North Vietnam, Fruits,April 25th, 1975, Michel Nr. 803-810; Eight values with the nominals of 12 xu (two values), 20 xu, 30 xu, 40 xu, 50 xu, 60 xu and 1 Dong were issued perforated 12:12.5 and im-perforated.

Mint set in blocks of four:

Rare single franking of rather 20xu value used on a local letter sent in October of 1978 to Run Tau.

Very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in November of 1975. The letter features half of the im-perforated set plus some perforated stamps. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 3.32 which appears to be in excess of the required tariff of 2.10 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in November of 1975. The letter features the other half of the im-perforated set plus some perforated stamps. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 3.54 which appears to be in excess of the required tariff of 2.10 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Very rare express mail letter mailed to Klewitz in March of 1976. The letter carried half of the im-perforated reptile set plus some of the fruit stamps. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 2.92 Dong which may have been in excess of the required tariff for a standard 20 gram express mail letter to West Germany (Tariff of 1.50 Dong). Frankfurt transit and Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Very rare express mail letter mailed to Klewitz in March of 1976. The letter carried the other half of the im-perforated set plus the 1 Dong value of the fruit set.  Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 2.78Dong which may have been in excess of the required tariff for a standard 20 gram express mail letter to West Germany (Tariff of 1.50 Dong). Frankfurt transit and Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 40xu Dragon Fly stamps together with a range of other NVN stamps and a 40xu red free frank paying an overall postage of 3.40D on a registered air-mail letter sent to Marseille, France in July of 1978.

Registration Nr.102300

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