Stamp data values used by China for `design'

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128 distinct values used for design among 1207 stamp types.

Value Uses Things referenced
Sun Yat-sen (1938) 94 Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yatsen (1942) 67 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms 42 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen), plum blossoms
dragon (1898) 41 dragon
Sun Yatsen (1931) 31 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall 30 Junkers F13 (syn. of Junkers F.13), Nankoupass, Great Wall (syn. of Great Wall of China)
Sun Yatsen (1940) 30 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Sun Yatsen (1941) 25 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Sun Yatsen (1944) 25 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse) 25 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
junk (1913) 23 junk
Sun Yatsen (1946 a) 23 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Chu Chih-hsin 20 Chu Chih-hsin (syn. of Zhu Zhixin)
Deng Keng 19 Deng Keng
junk (1923) 18 junk
wild goose (1898) 18 wild goose
Sun Yatsen (1949 redrawn) 17 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Liao Zhong-kei 15 Liao Zhong-kei (syn. of Liao Zhongkai)
Chen Ying-shih 14 Chen Ying-shih
Sun Yatsen (1949) 14 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
Sung Chiaojen 14 Sung Chiaojen (syn. of Song Jiaoren)
carp 1898 13 carp
Chiang Kai-shek 12
Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with roundel) 12 Curtiss Jenny (syn. of Curtiss JN-4), Great Wall (syn. of Great Wall of China)
Pres Yuan Shih-kai 12 Pres Yuan Shih-kai
Sun Yatsen (1912) 12 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
harvesting rice (1913) 11 harvesting rice
Huang Xing 10 Huang Xing
Sun Yatsen (1945 b) 10 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
dragon (1885) 9 dragon
Hall of Classics gateway (1913) 9 Hall of Classics gateway
imperial dragon 9 imperial dragon
harvesting rice (1923) 8 harvesting rice
Sun Yatsen (1945 a) 8 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
++on=13c-No. 421 7
++on=21c-No. 406 7
++on=28c-No. 408 7
++on=13c-No. 402 6
dragon 1897 6 dragon
industry & transportation & agriculture 6
Lin Sen (1945) 6 Lin Sen
map of China & three flags & Chiang 6 map of China
Sun Yat-sen (1945) 6 Sun Yat-sen
aaa 5
b 5
Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with bars) 5 Curtiss Jenny (syn. of Curtiss JN-4), Great Wall (syn. of Great Wall of China)
entrance to mausoleum 5
Hall of Classics gateway (1923) 5 Hall of Classics gateway
++on=13c-No. 301 4
++on=16c-No. 346 4
Assembly House Nanking 4
flying geese 4 geese (syn. of goose)
Jumping carp 4 carp
Marshal Chang Tso-lin 4 Marshal Chang Tso-lin
No. 402 4
No. 406 4
No. 421 4
Northwest scientific expedition 4 Northwest scientific expedition
President Chiang Kai-shek 4 Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Yatsen & torches 4 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen), torch
Sun Yatsen mausoleum 4 Sun Yatsen mausoleum (syn. of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum)
Tan Yankai 4 Tan Yankai
Temple of Heaven (1923) 4 Temple of Heaven
US Sesquicentennial Map of China Flags 4
++on=17c-No. 404 3
carp 1897 3 carp
National Assembly & new constitution 3
No. 346 3
No. 404 3
No. 408 3
Temple of Heaven (1909) 3 Temple of Heaven
wild goose (1897) 3 wild goose
++on=17c-No. 423 2
++on=17c-No. 458 2
emblem 2 emblem
No. 301 2
ship Kiang Ya 2 ship Kiang Ya
Sun Yatsen 2 Sun Yatsen (syn. of Sun Yat-sen)
++on=16c-Chekiang 1
++on=16c-East Szechwan 1
++on=16c-Honan - Black Surcharge 1
++on=16c-Honan - Red Surcharge 1
++on=16c-Hunan 1
++on=16c-Kwangsi 1
++on=16c-Kwangtung 1
++on=16c-Kweichow 1
++on=16c-No. 346 - Black surcharge 1
++on=16c-No. 346 - Red surcharge 1
++on=16c-Shensi 1
++on=16c-West Szechwan 1
++on=21c-No. 425 1
++on=28c-No. 427 1
bronze bull&lake 1
Cemetery of Confucius 1
Communications Ministry, Nanking 1 Communications Ministry, Nanking
Confucius (1947) 1 Confucius
Confucius’ Lecturing School 1 Confucius’ Lecturing School
DC-4 (1949) 1 DC-4 (syn. of Douglas DC-4)
DC-4 over Sun Yatsen mausoleum 1 DC-4 (syn. of Douglas DC-4), Sun Yatsen mausoleum (syn. of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum)
Dr Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall 1 Dr Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall
Early Ship & Modern Hai Tien 1
GPO, Shanghai 1 GPO, Shanghai
harbor 1 harbor
lighthouse & New Life emblem 1 lighthouse, New Life emblem
locomotive&ship 1
mail transport 1
map&transportation 1
motorcycle messenger 1 motorcycle messenger
mountains 1
new life 1
No. 423 1
No. 431 1
No. 432 1
No. 433 1
No. 439 1
No. 440 1
No. 441 1
No. 442 1
No. 443 1
No. 449 1
No. 450 1
pigeons&globe&wreath 1
post bus 1 post bus
ships 1 ship
summer palace 1 summer palace
Temple of Confucius 1 Temple of Confucius
Zhongshan Hall 1 Zhongshan Hall