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French Indochinese piastre (French offices in China usage only)


Name: French Indochinese piastre
Defn: 100c=1pi=1p
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Code:
Desc:
Units of money:
centime c 1
piastre pi, p 100

Users of this currency: Cambodia (37 stamps, 1951-1954), French offices in China (19 stamps, 1907-1912), Canton (17 stamps, 1919), Hoi Hao (17 stamps, 1919), Kwangchowan (108 stamps, 1919-1941), Mongtseu (17 stamps, 1919), Pakhoi (17 stamps, 1919), Tchongking (17 stamps, 1919), Yunnan Fou (17 stamps, 1919), IndoChina (243 stamps, 1919-1949), Laos (45 stamps, 1951-1954), Vietnam (26 stamps, 1951-1954) Show with all usages

Denominations used by French offices in China in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
2c 3   1907 issue=1907 ... 10/1/1912 ltbl issue=1911 due d=++on=5c
4c 3   1907 ver issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-10c ... 10/1/1912 dkbrn issue=1911 due d=++on=10c
6c 2   1907 red issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-15c, 1911 red ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-15c
8c 3   1907 brnvio issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-20c ... 10/1/1912 olgrn issue=1911 due d=++on=20c
10c 2   1907 issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c, 1911 ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c
20c 3   1907 issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-50c ... 10/1/1912 pur issue=1911 due d=++on=50c
40c 2   1907 issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-1fr, 1911 ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-1fr
2pi 1   1907 dkbl&buff issue=1907 ovpt=2 PIASTRES//(3 chars) oc=blk on=issue=Merson-5fr

Used by 19 stamps of French offices in China: (See all uses as list)
1907 6c red issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-15c
1907 2c issue=1907
1907 2pi dkbl&buff issue=1907 ovpt=2 PIASTRES//(3 chars) oc=blk on=issue=Merson-5fr
1907 40c issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-1fr
1907 20c issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-50c
1907 10c issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c
1907 8c brnvio issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-20c
1907 4c ver issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-10c
1911 2c grn ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-5c-grn
1911 4c ver ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-10c
1911 6c red ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-15c
1911 8c brnvio ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-20c
1911 10c ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c
1911 20c ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-50c
1911 40c ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-1fr
postage due 10/1/1912 2c ltbl issue=1911 due d=++on=5c
postage due 10/1/1912 4c dkbrn issue=1911 due d=++on=10c
postage due 10/1/1912 8c olgrn issue=1911 due d=++on=20c
postage due 10/1/1912 20c pur issue=1911 due d=++on=50c

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