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1897.01  16.08.1897   Definitives   "IMPERIAL CHINESE POST"   
1$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     
2$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     = 1$
5$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     = 1$

1898.01  28.01.1898   Definitives   "CHINESE IMPERIAL POST"   1897.01
1$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     
2$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     
5$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     

1902.01   Definitives   No wmk   1898.01
5$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     

1906.01   Definitives   No wmk   1898.01
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1$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     
2$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     

1912.01   Overprint with Chinese characters on 1902.01, 1906.01      
1$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     
2$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     
5$     27 019 000     Taiga Bean-Goose    Anser fabalis     

1949.01  02.05.1949   Definitives      
1$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
2$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     = 1$
5$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     = 1$
10$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     = 1$

1950.01  31.08.1950   Surcharge on 1949.01      
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50$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
100$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
100$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
200$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
200$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
400$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
400$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
400$     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     

1958.01  10.07.1958   Postal administrations conference      
4f     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
8f     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     

1962.01  10.06.1962   Chen Chi-fo, The Sacred Crane      
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8f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     
10f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     
20f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     

1979.01  25.01.1979   Golden Pheasant      
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4f     38 142 000     Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus     
8f     38 142 000     Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus     
45f     38 142 000     Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus     

1980.01  20.05.1980   Paintings of Qi Baishi      
8f     89 002 000     Common Kingfisher    Alcedo atthis     

1980.02  08.10.1980   UNESCO   3v set   
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
8f     172 014 000     Black-naped Oriole    Oriolus chinensis     

1982.01  31.07.1982   Fan paintings      
8f     194 003 000     Brambling    Fringilla montifringilla     
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70f     194 164 000     Japanese Grosbeak    Eophona personata     

1982.02  10.09.1982   Birds      
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
8f     96 001 000     Eurasian Hoopoe    Upupa epops     
8f     121 046 000     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     
8f     172 014 000     Black-naped Oriole    Oriolus chinensis     
20f     158 039 000     Great Tit    Parus major     
70f     104 106 000     Great Spotted Woodpecker    Dendrocopos major     

1982.03  10.09.1982   Birds      
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Lesser Cuckoo  Cuculus poliocephalus
2y     123 070 000     Ashy Minivet    Pericrocotus divaricatus     MS
and     140 185 000     Oriental Magpie-Robin    Copsychus saularis     
and     140 200 000     Daurian Redstart    Phoenicurus auroreus     
and     140 147 000     Red-flanked Bluetail    Tarsiger cyanurus     
and     76 022 000     Lesser Cuckoo    Cuculus poliocephalus     

1983.01  18.11.1983   Swans      
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8f     27 011 000     Mute Swan    Cygnus olor     One swan
8f     27 011 000     Mute Swan    Cygnus olor     Two swans
10f     27 016 000     Tundra Swan    Cygnus columbianus     
80f     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     

1983.02  18.11.1983   Swans   Booklet   1983.01
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8f     27 011 000     Mute Swan    Cygnus olor     ct, one swan
8f     27 011 000     Mute Swan    Cygnus olor     cb, one swan
8f     27 011 000     Mute Swan    Cygnus olor     ct, two swans
10f     27 016 000     Tundra Swan    Cygnus columbianus     cb
80f     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     cb

1984.01  24.03.1984   Painting by Zhou Fang   3v set   
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
10f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     
70f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     = 10f

1984.02  24.03.1984   Painting by Zhou Fang      1984.01
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Red-crowned Crane  Grus japonensis
2y     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     MS

1984.03  15.05.1984   Japanese Crested Ibis      
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8f     24 010 000     Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon     
8f     24 010 000     Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon     
80f     24 010 000     Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon     

1984.04  24.09.1984   Youth friendship festival   3v set   
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
80f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     

1984.05  01.10.1984   35th anniversary of Peoples Republic      
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20f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     

1986.01  22.05.1986   Great White Crane      
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8f     43 006 000     Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus     
10f     43 006 000     Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus     
70f     43 006 000     Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus     

1986.02  22.05.1986   Great White Crane      
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2y     43 006 000     Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus     MS

1987.01  20.03.1987   Birds of prey      
Black Kite Milvus migrans Steller's Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
8f     30 031 000     Black Kite    Milvus migrans     
8f     30 041 000     Steller's Sea-Eagle    Haliaeetus pelagicus     
10f     30 053 000     Himalayan Griffon    Gyps himalayensis     
90f     30 195 000     Upland Buzzard    Buteo hemilasius     

1989.01  21.02.1989   Brown Eared Pheasant      
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8f     38 132 000     Brown Eared-Pheasant    Crossoptilon mantchuricum     
50f     38 132 000     Brown Eared-Pheasant    Crossoptilon mantchuricum     

1989.02  25.03.1989   Silk painting      
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
8f     178 016 000     Hair-crested Drongo    Dicrurus hottentottus     

1989.03  25.03.1989   Silk painting      1989.02
5y     178 016 000     Hair-crested Drongo    Dicrurus hottentottus     MS

1991.01  23.06.1991   Antarctic treaty      
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20f     7 002 000     Emperor Penguin    Aptenodytes forsteri     

1992.01  20.02.1992   Storks      
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20f     22 007 000     Black Stork    Ciconia nigra     
1.60y     22 013 000     Oriental Stork    Ciconia boyciana     

1992.02  29.09.1992   Diplomatic relations with Japan   2v set   
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20f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     

1994.01  09.10.1994   Cranes      
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20f     43 013 000     Whooping Crane    Grus americana     
2y     43 014 000     Black-necked Crane    Grus nigricollis     

1995.01  18.02.1995   Mount Dinghu   4v set   
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2.30y     38 126 000     Silver Pheasant    Lophura nycthemera     

1995.02  22.03.1995   Owls      
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10f     78 076 000     Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo     
20f     78 194 000     Northern Long-eared Owl    Asio otus     
50f     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     
1y     77 010 000     Australasian Grass-Owl    Tyto longimembris     

1997.01  09.05.1997   Pheasants      
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50f     38 143 000     Lady Amherst's Pheasant    Chrysolophus amherstiae     
5.40y     38 140 000     Ring-necked Pheasant    Phasianus colchicus     

1998.01  06.06.1998   Shennongjia Nature Reserve   4v set   
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50f     38 110 000     Temminck's Tragopan    Tragopan temminckii     

2000.01  25.02.2000   Protected wildlife   10v sheet   
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30f     24 010 000     Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon     
1y     38 132 000     Brown Eared-Pheasant    Crossoptilon mantchuricum     
2.80y     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     

2001.01  16.03.2001   Wildlife   10v sheet   
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80f     30 041 000     Steller's Sea-Eagle    Haliaeetus pelagicus     

2002.01  01.02.2002   Chinese birds      
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti Xinjiang Ground-Jay Podoces biddulphi Formosan Magpie Urocissa caerulea
80f     38 111 000     Cabot's Tragopan    Tragopan caboti     
1y     187 069 000     Xinjiang Ground-Jay    Podoces biddulphi     
2y     187 047 000     Formosan Magpie    Urocissa caerulea     

2002.02  01.04.2002   Chinese birds      
Ala Shan Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus Tibetan Bunting Emberiza koslowi
4.20y     140 193 000     Ala Shan Redstart    Phoenicurus alaschanicus     
5.40y     201 006 000     Tibetan Bunting    Emberiza koslowi     

2002.03  15.07.2002   Antarctic landscape   3v set   
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80f     7 002 000     Emperor Penguin    Aptenodytes forsteri     
2y     11 007 000     Snow Petrel    Pagodroma nivea     

2002.04  07.12.2002   Chinese birds   Booklet   2002.01
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80f     38 111 000     Cabot's Tragopan    Tragopan caboti     

2004.01  01.01.2004   Chinese birds      
Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
5y     158 020 000     Yellow-bellied Tit    Pardaliparus venustulus     
6y     159 013 000     Yunnan Nuthatch    Sitta yunnanensis     

2004.02  13.04.2004   Peafowl      
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80f     38 153 000     Indian Peafowl    Pavo cristatus     White bird
80f     38 153 000     Indian Peafowl    Pavo cristatus     

2004.03  13.04.2004   Peafowl      
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6y     38 154 000     Green Peafowl    Pavo muticus     MS

2005.01  30.07.2005   Birds      
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
80f     43 015 000     Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis     
80f     22 013 000     Oriental Stork    Ciconia boyciana     
80f     27 048 000     Common Shelduck    Tadorna tadorna     
80f     30 216 000     Golden Eagle    Aquila chrysaetos     

2006.01  01.07.2006   Qinghai - Tibet railway open to traffic   3v set   
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
80f     43 014 000     Black-necked Crane    Grus nigricollis     

2006.02  15.11.2006   Birds definitives      
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps
40f     38 115 000     Chinese Monal    Lophophorus lhuysii     
1.20y     147 268 000     Taiwan Yuhina    Yuhina brunneiceps     

2008.01  28.02.2008   Birds   Sheet   
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Formosan Magpie  Urocissa caerulea Tibetan Bunting  Emberiza koslowi Cabot's Tragopan  Tragopan caboti Sukatschev's Laughingthrush  Garrulax sukatschewi Golden Pheasant  Chrysolophus pictus Xinjiang Ground-Jay  Podoces biddulphi
1.20y     187 047 000     Formosan Magpie    Urocissa caerulea     
1.20y     201 006 000     Tibetan Bunting    Emberiza koslowi     
1.20y     38 111 000     Cabot's Tragopan    Tragopan caboti     
1.20y     147 023 000     Sukatschev's Laughingthrush    Garrulax sukatschewi     
1.20y     38 142 000     Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus     
1.20y     187 069 000     Xinjiang Ground-Jay    Podoces biddulphi     

China map

Location: Eastern Asia
Population: 1,330 million
Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east

Birds: 1314 species. 52 endemic species.

Links:
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13.05.2008