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$2 denom (#11896)

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Desc: $2

Currency: Chinese yuan (100c=1$)

Numerical sorting value: 400


Equivalent denoms: $2.00 (6), 2.00$ (2)
Unused: 2$

Users of this denom: China (40 stamps, 1897-1949), Japanese occupation of China (4 stamps, 1941-1942), Japanese occupation of Central China (8 stamps, 1943-1944), Inner Mongolia (2 stamps, 1941-1945), Honan (2 stamps, 1941), Hopei (2 stamps, 1941), Shansi (2 stamps, 1941), Shantung (1 stamp, 1941), Japanese occupation of North China (6 stamps, 1943-1945), Japanese occupation of South China (4 stamps, 1942), Northeastern Provinces (6 stamps, 1946-1947), Szechwan (1 stamp, 1933), Yunnan (3 stamps, 1926-1932), Manchuria (1 stamp, 1927), Sinkiang (3 stamps, 1916-1932), Northeast China Liberation Area (4 stamps, 1946-1947), North China Liberation Area (4 stamps, 1946-1949), Northwest China Liberation Area (2 stamps, 1948-1949), East China Liberation Area (4 stamps, 1949), French offices in China (1 stamp, 1922), British offices in China (2 stamps, 1917-1922), Italian offices in Peking (1 stamp, 1918), Italian offices in Tientsin (1 stamp, 1918), US offices in China (1 stamp, 1919)

Used by 105 stamps: (See all uses as list)

China 8/16/1897 $2 org&yel issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=wild goose (1897) wmk=yin-yang
China 1/28/1898 $2 issue=1898 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) wmk=yin-yang
China 1906 $2 red&yel issue=1900 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898)
China 1912 $2 red&yel issue=1912a dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=type1 oc=blk on=issue=1900-$2
China 1912 $2 red&yel issue=1912c dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=type3 slanted oc=blk on=issue=1900-$2
China 1/30/1912 $2 red&yel issue=Foochow neutrality dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=Foochow oc=blk on=issue=1900-$2
China 3/20/1912 $2 red&yel issue=Nanking neutrality dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=Nanking oc=blk on=issue=1900-$2-red&yel
China 12/14/1912 $2 issue=1912d d=Sun Yatsen (1912)
China 12/14/1912 $2 yelbrn issue=1912e d=Pres Yuan Shih-kai
China 5/5/1913 $2 bl&blk issue=1913 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913)
China 1915 $2 bl&blk issue=1915 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913)
Sinkiang 1916 $2 bl&blk issue=1916 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang straight oc=blk on=issuer=China-1915-$2
British offices in China 1917 $2 blk&red issue=1917 d=King George V (1912 Hong Kong) ovpt=CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=Hong Kong-1912-$2 wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Italian offices in Peking 1918 $2 bl&rose d=Victor Emmanuel III (1901 b) ovpt=2//dollari//Pechino oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1901-5l-bl&rose wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
Italian offices in Tientsin 1918 $2 bl&rose issue=1918 d=Victor Emmanuel III (1901 b) ovpt=value//Tientsin oc=blk on=issuer=Italy-1901-5l-bl&rose wmk=crown (Italy) perf=14
US offices in China 1919 $2 viobrn issue=1919 d=Franklin (1912) ovpt=SHANGHAI//denom//CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=United States-issue=1917-$1-viobrn perf=11
French offices in China 1922 $2 dkbl&buff on=issue=Merson-5fr
British offices in China 1922 $2 blk&red issue=1922 d=King George V (1912 Hong Kong) ovpt=CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=Hong Kong-1921-$2 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
China 1923 $2 bl&redbrn issue=1923 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1923)
Yunnan 1926 $2 bl&redbrn issue=1926 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1923) ovpt=exclusive use oc=blk on=issuer=China-1923-$2
Manchuria 1927 $2 bl&redbrn issue=1927 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1923) ovpt=For use in Ki-Hei oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1923-$2
China 1931 $2 bl&orgbrn issue=1931b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle
China 1931 $2 bl&orgbrn issue=1931a d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=double circle
Yunnan 1932 $2 bl&orgbrn issue=1932a d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=double circle ovpt=chars1932 oc=blk on=issuer=China-$2-var=double circle
Yunnan 1932 $2 bl&orgbrn issue=1932b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle ovpt=chars1932 oc=blk on=issuer=China-$2-bl&orgbrn-var=single heavy circle
Sinkiang 1/1/1932 $2 issue=1932b
Sinkiang 1/1/1932 $2 issue=1932a
Szechwan 1933 $2 bl&orgbrn issue=1933b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle ovpt=Szechwan only oc=blk on=issuer=China-$2-var=single heavy circle
China 11/10/1938 $2 issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 perf=12.5
China 11/10/1938 $2 issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=2 perf=12.5
China 11/10/1938 $2 issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=1 perf=12.5
China 12/6/1939 $2 bl&yelbrn issue=1939 secret marks d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=secret mark perf=14
China 1940 $2 dpbl&yelbrn issue=1940c wmk d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=secret mark wmk=yu perf=14
China 1940 $2 issue=1940b d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=joined character wmk=yu perf=12.5
China 1940 $2 issue=1940a d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=joined character perf=14
Hopei 1941 $2 issue=1941c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=Hopei oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1938-$2-var=3 perf=12.5
Shansi 1941 $2 issue=1941c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=Shansi oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1938-$2-var=3 perf=12.5
Shantung 1941 $2 bl&yelbrn issue=1941d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=secret mark ovpt=Shantung oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1939 secret marks-$2-unwmk-perf=14 perf=14
Shansi 1941 $2 issue=1941d secret unwmk
Hopei 1941 $2 issue=1941d
China 1941 $2 bl&blk issue=1941 d=Sun Yatsen (1941) perf=12
Japanese occupation of China 6/5/1941 $2
Honan 7/1/1941 $2 bl&redbrn issue=1941d d=No. 363 - Large overprint
Honan 7/1/1941 $2 bl&redbrn issue=1941d d=No. 363 - Small overprint
Inner Mongolia 7/1/1941 $2 bl&yelbrn issue=1941d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=secret mark ovpt=a oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1939 secret marks-$2-pr=Dah Tung perf=14
Japanese occupation of China 1942 $2 issue=1942a
Japanese occupation of China 1942 $2 issue=1942b
Japanese occupation of China 1942 $2 issue=1942c
Japanese occupation of South China 1942 $2 issue=1942c
China 1942 $2 blgrn issue=1942a d=Sun Yatsen (1942)
(plus 55 more) (See all uses as list)