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2c denom (#13976)

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Desc: 2c

Currency: Chinese yuan (100c=1$)

Numerical sorting value: 4


Users of this denom: China (44 stamps, 1897-1949), Japanese occupation of China (3 stamps, 1941-1942), Inner Mongolia (7 stamps, 1941-1945), Honan (5 stamps, 1941-1942), Hopei (6 stamps, 1941-1942), Shansi (5 stamps, 1941-1942), Shantung (5 stamps, 1941-1942), Supeh (2 stamps, 1941), Japanese occupation of North China (5 stamps, 1942-1943), Japanese occupation of South China (3 stamps, 1942), Fukien (1 stamp, 1949), Hunan (1 stamp, 1949), Kwangsi (1 stamp, 1949), Szechwan (2 stamps, 1933-1949), Yunnan (5 stamps, 1926-1933), Manchuria (1 stamp, 1927), Sinkiang (8 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 (2 stamps, 1917-1918), Italian offices in Tientsin (2 stamps, 1917-1918), Kiauchau (2 stamps, 1905-1909), Russian offices in China (2 stamps, 1917-1920), US offices in China (2 stamps, 1919-1922)

Used by 121 stamps: (See all uses as list)

China 1/2/1897 2c lil issue=1897a provisional d=dragon (1885) ovpt=small oc=blk on=1888-3ca wmk=yin-yang perf=11.5-12
China 1/2/1897 2c grn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-2ca wmk=yin-yang
China 1/2/1897 2c grn issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
China 3/1897 2c grn issue=1897c provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-2ca wmk=yin-yang
China 3/1897 2c yelgrn issue=1897d provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=issue=1897 Mollendorf-2ca wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 2c issue=1897i provisional d=aaa oc=blk on=3c-aaa-unissued
China 5/1897 2c issue=1897i provisional d=b oc=blk on=3c-b-unissued
China 5/1897 2c org issue=1897h provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-3c wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 2c grn issue=1897g provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-2c wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 2c grn issue=1897f provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-2c wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 2c grn issue=1897e provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-2c wmk=yin-yang
China 8/16/1897 2c org issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon 1897 wmk=yin-yang
China 1/28/1898 2c scar issue=1898 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898) wmk=yin-yang
China 1900 2c red issue=1900 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898)
China postage due 4/1/1904 2c issue=1904 due a
China postage due 11/10/1904 2c bl issue=1904 due b
German offices in China 1905 2c grn d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=China(fraktur)//value oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1902-5pf perf=14x14.25
Kiauchau 1905 2c grn issue=yacht new currency d=yacht
China 1905 2c grn issue=1905 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898)
German offices in China 1906 2c grn issue=1906 d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=China(fraktur)//value oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1905-5pf wmk=lozenges
Kiauchau 1909 2c grn issue=yacht wmk d=yacht wmk=lozenges
China 9/7/1909 2c org&grn d=Temple of Heaven (1909)
China 1912 2c grn issue=1912c dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=type3 slanted oc=blk on=issue=1905-2c-grn
China postage due 1912 2c issue=1912 due c
China 1912 2c grn issue=1912b dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=type2 legs oc=blk on=issue=1905-2c-grn
China 1912 2c grn issue=1912a dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=type1 oc=blk on=issue=1905-2c-grn
China postage due 3/1/1912 2c issue=1912 due b
China 12/14/1912 2c yelgrn issue=1912d d=Sun Yatsen (1912)
China 12/14/1912 2c yelgrn issue=1912e d=Pres Yuan Shih-kai
China postage due 5/1/1913 2c dkbl issue=1913 due
China 5/5/1913 2c yelgrn issue=1913 d=junk (1913)
China 1915 2c yelgrn issue=1915 d=junk (1913)
Sinkiang 1915 2c yelgrn d=junk (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang crooked oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1913-2c
Sinkiang 1916 2c yelgrn issue=1916 d=junk (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang straight oc=blk on=issuer=China-1915-2c
Russian offices in China 1917 2c grn issue=1917 d=arms of Russia (1909 a) var=varnished ovpt=KITAI oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-2k perf=14x14.5 paper=wove
British offices in China 1917 2c grn issue=1917 d=King George V (1912 Hong Kong) ovpt=CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=Hong Kong-1912-2c-grn wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Italian offices in Tientsin 9/20/1917 2c grn issue=1917a d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=TIENTSIN//value oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-5c-grn wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Peking 9/29/1917 2c grn d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=PECHINO//value oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-5c-grn wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Tientsin 1918 2c grn issue=1918 d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=value//Tientsin oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-5c-grn wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Peking 1918 2c grn d=Victor Emmanuel III (profile) ovpt=value//Pechino oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1906-5c-grn wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
US offices in China 1919 2c grn issue=1919 d=Washington (1908) ovpt=SHANGHAI//denom//CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=United States-issue=1917-1c-grn perf=11
Russian offices in China 1920 2c grn issue=1920 d=arms of Russia (1909 a) var=varnished ovpt=value//Cent. oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-2k perf=14x14.5 paper=wove
British offices in China 1922 2c grn issue=1922 d=King George V (1912 Hong Kong) ovpt=CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=Hong Kong-1921-2c-grn wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
French offices in China postage due 1922 2c dkbrn issue=1922 due d=++on=10c
French offices in China 1922 2c ver issue=1922 ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-10c
US offices in China 7/3/1922 2c grn d=Washington (1908) ovpt=SHANGHAI//denom Cts.//CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=United States-issue=1917-1c-grn perf=11
China 1923 2c yelgrn issue=1923 d=junk (1923)
China 1923 2c blgrn d=junk (1913) ovpt=stars//2//Cts.//stars oc=red on=1915-3c
Sinkiang 1924 2c yelgrn d=junk (1923) ovpt=Sinkiang oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1923-2c
Yunnan 1926 2c yelgrn issue=1926 d=junk (1923) ovpt=exclusive use oc=blk on=issuer=China-1923-2c-yelgrn-junk (1923)
(plus 71 more) (See all uses as list)