brown, with an image of the island in the distance, a port in front, and Tasmania written on the top of the stamp. typeface.

It seems that this should be a stamp issued by the local post office in Tasmania in the early years.

Although it is also very rough. But finally being able to see some stamps of different nature made Jin Muchen very happy.

There are a few stamps below that look a bit confusing. This is a quadruple set of stamps. The background color is blue, and there is a black swan in the middle, but the four-pack of stamps looks a little weird, but Jin Muchen can't tell what the weird method is.

But he always felt a few stamps, as if something was not normal. And in the original album, he flipped through it, and he could see that it was the quadruple set of stamps that was jeweled.

He felt a little strange. He was about to turn around and leave here just now, but he was attracted by the jewels that flashed on this stamp album.

But after looking around, I couldn't see the baby shining with strong black light. Although the four-piece suit in front of me also flashed with jewels, it was a relatively weak blue.

What happened to the black light before that?

Could it be that there is a mezzanine in this stamp album, where is the real treasure hidden?

Jin Muchen, who had also had such a treasure hunt experience before, couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat when she thought of this.

If it really is as I guessed, it means that I have to pick up a lot of money, but I can't show it now. What I have to do now is to take this stamp album first, and then go back and study it slowly.

Jin Muchen calmly closed the album. At this time, the sky was already getting brighter. He looked at his watch, it was already past five in the morning.

I really didn't expect that I would look at it for more than half an hour. When I looked up, the stall owner was still looking at me, and the servant Molin I hired was standing behind me. Looking bored.

He looked up at the stall owner with a face full of acne, and asked with a smile, "How much is this stamp album?"

The guy with the pimples on his face rolled his eyes. He is not very old, but he has been setting up a stall here for a long time. Although he has a popular face, Jin Muchen can clearly feel that this guy is very handsome. cunning.

He just saw how serious he was looking at it, and he must have deduced that he was very optimistic about this thing, so he was evaluating it in his heart at this time.

"Um...five...no...eight thousand yuan."

After hesitating for a while, he quoted a price. As soon as Jin Muchen heard the price, he knew that this kid must not know the value of the treasure in this album, otherwise he would not have quoted such a low price.

This stamp album may have been taken out by the sheep when he used to patronize it to steal things. As for the value of the stamps in it, he must have never done any research.

Originally, he thought that the price was not too high, and it should be worth winning, but just when he was about to speak, Mo Lin, who had been standing behind him, suddenly became excited.

"Come on, Derek, you are too dishonest. How long has such a broken stamp album been on your booth? Who knows, the broken stamps in it are all worthless garbage? You actually Dare to ask for eight thousand?"

Jin Muchen didn't expect that Mo Lin would stand up to fight the injustice, and after hearing what he said, he seemed to know this stall owner.

The guy with pimples all over his face became a little anxious when he heard what Mo Lin said, and his face suddenly turned red.

"What's the matter with you, Maureen? Don't talk nonsense! And why are the stamps in my stamp album worthless, they are all stamps from more than a hundred years ago!"

At this time, Mo Lin also knew that he had just been impulsive and broke the rules here. After being warned like this, he stopped talking.

And Jin Muchen laughed: "Come on, young man, you should know whether your stamp is worth anything. That is to say, because of the postmark on your stamp, it is still worth a little money, but for 8,000 yuan, you obviously want to It's too much. Well, eight hundred yuan, if you want, we'll make a deal, if you don't want it, forget it!"

"Deal, deal, of course deal!"

What a joke, someone is willing to pay 800 Australian dollars for a copy of garbage that is too cumbersome at the bottom of the box. How could this pimple-faced Derek not agree to sell it?

If he doesn't agree with this deal, then his brain must be sat on by the elephant.

With a smile, Jin Muchen took out 800 yuan from his wallet and handed it to Derek. Regardless of the guy's jubilant virtue, he got up and started to walk out with Mo Lin.

There is nothing to see here, and Maureen is chattering a little bit behind him.

"Mr. Jin, that album is really not worth that money? I used to come here a lot, and all these broken things have been in the hands of that kid for almost two years. Usually, no one wants to take a look at it..."

"Haha, well, Derek, I know you're kind too, thank you. Is this stamp album worth it, I know. Well, here's your thank you fee."

Jin Muchen said that he took out five hundred dollars from his pocket and patted it on Mo Lin's hand. Originally, it was two hundred Australian dollars, but for the sake of what he just said, Jin Muchen felt that it would be fine to give him another three hundred dollars.

After all, he is quite responsible!

Maureen was also a little excited when he saw the five hundred yuan in his hand. This was his usual weekly salary!

"Mr. Jin, thank you so much..."

"Hey! You're welcome, I'm very satisfied with your service today."

"That's good~www.wuxiaspot.com~ That's good, by the way, you probably didn't eat before you came, how about I treat you to breakfast?"

"OK!"

Jin Muchen replied with a smile, he was really hungry at this time.

Maureen didn't talk nonsense. He took him out of the market, but he didn't go far. It's only after five o'clock, and it's less than six o'clock. At this time in Sydney, except for those McDonald's that operate overnight No one opened a shop.

However, next to the market, there is a breakfast cart for snacks. Obviously, this breakfast cart is specially prepared for those who come here to catch the morning market.

Mo Lin was obviously very familiar with this breakfast car, and he brought Jin Muchen to the breakfast car.

"Hey! Morris got us two herrings, no fries, two egg burgers, two hot coffee..."

The busy figure in the breakfast car agreed, "Okay!" (To be continued.)

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