Sea Snails

North Vietnam, Sea Snails, April 28th, 1970, Michel Nr. 610-613; Four stamps the nominals 12 xu (two stamps), 20 xu and 1 Dong were issued perforated 12.5:12 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set.

Here is the mint imperforate set.

Air mail letter sent from Hanoi to Budapest, Hungary in June of 1969 (?) using one of the 40xu Domestic Craft stamps plus sone 12 xu Shell stamp for an overall postage of 52 xu.

Very rare registered express mail letter mailed to Klewitz in July of 1970 featuring the entire im-perforated set. It also shows a pair of the 12 xu im-perforated fish set from 1963. Im-perforated stamps on postally used covers are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 1.60 Dong which was the exact tariff for a standard 20 gram registered express mail letter to West Germany.

Rare registered express mail letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz in April of 1981. It features a block of four of the 20 xu KPdSU stamp plus two pairs of the the two perforation varieties of the 12 xu Five Year Plan stamp plus the complete sea shell set for an overall postage of 13.90 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.