2008年6月9日早晨,我接到电话,得知集邮家姜士楚先生于8日不幸逝世,享年92岁。他的离去,不仅是集邮界的损失,同时也让自己失去了一位亲近的长者和朋友。我认识姜老是在2000年5月,当时我们正在武汉参加“中国·瑞士邮票展览”活动,姜老冒着炎炎烈日来到我们的住地,表示要将自己收藏多年的《华中人民邮政》邮集捐赠给中国邮票博物馆。当时,我们都被他那爱国之心和宽广的 On the morning of June 9, 2008, I got a phone call and learned that Mr. Jiang Shichu, a philatelic collector, died on the 8th at the age of 92. His departure is not only a loss of the philatelic community, but also allows himself to lose one close elder and friend. I know Jiang was always in May 2000, when we were participating in the “Stamp Exhibition of China and Switzerland” in Wuhan. Ginger lashed into our dwelling at the scorching sun, saying that he would like to collect his "Huazhong Renmin Post Postage donated to the China Stamp Museum. At that time, we were all greatly patriotic and broad