The Ruins of Saint Paul's (continued)

 
GUINEA, 1999, World Philatelic Exhibition, Scott 2166c
PORTUGAL, 1999, Cultural Encounters between Portugal and Macau, Scott 2300

 

  
MACAO, 2002, the 4th centenary of St. Paul's, Scott 1088-1090

  
MACAO, 2003, Art Museum Paintings, Scott 1131
HONG KONG, 2004, Scott 1119
MACAO, 2004, People's Liberation Army, Scott 1154b

 
MACAO, 2004, the 100th anniversary of Deng Xiaopeng's birth. Scott 1146

 
MACAO, 2004, the 55th anniversary of the PR of China

This aerogramme is richly decorated with five color photos of the churches of Macao.
The one shown, of St. Paul's, is an enlargement of the aerogramme's stamp

 
MACAO, 2005, naming the Historical Center of Macao part of the Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Scott 1174
A Jesuit in the garb of Matteo Ricci seems to be posing with tourists in front of St. Paul's.

MACAO, 2006, the Society of Jesus issue, Scott 1209

The ruins of St. Paul's has also appeared on the currency of Macao: the 20 avos note from 1946-50 (Pick 37) and the 100 pataca notes from the 1970s (Pick 53, 57), and on about 30 of its coins, like the 5 pataka coin from 1992 (KM 56), and the first gold coin struck since reunification with China, a 1000 pataka coin in 2003.

  

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