民国时期北京的集邮活动

Beijing Philately Activities during the Period of the Republic of China

集邮是一项西式休闲文化,于清末民初传入北京,在20世纪一二十年代迅速发展,成为了近代北京市民的休闲方式之一。北京的集邮者以青壮年男性为主,且多为中低级公务人员、职员和教会学校师生,具备一定的规模。出入邮票商社、购买所需邮品,参加集邮组织、广泛结识邮友是他们开展集邮活动的主要内容。当时北京的邮票商社众多,以环球、东亚、诚记和庚辰最具代表,集邮组织则有北京邮票交换会和北平邮票会。民国时期,作为"高尚的娱乐"的集邮开始真正走入北京市民的日常生活,对去除博弈、烟酒等民间旧恶习,提倡健康、民主的社会新风尚起到了推动作用。

Philately is a western-style leisure culture. It was introduced to Beijing in Late Qing Dynasty and early years of the Republic of China. Philately developed rapidly in the 1910s-1920 s and became one of the modern leisure way for Beijing citizens. Beijing stamp collectors were dominated by young men. Most of them held their jobs as civil servants,employees,teachers and students. The scale of Beijing philately group was not small. Shopping around the stamp stores,buying stamps they need,joining the philatelic organization and making friends with the same hobby people were the main content of their stamp collecting. At that time,there were lots of stamp stores in Beijing,notably,Huanqiu,Dongya,Chengji and Gengchen. The philatelic organization included Peking Stamp Exchange Club and Peking Stamp Club. During the period of the Republic of China,philately,which was treated as ＂noble entertainment＂has truly become a part of Beijing citizen＇s daily life. Philately played an important role in removing the bad habits like gambling,drinking alcohol and smoking. It also brought a healthy and democratic trend for Beijing.