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4c denom (#13387)

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Desc: 4c

Currency: Chinese yuan (100c=1$)

Numerical sorting value: 8


Users of this denom: China (39 stamps, 1897-1949), Japanese occupation of China (1 stamp, 1941), Inner Mongolia (9 stamps, 1941-1945), Honan (4 stamps, 1941-1942), Hopei (4 stamps, 1941-1942), Shansi (4 stamps, 1941-1942), Shantung (4 stamps, 1941-1942), Supeh (1 stamp, 1941), Japanese occupation of North China (11 stamps, 1942-1944), Fukien (2 stamps, 1949), Tsingtau (1 stamp, 1949), Yunnan (6 stamps, 1926-1949), Manchuria (4 stamps, 1927-1929), Sinkiang (10 stamps, 1915-1941), South China Liberation Area (1 stamp, 1949), French offices in China (2 stamps, 1922), German offices in China (2 stamps, 1905-1906), British offices in China (2 stamps, 1917-1922), Italian offices in Peking (5 stamps, 1917-1919), Italian offices in Tientsin (4 stamps, 1917-1919), Kiauchau (2 stamps, 1905-1909), Russian offices in China (2 stamps, 1917-1920), US offices in China (2 stamps, 1919-1922)

Used by 122 stamps: (See all uses as list)

China 1/2/1897 4c pink issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-4ca wmk=yin-yang
China 1/2/1897 4c rose issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
China 3/1897 4c pink issue=1897c provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-4ca wmk=yin-yang
China 3/1897 4c dlrose issue=1897d provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=issue=1897 Mollendorf-4ca wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 4c pink issue=1897e provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-4c wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 4c pink issue=1897f provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-4c wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 4c issue=1897i provisional d=aaa oc=blk on=3c-aaa-unissued
China 5/1897 4c issue=1897i provisional d=b oc=blk on=3c-b-unissued
China 8/16/1897 4c brn issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon 1897 wmk=yin-yang
China 1/28/1898 4c orgbrn issue=1898 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898) wmk=yin-yang
China 1900 4c orgbrn issue=1900 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898)
China postage due 4/1/1904 4c issue=1904 due a
China postage due 11/10/1904 4c bl issue=1904 due b
German offices in China 1905 4c car d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=China(fraktur)//value oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1902-10pf perf=14x14.25
Kiauchau 1905 4c car issue=yacht new currency d=yacht
German offices in China 1906 4c car issue=1906 d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=China(fraktur)//value oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1905-10pf wmk=lozenges
China 1909 4c ver issue=1905 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898)
Kiauchau 1909 4c car issue=yacht wmk d=yacht wmk=lozenges
China postage due 1912 4c issue=1912 due a
China 1912 4c ver issue=1912c dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=type3 slanted oc=blk on=issue=1905-4c-ver
China postage due 1912 4c issue=1912 due c
China 1912 4c ver issue=1912a dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=type1 oc=blk on=issue=1905-4c-ver
China postage due 3/1/1912 4c issue=1912 due b
China postage due 5/1/1913 4c dkbl issue=1913 due
China 5/5/1913 4c red issue=1913 d=junk (1913)
Sinkiang 1915 4c red d=junk (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang crooked oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1913-4c
China 1915 4c red issue=1915 d=junk (1913)
Sinkiang 1916 4c red issue=1916 d=junk (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang straight oc=blk on=issuer=China-1915-4c
Russian offices in China 1917 4c car issue=1917 d=arms of Russia (1909 b) var=varnished ovpt=KITAI oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-4k perf=14x14.5 paper=wove
British offices in China 1917 4c car issue=1917 d=King George V (1912 Hong Kong) ovpt=CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=Hong Kong-1912-4c-car wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Italian offices in Tientsin 9/20/1917 4c cl issue=1917a d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=TIENTSIN//value oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-10c-cl wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Peking 9/29/1917 4c cl d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=PECHINO//value oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-10c-cl wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Peking 9/29/1917 4c cl d=Victor Emmanuel III (1901 a) ovpt=PECHINO//value oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1901-10c-cl wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Peking 1918 4c cl d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=value//Pechino oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-10c-cl wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Tientsin 1918 4c cl issue=1918 d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=value//Tientsin oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-10c-cl wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Tientsin postage due 7/1/1918 4c org&car issue=1918 due d=++on=10c wmk=crown (Italy)
Italian offices in Peking postage due 7/1/1918 4c org&car issue=1918 due d=++on=10c wmk=crown (Italy)
Italian offices in Tientsin postage due 1919 4c org&car issue=1919 due d=++on=10c wmk=crown (Italy)
Italian offices in Peking postage due 1919 4c org&car issue=1919 due d=++on=10c wmk=crown (Italy)
US offices in China 1919 4c rosered issue=1919 d=Washington (1908) ovpt=SHANGHAI//denom//CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=United States-issue=1917-2c-rosered perf=11
Russian offices in China 1920 4c car issue=1920 d=arms of Russia (1909 b) var=varnished ovpt=value//Cent. oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-4k perf=14x14.5 paper=wove
French offices in China postage due 1922 4c olgrn issue=1922 due d=++on=20c
French offices in China 1922 4c brnvio issue=1922 ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-20c
British offices in China 1922 4c rosered issue=1922 d=King George V (1912 Hong Kong) ovpt=CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=Hong Kong-1921-4c wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
US offices in China 7/3/1922 4c car d=Washington (1908) var=7 ovpt=SHANGHAI//denom Cts.//CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=United States-1920-2c-car-var=7-perf=11 perf=11
China 1923 4c gray issue=1923 d=junk (1923)
China 10/17/1923 4c red d=Temple of Heaven (1923)
Sinkiang 11/1/1923 4c red issue=1923
Sinkiang 1924 4c gray d=junk (1923) ovpt=Sinkiang oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1923-4c
Yunnan 1926 4c olgrn issue=1926 d=junk (1923) ovpt=exclusive use oc=blk on=issuer=China-1926-4c-olgrn-junk (1923)
(plus 72 more) (See all uses as list)