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集邮人的共同梦想

编著一部较为完备的新中国普通邮票图鉴，长期以来一直是全国普票同仁的美好夙愿。记得，新中国普票研究会成立大会于2001年9月21日在南京召开之际，我曾把这一研究课题提给大会。李秋实先生是一位潜心致学的有心人，经历15载的默默耕耘，辛勤劳作，终于实现了邮人的共同梦想。

新中国普通邮票分为4个系列，即“全国通用（编序）普票”、“加字改值普票”、“限东北贴用普票”和“限旅大贴用普票”。普通邮票是主宰邮政通信的常用票种，发行量大、使用面广、出售时间长，加之普票经常按需增添印量，邮票的版别多样，版式变化丰富多彩。因此，除正票外的组外品、变体票、错体票、样票、未发行票等集邮者梦寐以求的品种就不断产生，可供人们研究的课题相应增加许多，这是普票特别受集邮者喜爱的一个重要因素。

正由于新中国普票的“另类”票品多，要统计出各个品种并列出一份详细的清单是非常困难的事，这得靠有心人平时特别关注和长期积累，再加上不菲的资金投入和细心观察考证，才能有所收获。我们知道，对普票的研究是集邮学术的微观研究，需要相当的集邮功底，也需要敬业精神，更需要丰富的藏品和对各种邮票的熟悉和了解，而所有这一切，本图鉴的编著者李秋实都具备。他是一位普票收藏家，也是一位普票专家，一个完全懂行的人。他30多年来一直埋头于新中国普票的收集和研究，也曾多次组编新中国普票展品参加全国、国际和世界邮展，并取得了不俗的成绩。因此，凭他的丰富经验和精心研究，编写一本新中国普票专门图鉴实乃驾轻就熟、水到渠成。本图鉴中除正票外的其他许多较难得品种，大部分都是他自己的藏品或曾经收藏过的，因此，对这些邮票的真伪判断和存世多寡的分析，是负责的和具一定权威性的。本图鉴既是一本专业目录，也是一本普票详目，因此编著者在邮品的收集、整理、选择、归类、说明、定价、制版等方面都是高标准的，并且处理得精准无误。这是我把这本图鉴推荐给读者的一个主要原因。

本图鉴对所有上述普票都作了详细描述，编排很实用，查阅也方便，更难能可贵的是，对每种变体票和组外品，以及一些反映邮票史的实寄封，都附有清晰的彩图。这不仅为人们参考和对照带来方便，更是对这些票品存在的认可和记录，因此具有非常高的邮学和史料价值，殊为不易。其文字说明不是简单罗列邮票的基本资料，而是在这个基础上对各套（种）邮票都附有比较详细的研究内容，如邮票背景资料、发行状况、当年邮资、邮票版式版模特征，以及珍品的流传等情况，尤其有编著者本人在邮品研究上的独到见解和探索上的新发现，这些都是邮票史料的积累和记录，读后犹如翻阅一篇篇集邮论文，无论对初集邮者还是集邮行家都有较大的启发和借鉴作用，是一般目录所不具备的。这是我推荐这本图鉴给大家的又一个原因。

我们通常认为，编著一本邮票目录，对邮票的定价也是十分重要的。目录上其他的资料都是“死的”（不会变化），唯独价格是“活的”（时刻变化），因此定价是目录编著中最困难的部分。在邮票的定价上，我们不求每枚票的价格绝对精准，但求票与票之间的价位相对比较正确，这是邮票定价的关键之处，更是技巧之所在。本图鉴的编著者在对邮票定价上火候掌握得很好，基本上能做到“八九不离十”，可以说是紧跟邮市脉搏，不仅把绝对价格定得比较合理，就是相对价格的拟定也是经过仔细的市场调查后得出的结论，是难能可贵的。这是我推荐这本图鉴给读者的又一个重要原因。

由衷地希望大家在参考和阅读李秋实这本新中国普通邮票图鉴的力作后，能让已经集有所成者获得更多的邮学资料，又能使尚未起步者从此多一本引领入门的集邮文献。

梦想成真，《中国普通邮票图鉴（1950—2013）》这部具有重要集邮意义和邮史价值的专业邮学力作，填补了普票研究领域的一项空白。作为新中国普票的早期收藏者、研究者、推行者，又是本目录编著者的普票“老师”和亲密朋友，特应命为序。

2015年10月于上海

唐无忌：新中国普票专家、中华全国集邮联合会会士、原上海市集邮协会副会长。

Preface

A Common Dream of Philatelic Collectors

It has been a long-cherished wish of the Chinese definitive collectors to have a comprehensive illustrated catalogue of New China definitives compiled and published.I remember that I personally forwarded the subject matter at the inaugural session of New China Definitive Study Society in Nanjing on Sept.21，2001.Mr.Li Qiushi is a dedicated man of study，and his hard and diligent work over the past fifteen years has finally made this common dream of fellow-collectors a reality.

New China definitives are classified into three categories，namely，“general regulars（serilized）”，“surcharges/overprints”and “restricted use in northeast and Luda prints”.Definitive stamp is of a regular issue type overriding post corrrespondance，printed in huge quantity，widely used and sold over relatively long period of time and to meet postal need，and additional quantity is printed from time to time，producing a great variety of prints and many rich and colorful settings.Therefore，apart from normal issues，extras，varieties，errors，specimens and unissues emerge continuously to provide collectors with plenty of neverdreamed of collectibles，adding a number of new topics for study，and this is an important factor of why collectors are so deeply attracted to definitives.

Just because there are so many abnormalities of New China definitives，it is extremely difficult to make a detailed list of all kinds of normals and varieites，and this could only rely on people having a determined mind with their particular attention，an accumulaton of materials over a long stretch of time plus considerable investment，careful observation and verification before any exploits are gained.As we all know that the study of definitives is a microscale academic project in philately requiring deep-rooted philatelic skill and experience as well as a spirit of dedication，all the more so a possession of rich stock，a familarity and understanding of all types of definitive stamps.Fortunately，as the editor and author of the Illustrated Catalogue Li Qiushi owns all the abovementioned presumptives.He is a definitive collector，an expert in that，and a thorough knowhow in the field.For more than thirty past years he has been bending on collecting and studying New China definitives.He has compiled collections on the topic and participated stamps shows nationally，internationally and worldly，achieving remarkable results.With his proficient experience and in-depth study，to edite a New China difinitive catalogue becomes to him an easily handled task，like a dam already built where the water would flow.Apart from normals，the rare and scarce items shown in the catalgue are mostly items collected once or still in his collection therefore his judgement on their guniunesness and the estimated copies extant are deemed responsible and authoritative.Since the catalogue is a piece of professinal work，a detailed one on the topic，a high standard is set in the arranggement，selection，classification，description，pricing and print on every and all items are handled with accuracy.This is the major reason why I would like to recommend it to our readers.

The Illustrated Catalogue provides a detailed description of all the aforesaid definitive categories，edited in a practical way for conveninet reference.It is noteworthy that each varitey，extra and some postal covers reflecting postal history are shown in colored life size pictures，and this is not only for easy reference and comparision，but also a recognition and a record of the existence of these items，hence proving that they are of high value in philatelic literature and postal history.The accomplishment of the above is praiseworthy in itself.Each relevant item description is not just a lining up of its basic datum but a rather detailed introduction of its study on the basis of the datum relating to its background，publication，contemporaray post rate，characteristics of print die and rarities extant，in particular，the editor’s unique personal interpretation and his new discoveries in study，presenting an accumulation and a record of history for the relevant philatelic items.No matter an expert or a novice in the field，the reading of the catalogue is like going through one after another academic philatelic theses，receiving considerable enlightment and drawing new idea which is not expected from other catalogues.And this is one more reason why I recommend this catalogue to you.

We usually maintain that the pricing of stamps in editing a catalogue is quite essential.All other datum in any catalogue are fixed（unchanged）yet the price varies（from minutes to hours），because of this，the pricing is the most complicated and the hardest part in editing.In pricing，we do not seek an absolute price of any stamp，but aim at the correctness of proportional pricing from stamp to stamp，and in this lies the key and skill of price fixing.The editor of the Illuatrated Catalogue has a refined mastery of the ups and downs of the pricing，meeting in most cases the stamp’s worth.It can be said that his pricing pulsates with the market trend，so that not only all the absolute price fixing is reasonable，but the relative pricing is also pinpointed after much conscientious and careful market investigation.This is praiseworthy and commendable，again，an important and justified cause for my recommending this catalogue to readers.

It is my whole hearted wish that through reading and taking reference of Li Qiushi’s powerful work piece，the Illustrated Catalogue，an advanced collector reaps more philatelic knowledge and materials，while a beginner given an entry document in definitive philately.

Like a dream coming true，The Illustrated Catalogue of China Definitives（1950-2013）as a piece of powerfulwork bearing important philatelic significance and value in postl history.It has filled a gap in the study of definitives.Being an early collector on the topic，a researcher and promotor in the field，a“teacher”of definitives and a bosum friend to the editor，I have written this preface as requested.

Tang Wuji

Shanghai，Oct.2015