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The Ruins of Saint Paul's (continued)

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

Scott 1088 Scott 1089

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

Scott 1131c Scott 1119 Scott 1154c
MACAO, 2003, Art Museum Paintings, Scott 1131c
HONG KONG,
2004, Pearl River Delta, Scott 1119
MACAO, 2004, People's Liberation Army, Scott 1154c

Scott 1147 Scott 1146
MACAO, 2004, the 100th anniversary of Deng Xiaopeng's birth. Scott 1146-1147

Scott 1150b Scott 1151
MACAO, 2004, the 55th anniversary of the PR of China, 1150b, 1151


This aerogramme (#17) 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

 Scott 1174
MACAO, 2005, the Historical Center of Macao named as 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.

Scott 1209 Scott 1239d
MACAO, 2006, the Society of Jesus issue, Scott 1209
MACAO, 2008, the Year of the Rat issue, 1239d

Scott 1245
MACAO, 2008, souvenir sheet in honor of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Scott 1245


MACAO, 2001, a mini sheet of twelve stamps and labels plus this central label of St. Paul's
is part of a joint issue with Hong Kong and China honoring Beijing for being chosen for the 2008 Olympics, Scott 1067

 

Scott 1281 Scott 1282
MACAO, 2009, the 120th anniversary of International Labor Day
St. Paul's facade is seen in silhouette on both stamp and S/S, Scott 1281-1282

Scott 1303
MACAO, 2009, the 10th anniversary of the return of Macao to China
, Scott 1303


MZAMBIQUE, 2009, the 60th anniversary of China; St. Paul's is on the lower right.

Scott 1313a Scott 1314
MACAO, 2010, 60th anniversary of the Bank of China Macao branch
shows St. Paul's
on one of a block of four stamps, and on the S/S to the left of the stamp, Scott 1313a, 1314

Scott 1332 Scott 1331
MACAO, 2010, the Giant Panda issue also shows St. Paul's on the S/S and one of the stamps
, Scott 1331-1332

The ruins of St. Paul's has also appeared on the currency of Macao: the 20 avos note from 1946-50 (Pick 37), the 100 pataca notes from the 1970s (Pick 53, 57), the 20 pataca note of 2008--samples of which are shown below: 

It has also appeared in various desogns on more than 30 of its coins, examples of which we give below:

KM 56 
5 pataca coin from 1992 (KM 56) and thereafter; a 200 escudo coin from 1996

   
100 pataca coins: (L to R) 1978 for the 25th anniversary of the Grand Prix, in 1994 for the Year of the Dog from the Zodiac Series; in 1998 for the Conferencia do East Asian Insurance Congress

  
1000 pataka coin, the first gold coin struck since reunification with China, in 2003

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