Unified Vietnam, 500. Birthday of Raffael, April 30th, 1983, Michel Nr. 1327-1334, Block 17; Seven stamps in the nominals of 30xu, 50xu. 1D, 2D, 3D, 5D and 8D plus one souvenir sheets with a 10D nominal were issued in perforation 12.5. The stamps were also issued imperforate but the souvenir-sheet was only released perforated.

Mint Souvenir Sheet

Registered air mail letter sent from Nguyen Trai to Klewitz in Janauary of 1984 and featuring the entire perforated Rafaell set. Including the red free frank on the reverse the overall postage amounted to 23.58D. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent from Nguyen Trai to Klewitz in March of 1984. It features the entire perforated Rafaell set  plus other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 24.71D (including the red free frank for 3.31D). Partial green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent from Nguyen Trai to Klewitz in January of 1984. The letter carries the Rafaell souvenir sheet and stamps from the Women Congress and Einstein series for an overall postage of 16.06D (including the red free frank for 4.62D). Souvenir sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front. 

Here is a similar franking of three 1D Asia Games plus one 5D Raffael stamp paying an overall postage of 8D for an international air mail letter sent by a member of the Vietnamese military to a compatriot located in East Germany.

Very rare air mail letter sent from Quan 5 (HCM City) to Klewitz in July of 1984. The letter carries the entire imperforate Rafaell set plus the perforated souvenir sheet on the reverse. Imperforate stamps and souvenir sheets on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 29.80D.

Registered air mail letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City in April of 1984 to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Bangkok souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Wading Birds, Mushroom and Raffael sets for an overall postage of 57.72D. The 6xu Democratic Republic stamps feature both, the small and large star variety. Souvenir-sheets and error stamps are very rare on postally used cover. Fraction of the green Fulda custom cachet on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz in April of 1984. The letter carries the perforated souvenir-sheet, stamps from the Rafaell and Reptile and two Socialist Republic stamps for an overall postage of 35.62D. Souvenir-Sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent from Quan 5 to Klewitz in July of 1984. The letter carries four of the 10D Karl Marx stamps in bot  color variations. One stamp shows the lilac color production error detailed above. Error stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Stamps from the Raffael and ASEAD stamp set on the reverse. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 50.90D.

Air mail letter sent in June of 1984 from Quan 5 to Klewitz. The letter carries the other five imperforate Mushroom stamps plus the Raffael souvenir-sheet and Sail Boat stamps for an overall postage of 28.00D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Air mail letter from May of 1984 featuring half of the imperforate Ciconiiformes set plus two perforate 1D Ciconiiformes stamps and some Raffael stamps paying an overall postage of 25.80D. Imperforate stamps on postally used covers are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1984 from Nguyen Trai to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate 50xu and 20D Peace Meeting stamps, some Locomotive and Raffael stamps for an overall postage of 58D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on the reverse.

Air mail letter mailed in October of 1984 from Quan 5 to Klewitz. The letter carries half of the imperforate Ocean Fish set, the Raffael souvenir-sheet and a Karl Marx stamp for an overall postage of 31.66D. Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Registration Nr. 103400

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