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Date of Issue | SG Cat No. | Description |
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5/1/2000 | SG 4466-7 | New Year (Year of the Dragon), 2v dragons |
29/1/2000 | SG 4468-70 & MS4471 | Spring festival, 3v welcoming festivals + MS family celebrations |
25/2/2000 | SG MS4472 | Wildlife, MS with 10 stamps |
7/3/2000 | SG 4473-8 | Chinese Dragon Artefacts, 6v museum exhibits |
26/3/2000 | SG 4479-82 | Road Bridges over the Yangtze River, 4v |
19/4/2000 | SG 4483-6 | Landscapes of Dali (Yunnan Province), 4v landscapes etc |
30/4/2000 | SG 4487-90 | Literature, 4v Mulan in various scenes |
5/5/2000 | SG 4491-4 | Taer Lamasery, 4v pagodas/palace etc. |
22/5/2000 | SG 4495 | Birth centenary of Li Fuchan & Cai Chang, 80f head & shoulders portraits |
1/6/2000 | SG 4496-4503 | Millennium, 8v Prospects In The New Century |
13/6/2000 | SG 4504-7 | 95th birth anniversary of Chen Yun, 4v pictures of Chen |
28/6/2000 | SG 4508-9 | Pottery, 2x80f Pots (joint with Kazakhstan) |
15/7/2000 | SG 4510-3 & MS4514 | Laoshan Mountain, 4v paintings of area + MS of all 4 |
18/7/2000 | SG MS4515 | 5th Philatelic Federation Congress, MS 8y Chinese characters |
8/8/2000 | SG 4516-20 | Small Carp Leap Through Dragon Gate, 5x80f scenes from the story. Sheet Stamps p11½ |
8/8/2000 | SG 4521-25 | Small Carp Leap Through Dragon Gate, 5x80f scenes from the story. Booklet stamps p12 |
26/8/2000 | SG 4526-30 | Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, 5v scenes from the area |
15/9/2000 | SG MS4531 | 2000 Olympic Games, MS 2000 and Olympic rings |
26/9/2000 | SG 4532-3 | 40th anniversary of China-Cuba diplomatic relations, 2x80f (joint issue with Cuba) |
9/10/2000 | SG 4534-5 | Masks & Puppets, 2x80f puppet/masks |
30/10/2000 | SG 4536-9 | Relics from tomb of Liu Sheng, 4v lamp/pot/incense burner/cup |
11/11/2000 | SG 4540-5 | Ancient Thinkers, 6v Confucius, Mencius, Lao Zi etc. |
20/11/2000 | SG 4546-7 | Test flight of Shenzhou spacecraft, 2x80f launch/orbiting Earth |
22/11/2000 | SG 4548-51 | 50th anniversary of World Meteorological Organisation, 4v technology etc |
12/12/2000 | SG 4552-5 & MS4556 | Flowers, 4v + MS |
31/12/2000 | SG 4557-60 | Ancient Bells, 4v close ups of bells |
In additional, four Miniature Sheets were overprinted but are not catalogued by SG. Two are these are the MS for the return of Hong Kong & Macao to China, overprinted for the Year 2000. The Spring Festival MS (SG4471) was also overprinted for the same purpose, while another MS was overprinted for the National Stamp Exhibition.
SG 4466 80f Chinese Dragon
SG 4467 2.80y "The Sun Rising In The Eastern Sky"
SG 4468 80f Welcoming the Spring Festival
SG 4469 80f Bidding Farewell to the Outgoing Year
SG 4470 2.80y Offering Sacrifices to the God of Land
SG MS4471 8y large stamp, Family Celebrations
SG MS4472 Ibis/Butterfly/Panda/Pheasant/Sturgeon/Monkey/Baiji/Crane/Tiger/Alligator
SG 4473 60f Neolithic Jade Dragon
SG 4474 80f Dragon-shaped Brooch
SG 4475 80f Eaves Tile with Carved Dragon
SG 4476 80f Coiled Dragon on Copper Mirror
SG 4477 80f Bronze Dragon
SG 4478 2.80y Dragon Decoration from Sandalwood Throne
SG 4479 80f Wangxian Bridge
SG 4480 80f Huangshi Bridge
SG 4481 80f Tongling Bridge
SG 4482 2.80y Jiangyin Bridge
SG 4483 80f Cangshang Mountain and Erhai Lake
SG 4484 80f Three pagodas, Chongsheng
SG 4485 80f Jizu Mountain
SG 4486 2.80y Shibao Mountain
SG 4487 80f Mulan weaving cloth
SG 4488 80f Mulan dressed as male soldier
SG 4489 80f Mulan on horseback
SG 4490 80f Mulan resuming her female indenity
SG 4491 80f Good Lick Treasure Pagoda
SG 4492 80f Golden Tile Palace
SG 4493 80f Big Scripture Hall
SG 4494 2.80y Banqen Residence
SG 4495 80f Portraits of Li and Cai
SG 4496 30f Entering A New Century
SG 4497 60f I Build A Bridge To Connect The Mainland With Taiwan
SG 4498 60f Palace In A Tree
SG 4499 80f Protecting The Earth
SG 4500 80f Communications In The New Century
SG 4501 80f Space Travel
SG 4502 2.60y The Earth Gets Younger
SG 4503 2.80y World Peace
SG 4504 80f Head and shoulders wearing white shirt
SG 4505 80f Wearing white jacket and hat
SG 4506 80f Wearing black jacket
SG 4507 2.80y Wearing white jacket
SG 4508 80f He-Pot
SG 4509 80f Horse Milk Pot
SG 4510 80f Great Peak
SG 4511 80f Yangkou Bay
SG 4512 80f Beiju Lake
SG 4513 2.80y Taiqing Palace
SG MS4514 containing 4 stamps as SG 4510-4 above
SG MS4515 8y Chinese Characters
SG 4516 80f Grandma Carp Telling a Story
SG 4517 80f Searching For Dragon Gate
SG 4518 80f Uncle Crab helping Carp
SG 4519 80f Carp Leaping Through Dragon Gate
SG 4520 80f Aunt Swallow delivering a letter
There is also a booklet containing stamps of these designs, but perf. 12, which I do not yet have.
SG 4526 80f Financial Central District
SG 4527 80f China International New & Hi-Tech Achievements Fair Exhibition Centre
SG 4528 80f Yantien Harbour
SG 4529 80f Shenzhen Bay
SG 4530 2.80y Shekou Industrial District
SG MS4531 with 8y large stamp, 2000 made to look like Olympic rings
SG 4532 80f Coconut Forest Bay, Hainan, China
SG 4533 80f Varadero Beach, Matansaz, Cuba
SG 4534 80f Puppets
SG 4535 80f Carnival Masks
SG 4536 80f "Eternal Fidelity" Palace Lamp
SG 4537 80f Bronze Pot with Dragon Design
SG 4538 80f Boshan Incense Burner with gold inlay
SG 4539 2.80y Rosefinch Shaped Cup
SG 4540 60f Confuscius
SG 4541 80f Mensius
SG 4542 80f Lao Zi
SG 4543 80f Zhuang Zi
SG 4544 80f Mo Zi
SG 4545 2.80y Xun Zi
SG 4546 80f Launch of Shenzhou
SG 4547 80f Orbiting Earth
SG 4548 80f Meteorological Satellite
SG 4549 80f Meteorological equipment & Qinghai-Tibet plateau
SG 4550 80f Computers and numbers
SG 4551 2.80y Aeroplane and wind flow diagram
SG 4552 80f Scarlet Kaffir Lily
SG 4553 80f Noble Klivia
SG 4554 80f Golden Striat Kaffir Lily
SG 4555 2.80y White Kaffir Lily
SG MS4556 containing 4 stamps as SG 4552-5 above
SG 4548 80f Jingshu Bell
SG 4549 80f Su Chime Bell
SG 4550 80f Jingyun Bell
SG 4551 2.80y Qianhong Bell