North Vietnam, 67th Birthday of Ho Chi Minh, May 19th, 1957 (Michel Nr. 57-60); While the official birth year of Ho Chi Minh, whose birth name was Nguyễn Sinh…
North Vietnam, Postage Due Hand Stamps, 1954-1955, Michel Nr. D1-13; Prior to the issuance of the first postage due stamp in North Vietnam, released in July 1955, the country…
When observing auction sales on Ebay and other commercial sales sites, you may have noticed that some sales of used North Vietnam stamps appear to achieve what look…
North Vietnam, 12 Years of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Michel Nr. 61-62; In honor of the 12th anniversary of the creation of the Republic the postal authorities…
North Vietnam, 4th Congress of World Trade Union, August 1st, 1957 (September 25th, 1957 for 300D value), Michel Nr.D17-20 and 63; On occasion of the 4th World Trade…
North Vietnam, 40th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, November 7th, 1957, Michel Nr. 64-66; Like China, the Soviet Union was a major supporter to North Vietnam during the…
North Vietnam; Mot-Cot Pagoda, December 22nd, 1957 (green frame), March 12th, 1958 orange frame, Michel Nr. D21-22; On December 22nd, 1957 the Democratic Republic of Vietnam published a new…
North Vietnam, Anti Illiteracy Campaign, January 6th, 1958, Michel Nr. 67-69; At the end of 1957 the standard domestic letter rate increased from 100D to 150D. As a…
North Vietnam, Physical Education, March 8th, 1958, Michel Nr. 70-71; The two stamps issued had the denomination of 150D (domestic letter rate) and 500D (international mail) and they…
North Vietnam, International Labour Day, May 1st, 1958, Michel Nr. 72-73; In all communist or socialist countries the International Labour Day was a very important holiday. So the…
North Vietnam, 4th Congress of International Democratic Women Federation, May 30th, 1958, Michel Nr. 74; Women already played a much more prominent position in Northern Vietnam society in…
North Vietnam, Postage Due Stamps with numeric design, December 1st, 1958, Michel Nr. P15-18; Given the postage tarif increases at the end of 1957 postal authorities apparently felt…
North Vietnam, Handicraft Fair in Hanoi (1st Series), May 30th, 1958, Michel Nr. D23-24; To promote the fledgling industrial production two official service stamps were issued in the…
Most collectors of Vietnam stamps are familiar with the idea that many of the stamps issued by North Vietnam and Unified Vietnam (1975) are available perforated and imperforated.…
North Vietnam, For the Re-Unification of Vietnam, July 20th, 1958, Michel Nr. 77-78; After the defeat of the French Army in Diem Bien Phu the country realized that…
Once in a while, a North Vietnamese service stamp that was supposedly not issued by postal authorities comes to market and it is always described as very rare.…
North Vietnam, Handicraft Fair in Hanoi (2nd Series), June 26th, 1958, Michel Nr. 75-76; Postal authorities issued two nominals 150D and 2,000D. The lower value covered the standard…
North Vietnam, 11. Anniversary of the Geneva Indochina Agreement, July 20th, 1965, Michel Nr. 376-378; Three values depicting the face of Nguyen Van Troi a National Liberation Front bomber…
North Vietnam, 13th Anniversary of the August Revolution 1945, August 19th, 1958; With the surrender of the Japanese occupying forces in August, 1945 after the U.S. had dropped…
North Vietnam, Handicraft Fair in Hanoi (3rd Series), August 19th, 1958, Michel Nr. 81-82; This was the second set issued in 1958 for civilian use to promote handcraft…
North Vietnam, Southener Resistance, September 23rd. 1958, Michel Nr. 83-84; The political leadership in Northern Vietnam was long divided about stoking resistance in South Vietnam. However, after the…
North Vietnam, Jade Tempel and The-Huy Bridge, December 1st, 1958, Michel Nr. 89-90; Two values (150D and 2,000D) were issued to commemorate the Jade Tempel and the The-Huy…
North Vietnam, Bay of Ha Long, February, 1959, Michel Nr. 92-93; Ha Long Bay is one of the prettiest coastal strips in Northern Vietnam. It consist of thousands…
North Vietnam, World Peace Conference, April 15th, 1959, Michel Nr. 97; A 12 xu stamp that represented the new local letter rate was issued to honor the world…
North Vietnam, Sluice at Cong Xuan-Quan, May 1st, 1959, Michel Nr. 98-99; The completion of the lock at Cong Xuan-Quan was celebrated by issuing two commemorative values in…
North Vietnam, Massacre at Phu Loi Concentration Camp, May 15th, 1959, Michel Nr. 100-101; Little publicly available information is available about the so called Massacre of Phu Loi.…
North Vietnam, Installation of the radio station in Me’ Tri, June, 1959, Michel Nr. 102-103; The reconstruction after the end of the war with the French continued and…
North Vietnam, Vietnam Day, July 20th, 1959, Michel Nr. 104; A single stamp was issued to commemorate Vietnam-Day. The stamp is perforated 11:0. The 12 xu nominal covered…
North Vietnam, People Sports, September 2nd, 1959, Michel Nr. 105-107; A commemorative set featuring three nominals with 1 Xu, 3 xu and 12 xu was issued to please…
North Vietnam, 10.th Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China, October 1st, 1959, Michel Nr. 108; A single stamp with a nominal of 12 xu was issue to…