Indochina, Orphan Assistance, January, 1919, Michel Nr. IND 90-95; French welfare stamps were overprinted with the word “INDOCHINE” and new values. The following nominals were issued 10C on…
Indochina, Indochinese Women Set in new Values and Colors, April, 1922, Michel Nr. IND 102-122; Twenty-one new stamps were produced in nominals of 1/10C, 1/5C, 2/5C, 4/5C, 1C,…
Indochina, Indonesian Women in new Values and Colors overprinted for use in Kouang-Tcheou, November, 1923, Michel Nr. IND 84-104KT; In 1918 the currency of the colony was changed…
Indochina, Domestic Scenes I, September 26th, 1927, Michel Nr. IND 123-146; Twenty-four stamps in nominals of 1/10C, 1/5C, 2/5C, 4/5C, 1C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 5C, 6C, 7C, 8C,…
Indochina, Domestic Scenes I overprinted for use in Kouang-Tcheou, September 26th, 1927, Michel Nr. IND 105-128KT; Twenty-four stamps in nominals of 1/10C, 1/5C, 2/5C, 4/5C, 1C, 2C, 3C,…
Indochina, International Colonial Exhibition overprinted with new Values, April 13th, 1931, Michel Nr. IND 147-149; It is not clear to the editor as to why stamps that were…
Indochina, Domestic Scenes II, November 16th, 1931, Michel Nr. IND 150-183, Thirty-four values in nominals of 1/10C, 1/5C, 2/5C, 1/2C, 4/5C, 1C, 2C, 3C (two values), 4C (three…
Indochina, Domestic Scenes II overprinted for use in Kouang-Tcheou, May 19th, 1937-1941, Michel Nr. IND 129-161KT; Thirty-three stamps in nominals of 1/10C, 1/5C, 2/5C, 1/2C, 4/5C, 1C, 2C,…
Indochina, World Exhibition, Paris Souvenir Sheet overprinted for use in Kouang-Tcheou; Here is the m.n.h. souvenir-sheet Registration Nr. 090172
Indochina, Country Defense overprinted for use in Kouang-Tcheou, 1941, Michel Nr. IND 170-172KT; Three stamps in nominals of 10C +10C, 15C + 30C and 25C +10C were overprinted.…
Indochina, Marshall Petain set overprinted Ceurvres and with surcharge further overprinted for Kouang-Tcheou, 1944, Michel Nr. IND 195-196KT; 5C + 15C on 25C and 10C + 25C were…
Indochina, Air Mail Stamps, June 1st, 1933, Michel Nr. IND 184-197; Fourteen stamps in nominals of1C, 2C, 5C, 10C, 15C, 20C, 30C, 36C, 60C, 66C, 1P, 2P, 5P…
Indochina, Kingdom Annam, November 20th, 1936, Michel Nr. IND 198-208; Eleven stamps in nominals of 1C, 2C, 4C, 5C, 10C, 15C, 20C, 30C, 50C, 1P and 2P were…
Indochina, Kingdom Cambodia, November 20th, 1936, Michel Nr. IND 209-219; Eleven stamps in nominals of 1C, 2C, 4C, 5C, 10C, 15C, 20C, 30C, 50C, 1= and 2P were…
Indochina, World Exhibition in Paris, April 15th, 1937, Michel Nr. IND 220-225, Block 1; Six stamps in nominals of 2C, 3C, 4C, 6C, 9C and 15C were issued…
Indochina, International Control Commission, 1957; The International Control Commission was created as a result of the Geneva Accords in order to implement the framework of the agreement that essentially…
On May 10, 1940 Germany invaded France and with such military success that the French Government was forced to sign an armistice with Germany already on June 22nd,…
Indochina, Return of the French to Indochina after World War II; While De Gaulle had initially been rebuffed by the United States in his intention to reclaim colonial…
Indochina, French Military Naval Mail in Indochina after World War II; The terrestrial French military postage system was also operational on the high seas. Soldiers could send letters…
Democratic Republic of Vietnam; November 1945/1946; Indochinese stamps with an overprint (Michel Nr. 1-12) After the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th…
The exact date when the second series was issued is not featured in the catalogues. All they state is 1945/1946. The second series is philatelically more interesting as…
Sometimes stamps are offered in auctions that purport to have been prepared for the September 2nd, 1945 Independence Day. The stamps started to appear in the mid 1980’s…
in 1946 the Viet Minh began issuing overprints on Indochinese stamps that had little to do with postal necessities but were more focused on revenue generation. So the…
1946; North Vietnam (Viet Minh) Family Assistance $2.00 (Michel Nr. 27) on 15c*60c brown. Overprint on Indochina Nr. 339. Rare complete sheet. The top right value carries a plate…
The fourth series of overprints served a very similar purpose to the third issue. It was basically a method to collect money from the population in general and…
While many Vietnam collectors are familiar with the extremely rare local Ho Chi Minh stamps issued in South Central Vietnam between 1950-1954, and those stamps (and their forgeries)…
Democratic Republic of of Vietnam; Ho Chi Minh; September 2nd., 1946 (Michel VM Nr.56-60); These were the first stamps entirely designed by the Viet Minh. Prior to 1946…
Once in a while, one will see a set of cinderellas that are made to look like an official stamp set from North Vietnam on offer. The new…
After the “Clash of Hanoi” in December 1946, the Viet Minh were driven out of all major towns as the French took control of them and all important…
Lien Khu IV (Administrative District IV, North Annam) was located just South of Hanoi and ranged roughly until Da Nang in Central Vietnam. Lien Khu V (Administrative District…