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French Indochinese piastre


Name: French Indochinese piastre
Defn: 100c=1pi=1p
Symbol:
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)

Denominations used in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/10c 6   IndoChina 4/1922 gray&dlrose issue=1922 d=Annamite girl cents ... Kwangchowan 1937 prusbl issue=1937 d=junk (1931) ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-1/10c
1/5c 6   IndoChina 4/1922 bl&blk issue=1922 d=Annamite girl cents ... Kwangchowan 1937 lake issue=1937 d=junk (1931) ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-1/5c
2/5c 14   Canton 1/1919 olbrn&blk issue=1919 d=Annamite girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-1c ... Kwangchowan 1937 orgred issue=1937 d=junk (1931) ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-2/5c
1/2c 3   IndoChina 11/16/1931 redbrn issue=1931 d=junk (1931) ... IndoChina 9/1/1942 d=Bao Dai
4/5c 14   Canton 1/1919 yelbrn&blk issue=1919 d=Annamite girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-2c ... Kwangchowan 1937 dkvio issue=1937 d=junk (1931) ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-4/5c
1c 19   IndoChina 1922 yelorg&blk d=Annamite girl ovpt=bars 1//CENT oc=blk on=5c-yelorg&blk-unissued ... IndoChina 1944 dkbrn issue=1944a d=van Vollenhoven
1 3/5c 8   Canton 1/1919 bl&blk issue=1919 d=Annamite girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-4c
2c 23   French offices in China 1907 issue=1907 ... IndoChina 1/5/1944 mag issue=1944d d=Doumer
3c 10   IndoChina 4/1922 vio&blk issue=1922 d=Annamite girl cents ... IndoChina 7/1/1942 d=Petain Kwangchowan 1937 dkgrn issue=1937 ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-3c-dkgrn unissued
4c 27   French offices in China 1907 ver issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-10c ... IndoChina 1/5/1944 orgbrn issue=1944d d=Doumer
5c 15   IndoChina 4/1922 car&blk issue=1922 d=Annamite girl cents ... IndoChina 9/10/1944 d=Pierre Pasquier
6c 31   French offices in China 1907 red issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-15c ... IndoChina 11/5/1943 red issue=National Revolution
6+2c 1   Kwangchowan 7/5/1939 grn&blk issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
7c 6   IndoChina 4/1922 grn&blk issue=1922 d=Cambodian girl cents ... Kwangchowan 1941 blk issue=1937 d=tower at Angkor Wat ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-7c
7+3c 1   Kwangchowan 7/5/1939 redbrn&blk issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
8c 17   French offices in China 1907 brnvio issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-20c ... Kwangchowan 1941 dpcl issue=1937 d=tower at Angkor Wat ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-8c
9c 8   IndoChina 4/1922 och&blk pc=grnsh issue=1922 d=Cambodian girl cents ... Kwangchowan 1941 blk pc=yel issue=1937 d=tower at Angkor Wat ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-9c
9+4c 1   Kwangchowan 7/5/1939 redorg&blk issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
10c 40   French offices in China 1907 issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
10+10c 1   Kwangchowan 1941 red issue=National Defence
11c 7   IndoChina 1922 vio&blk pc=bl d=Cambodian girl ovpt=bars 11//CENTS oc=blk on=55c-vio&blk-unissued ... IndoChina 1942 carrose issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933)
12c 13   Canton 1/1919 brn&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-30c ... Kwangchowan 9/26/1927 myrgrn issue=1927 d=Bay of Along ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU small oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-1927-12c-myrgrn
13c 2   Kwangchowan 1939 issue=New York World's Fair d=people of the colonies, IndoChina 5/10/1939 issue=New York World's Fair d=people of the colonies
13+10c 1   Kwangchowan 7/5/1939 car&blk issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
14c 8   Canton 1/1919 olgrn&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-35c
15c 16   IndoChina 4/1922 org&blk issue=1922 d=Cambodian girl cents ... IndoChina 1944 issue=1944b d=De Lannessan
15+30c 1   Kwangchowan 1941 pur issue=National Defence
16c 9   Canton 1/1919 yelbrn&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-40c ... IndoChina 2/5/1941 issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933)
18c 4   IndoChina 1/1919 org&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl oc=blk on=1907-45c ... IndoChina 6/8/1938 bl d=Doumer
18c+5c 1   IndoChina 1938 brtultra issue=Curie d=Pierre & Marie Curie
20c 28   French offices in China 1907 issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-50c ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
21c 2   IndoChina 11/16/1931 dkgrn issue=1931 d=planting rice, Kwangchowan 1937 dkgrn issue=1937 d=planting rice ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-21c
22c 2   IndoChina 1938 grn issue=1931 d=planting rice Kwangchowan 1937 issue=1937 ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=blk on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-22c unissued
23c 3   Kwangchowan 1939 ultra issue=New York World's Fair d=people of the colonies ... IndoChina 6/12/1939 d=Mot Cot Pagoda
23+20c 1   Kwangchowan 7/5/1939 bl&blk issue=French Revolution 150th d=storming of the Bastille
25c 10   Kwangchowan 9/26/1927 issue=1927 d=woodcarver (1927) ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU small oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-1927-25c ... IndoChina 1946 d=Petain ovpt=FR oc=blk on=1941-25c-Petain
25+10c 1   Kwangchowan 1941 bl issue=National Defence
30c 24   Canton 1/1919 ver&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian woman a ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-75c ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
36c 2   IndoChina 6/1/1933 issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933), IndoChina 1942 car issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933)
37c 3   IndoChina 6/8/1938 issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933) ... IndoChina 1942 ol issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933)
39c 2   IndoChina 6/12/1939 d=Mot Cot Pagoda, IndoChina 2/5/1941 issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933)
40c 20   French offices in China 1907 issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-1fr ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
50c 14   Kwangchowan 9/26/1927 emer&ind issue=1927 d=That Luang Temple, Laos ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU small oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-1927-50c ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 dkmar issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
60c 6   IndoChina 1932 redpur issue=1931 d=Apsaras ... Laos 11/3/1951 org&redorg issue=1951 d=boat on Mekong
66c 2   IndoChina 6/1/1933 issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933), IndoChina 1942 dkol issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933)
67c 2   IndoChina 10/5/1938 issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933), IndoChina 1942 bl issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933)
69c 2   IndoChina 2/5/1941 issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933), IndoChina 1942 ultra issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933)
70c 5   IndoChina 1941 turqbl issue=1931 d=Apsaras ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom Kwangchowan 1937 issue=1937 ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-70c unissued
80c 13   Canton 1/1919 grn&blk issue=1919 d=Hmong woman ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-2fr ... Vietnam 6/15/1954 dt=Crown Prince d=Crown Prince Bao Long
90c 1   Vietnam 6/15/1954 dt=Crown Prince d=Crown Prince Bao Long
1p 4   Kwangchowan 7/1/1923 blgrn&blk issue=1923 ... Laos 4/13/1952 dkgrn issue=1952 due d=Wat Si Saket
= 1pi 16   IndoChina 4/1922 blgrn&blk issue=1922 d=Cambodian girl cents ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 dkpur issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
1.10pi 2   Laos 4/13/1952 brncar&red issue=1951 d=Laotian woman, Cambodia 11/2/1952 issue=1951 d=King Sihanouk
1.20pi 2   Vietnam 8/16/1951 issue=1951 d=Bao-Daï, Laos 12/7/1952 issue=UPU admission d=UPU emblem & King Sisavang Vong
1.50p 1   IndoChina 1946 red issue=Chad to Rhine
= 1.50pi 8   Cambodia 11/3/1951 issue=1951 d=King Sihanouk ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 rosered issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
1.90pi 3   Laos 4/13/1952 dkbl&bl issue=1951 d=Laotian woman ... Laos 12/7/1952 issue=UPU admission d=UPU emblem & King Sisavang Vong
2p 4   Kwangchowan 7/1/1923 brnvio&blk issue=1923 ... Laos 4/13/1952 bl issue=1952 due d=Wat Si Saket
= 2pi 22   French offices in China 1907 dkbl&buff issue=1907 ovpt=2 PIASTRES//(3 chars) oc=blk on=issue=Merson-5fr ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 scar issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia Kwangchowan 1937 red issue=1937 d=Apsaras ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-2pi-red unissued
2.50p 1   IndoChina 1946 bl issue=Chad to Rhine
= 2.50pi 2   Cambodia 9/24/1954 dlgrn issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
3p 1   IndoChina 1949 issue=UPU 75th
= 3pi 6   Vietnam 8/16/1951 bl issue=1951 d=Emperor Bao Dai ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 ultra issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
3.30pi 1   Laos 4/13/1952
4pi 10   Canton 1/1919 pur&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian woman b ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-10fr ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
4.50pi 2   Laos 7/14/1953 d=court of love, Cambodia 9/24/1954 dkvio issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
5p 3   IndoChina 1942 vio issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933) ... Laos 4/13/1952 lilrose issue=1952 due d=Wat Si Saket
= 5pi 6   IndoChina 6/1/1933 pur issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933) ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 rosered issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
6pi 2   Laos 7/14/1953 d=court of love, Cambodia 9/24/1954 issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
6.50pi 1   Laos 11/18/1953 dt=Buddha statues d=Meditating Buddha Statue
9pi 1   Laos 11/18/1953 dt=Buddha statues d=Standing Buddha Statue
10p 2   IndoChina 1942 red issue=1942 air no RF d=airplane (1933), Laos 4/13/1952 blblk issue=1952 due d=Wat Si Saket
= 10pi 6   IndoChina 6/1/1933 red issue=1933 air d=airplane (1933) ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 pur issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
11.50pi 1   Laos 11/18/1953 dt=Buddha statues d=Calming Buddha Statue
15pi 3   Vietnam 8/16/1951 carbrn issue=1951 d=Hanoi the Small Lake ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 dpbl issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
20p 1   IndoChina 1949 blgrn issue=1949 air d=airplane (1933)
= 20pi 3   Laos 4/13/1952 ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 ultra issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
25pi 1   Laos 12/7/1952 issue=UPU admission d=UPU emblem & King Sisavang Vong
30p 1   IndoChina 1949 brn issue=1949 air d=airplane (1933)
= 30pi 3   Vietnam 8/16/1951 blgrn issue=1951 d=Bao-Daï ... Cambodia 9/24/1954 blgrn issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
40pi 1   Laos 11/18/1953 dt=Buddha statues d=Sitting Buddha Statue
50pi 2   Laos 12/7/1952 issue=UPU admission d=UPU emblem & King Sisavang Vong, Vietnam 6/15/1954 dt=Crown Prince d=Crown Prince Bao Long
100pi 2   Laos 11/18/1953 dt=Buddha statues d=Different Buddha Statues, Vietnam 6/15/1954 dt=Crown Prince d=Crown Prince Bao Long

Used by 580 stamps: (See all uses as list)
French offices in China 1907 4c ver issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-10c
French offices in China 1907 2pi dkbl&buff issue=1907 ovpt=2 PIASTRES//(3 chars) oc=blk on=issue=Merson-5fr
French offices in China 1907 6c red issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-15c
French offices in China 1907 8c brnvio issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-20c
French offices in China 1907 20c issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-50c
French offices in China 1907 40c issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-1fr
French offices in China 1907 10c issue=1907 oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c
French offices in China 1907 2c issue=1907
French offices in China 1911 8c brnvio ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-20c
French offices in China 1911 2c grn ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-5c-grn
French offices in China 1911 4c ver ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-10c
French offices in China 1911 6c red ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-15c
French offices in China 1911 40c ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-1fr
French offices in China 1911 10c ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c
French offices in China 1911 20c ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-50c
French offices in China postage due 10/1/1912 4c dkbrn issue=1911 due d=++on=10c
French offices in China postage due 10/1/1912 20c pur issue=1911 due d=++on=50c
French offices in China postage due 10/1/1912 2c ltbl issue=1911 due d=++on=5c
French offices in China postage due 10/1/1912 8c olgrn issue=1911 due d=++on=20c
Canton 1/1919 10c bl&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-25c
Canton 1/1919 1 3/5c bl&blk issue=1919 d=Annamite girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-4c
Canton 1/1919 6c vio&blk issue=1919 d=Annamite girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-15c
Canton 1/1919 12c brn&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-30c
Canton 1/1919 14c olgrn&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-35c
Canton 1/1919 8c vio&blk issue=1919 d=Cambodian girl ovpt=value oc=blk on=1908-20c
... skipping 530 ...
Vietnam 6/15/1954 100pi dt=Crown Prince d=Crown Prince Bao Long perf=13.25
Cambodia 9/24/1954 10c issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
Cambodia 9/24/1954 20c issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
Cambodia 9/24/1954 30c issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
Cambodia 9/24/1954 40c issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
Cambodia 9/24/1954 50c dkmar issue=1954 d=Phnom Penh
Cambodia 9/24/1954 70c issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
Cambodia 9/24/1954 1pi dkpur issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
Cambodia 9/24/1954 1.50pi rosered issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
Cambodia 9/24/1954 2pi scar issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
Cambodia 9/24/1954 2.50pi dlgrn issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
Cambodia 9/24/1954 2.50pi dlgrn issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
Cambodia 9/24/1954 3pi ultra issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
Cambodia 9/24/1954 4pi issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
Cambodia 9/24/1954 4.50pi dkvio issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
Cambodia 9/24/1954 5pi rosered issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
Cambodia 9/24/1954 6pi issue=1954 d=royal arms of Cambodia
Cambodia 9/24/1954 10pi pur issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
Cambodia 9/24/1954 15pi dpbl issue=1954 d=plane over elephant
Cambodia 9/24/1954 20pi ultra issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
Cambodia 9/24/1954 30pi blgrn issue=1954 d=East Gate of Angkor Thom
Kwangchowan 1937 3c dkgrn issue=1937 ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-3c-dkgrn unissued
Kwangchowan 1937 22c issue=1937 ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=blk on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-22c unissued
Kwangchowan 1937 70c issue=1937 ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-70c unissued
Kwangchowan 1937 2pi red issue=1937 d=Apsaras ovpt=KOUANG-TCHEOU large oc=red on=issuer=IndoChina-issue=1931-2pi-red unissued

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