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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, and its special cancel,
Scott 1088-1090
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MACAO, 2003, Art Museum Paintings, Scott 1131c
HONG KONG, 2004, Pearl River Delta, Scott 1119
MACAO, 2004, People's Liberation Army, Scott 1154c

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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:

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