According to DGP statistics, before 1990, income from stamp collecting (including the stamp collectors 'window and long-term subscribers) was about NT $ 200 million annually. In 1991 it began to grow rapidly, to more than NT $ 550 million. For 1992, by the end of May, income had already exploded to more than NT $ 2 billion.
根據郵政總局的統計，民國七十九年以前，郵政集郵收入（包括集郵窗口和長期訂戶），每年大約在新台幣兩億元上下；八十年度開始快速成長成為五億五千多萬元，八十一年五月底，收入更已激增至廿億多。