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Date of Issue SG Cat No. Description
5/1/2000 SG 4466-7 New Year (Year of the Dragon), 2v dragons
29/1/2000 SG 4468-70 & MS4471 Spring festival, 3v welcoming festivals + MS family celebrations
25/2/2000 SG MS4472 Wildlife, MS with 10 stamps
7/3/2000 SG 4473-8 Chinese Dragon Artefacts, 6v museum exhibits
26/3/2000 SG 4479-82 Road Bridges over the Yangtze River, 4v
19/4/2000 SG 4483-6 Landscapes of Dali (Yunnan Province), 4v landscapes etc
30/4/2000 SG 4487-90 Literature, 4v Mulan in various scenes
5/5/2000 SG 4491-4 Taer Lamasery, 4v pagodas/palace etc.
22/5/2000 SG 4495 Birth centenary of Li Fuchan & Cai Chang, 80f head & shoulders portraits
1/6/2000 SG 4496-4503 Millennium, 8v Prospects In The New Century
13/6/2000 SG 4504-7 95th birth anniversary of Chen Yun, 4v pictures of Chen
28/6/2000 SG 4508-9 Pottery, 2x80f Pots (joint with Kazakhstan)
15/7/2000 SG 4510-3 & MS4514 Laoshan Mountain, 4v paintings of area + MS of all 4
18/7/2000 SG MS4515 5th Philatelic Federation Congress, MS 8y Chinese characters
8/8/2000 SG 4516-20 Small Carp Leap Through Dragon Gate, 5x80f scenes from the story. Sheet Stamps p11½
8/8/2000 SG 4521-25 Small Carp Leap Through Dragon Gate, 5x80f scenes from the story. Booklet stamps p12
26/8/2000 SG 4526-30 Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, 5v scenes from the area
15/9/2000 SG MS4531 2000 Olympic Games, MS 2000 and Olympic rings
26/9/2000 SG 4532-3 40th anniversary of China-Cuba diplomatic relations, 2x80f (joint issue with Cuba)
9/10/2000 SG 4534-5 Masks & Puppets, 2x80f puppet/masks
30/10/2000 SG 4536-9 Relics from tomb of Liu Sheng, 4v lamp/pot/incense burner/cup
11/11/2000 SG 4540-5 Ancient Thinkers, 6v Confucius, Mencius, Lao Zi etc.
20/11/2000 SG 4546-7 Test flight of Shenzhou spacecraft, 2x80f launch/orbiting Earth
22/11/2000 SG 4548-51 50th anniversary of World Meteorological Organisation, 4v technology etc
12/12/2000 SG 4552-5 & MS4556 Flowers, 4v + MS
31/12/2000 SG 4557-60 Ancient Bells, 4v close ups of bells
 

In additional, four Miniature Sheets were overprinted but are not catalogued by SG. Two are these are the MS for the return of Hong Kong & Macao to China, overprinted for the Year 2000. The Spring Festival MS (SG4471) was also overprinted for the same purpose, while another MS was overprinted for the National Stamp Exhibition.

 

China SG 4466-7

New Year (Year of the Dragon), 2 stamps

SG 4466 80f Chinese Dragon

SG 4467 2.80y "The Sun Rising In The Eastern Sky"

 

China SG 4468-70

Spring festival, 3 stamps

SG 4468 80f Welcoming the Spring Festival

SG 4469 80f Bidding Farewell to the Outgoing Year

SG 4470 2.80y Offering Sacrifices to the God of Land

Spring festival, 1 Miniature Sheet welcoming festivals

China SG MS4471

SG MS4471 8y large stamp, Family Celebrations

 

Wildlife, 1 Miniature Sheet with 10 stamps

China SG MS4472

SG MS4472 Ibis/Butterfly/Panda/Pheasant/Sturgeon/Monkey/Baiji/Crane/Tiger/Alligator

 

China SG 4473-78

Dragon Artefacts, 6 stamps

SG 4473 60f Neolithic Jade Dragon

SG 4474 80f Dragon-shaped Brooch

SG 4475 80f Eaves Tile with Carved Dragon

SG 4476 80f Coiled Dragon on Copper Mirror

SG 4477 80f Bronze Dragon

SG 4478 2.80y Dragon Decoration from Sandalwood Throne

 

China SG 4479-82

Road Bridges over the Yangtze River, 4 stamps

SG 4479 80f Wangxian Bridge

SG 4480 80f Huangshi Bridge

SG 4481 80f Tongling Bridge

SG 4482 2.80y Jiangyin Bridge

 

China SG 4483-86

Landscapes of Dali (Yunnan Province), 4 stamps

SG 4483 80f Cangshang Mountain and Erhai Lake

SG 4484 80f Three pagodas, Chongsheng

SG 4485 80f Jizu Mountain

SG 4486 2.80y Shibao Mountain

 

China SG 4487-90

Literature - Mulan in various scenes, 4 se-tenant stamps

SG 4487 80f Mulan weaving cloth

SG 4488 80f Mulan dressed as male soldier

SG 4489 80f Mulan on horseback

SG 4490 80f Mulan resuming her female indenity

 

China SG 4491-94

Taer Lamasery, 4 stamps

SG 4491 80f Good Lick Treasure Pagoda

SG 4492 80f Golden Tile Palace

SG 4493 80f Big Scripture Hall

SG 4494 2.80y Banqen Residence

 

China SG 4495

Birth centenary of Li Fuchan & Cai Chang, 1 stamp

SG 4495 80f Portraits of Li and Cai

 

China SG 4496-4503

Millennium, Prospects In The New Century, 8 stamps

SG 4496 30f Entering A New Century

SG 4497 60f I Build A Bridge To Connect The Mainland With Taiwan

SG 4498 60f Palace In A Tree

SG 4499 80f Protecting The Earth

SG 4500 80f Communications In The New Century

SG 4501 80f Space Travel

SG 4502 2.60y The Earth Gets Younger

SG 4503 2.80y World Peace

 

China SG 4504-7

95th birth anniversary of Chen Yun, 4 stamps

SG 4504 80f Head and shoulders wearing white shirt

SG 4505 80f Wearing white jacket and hat

SG 4506 80f Wearing black jacket

SG 4507 2.80y Wearing white jacket

 

China SG 4508-9

Pottery (joint issue with Kazakhstan), 2 stamps

SG 4508 80f He-Pot

SG 4509 80f Horse Milk Pot

 

China SG 4510-3

Laoshan Mountain, paintings of area, 4 stamps

SG 4510 80f Great Peak

SG 4511 80f Yangkou Bay

SG 4512 80f Beiju Lake

SG 4513 2.80y Taiqing Palace

Laoshan Mountain, paintings of area, 1 Miniature Sheet of 4 stamps

China SG MS4514

SG MS4514 containing 4 stamps as SG 4510-4 above

 

5th Philatelic Federation Congress, 1 Miniature Sheet with 1 stamp

China SG MS4515

SG MS4515 8y Chinese Characters

 

China SG 4516-20

Small Carp Leap Through Dragon Gate, 5 se-tenant stamps from sheets, perf 11½

SG 4516 80f Grandma Carp Telling a Story

SG 4517 80f Searching For Dragon Gate

SG 4518 80f Uncle Crab helping Carp

SG 4519 80f Carp Leaping Through Dragon Gate

SG 4520 80f Aunt Swallow delivering a letter

There is also a booklet containing stamps of these designs, but perf. 12, which I do not yet have.

 

China SG 4526-30

Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, 5 stamps

SG 4526 80f Financial Central District

SG 4527 80f China International New & Hi-Tech Achievements Fair Exhibition Centre

SG 4528 80f Yantien Harbour

SG 4529 80f Shenzhen Bay

SG 4530 2.80y Shekou Industrial District

 

2000 Olympic Games, Sydney, 1 Miniature Sheet with 1 stamp

China SG MS4531

SG MS4531 with 8y large stamp, 2000 made to look like Olympic rings

 

China SG 4532-3

40th anniversary of China-Cuba diplomatic relations (joint issue with Cuba), 2 stamps

SG 4532 80f Coconut Forest Bay, Hainan, China

SG 4533 80f Varadero Beach, Matansaz, Cuba

 

China SG 4534-5

Masks and Puppets, 2 stamps

SG 4534 80f Puppets

SG 4535 80f Carnival Masks

 

China SG 4536-39

Relics from the tomb of Liu Sheng, 4 stamps

SG 4536 80f "Eternal Fidelity" Palace Lamp

SG 4537 80f Bronze Pot with Dragon Design

SG 4538 80f Boshan Incense Burner with gold inlay

SG 4539 2.80y Rosefinch Shaped Cup

 

China SG 4540-45

Ancient Thinkers, 6 stamps

SG 4540 60f Confuscius

SG 4541 80f Mensius

SG 4542 80f Lao Zi

SG 4543 80f Zhuang Zi

SG 4544 80f Mo Zi

SG 4545 2.80y Xun Zi

 

China SG 4546-47

Test flight of Shenzhou spacecraft, 2 stamps

SG 4546 80f Launch of Shenzhou

SG 4547 80f Orbiting Earth

 

China SG 4548-51

50th anniversary of World Meteorological Organisation, 4 stamps

SG 4548 80f Meteorological Satellite

SG 4549 80f Meteorological equipment & Qinghai-Tibet plateau

SG 4550 80f Computers and numbers

SG 4551 2.80y Aeroplane and wind flow diagram

 

China SG 4552-56

Flowers, 4 stamps

SG 4552 80f Scarlet Kaffir Lily

SG 4553 80f Noble Klivia

SG 4554 80f Golden Striat Kaffir Lily

SG 4555 2.80y White Kaffir Lily

Flowers, 1 Miniature Sheet of 4 stamps

China SG MS4556

SG MS4556 containing 4 stamps as SG 4552-5 above

 

China SG 4557-60

Ancient Bells, 4 stamps

SG 4548 80f Jingshu Bell

SG 4549 80f Su Chime Bell

SG 4550 80f Jingyun Bell

SG 4551 2.80y Qianhong Bell

 

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