Unified Vietnam, Cham Culture, June 30th, 1987, Michel Nr. 1809-1816, Block 54; Seven stamps with nominals of 3D, 10D, 15D, 20D, 25D, 30D and 40D ere issued im perforation 12:12.5 and imperforate. There was also a 10D denominated souvenir-sheet that was only issued in perforation 12:12.5.
Here is the perforated set
and here the imperforate stamp set
There is an element of tonality on how the souvenir-sheets is printed, especially on the grey of the supporting temple structure.
Dark grey
Light grey
Single franking of the 30D value on an international air mail letter sent by a member of the Vietnamese military (note the Hom Thu number in the sender line) to Czechoslovakia.
Mixed franking of the 10D Solidarity Committee stamp pus the 30D Cham Culture stamp paying an overall postage of 40D on a domestic letter mailed in September of 1988 to Dong Nam. Rach Gia transit cancel on the reverse.
Registered air mail letter featuring mailed in January of 1988 from Ho Chi MInh CIty to Klewitz and featuring the imperforate Cham Culture stamp set and the perforated souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the 5 Billion People, Peace Movement and Hanoi Air Raid sets for an overall postage of 1,223D (including the red free frank for 975D). Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in November of 1987 from Ho Ch Minh City to Klewitz and featuring some of the perforated Cham Culture stamps plus stamps from the Halley, Butterflies, Postal Union and October Revolution sets for an overall postage of 569D (including the red free frank for 398D). Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter featuring mailed in November of 1987 from Ho Chi MInh CIty to Klewitz and featuring some of the perforated Cham Culture stamps and the souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the 5 Billion People, Butterflies, Indochina War and Old Ship sets for an overall postage of 569D (including the red free frank for 435D). Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in October of 1987 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the Cham Culture, Year of Peace and Woven Basket sets for an overall postage of 569D (including the red free frank for 402D). Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Air mail letter sent in November of 1987 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the entire imperforate Cham Culture and Water and Mountain Spirit sets for an overall postage of 167D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated stamps from the Flowering Cacti set and the souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Thälmann (imperforate), Insects (imperforate), Cham Culture, Paracel & Spratley Islands,Postal Union, Peace Movement and Soviet Peace Treaty sets for an overall postage of 1,465D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in November of 1987 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the entire perforated National Minorities set plus stamps from the Butterflies and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,066D (including the red free frank for 760D). Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh Ciyt to Klewitz. The letter carries most of the perforated Roses set plus stamps from the Vietnam-CSSR Cooperation (imperforate) and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,297D (including the red free frank for 951D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh Ciyt to Klewitz. The letter carries half of the perforated Roses set in matching sheet corner pieces with sheet numbers plus stamps from the Corals and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,277D (including the red free frank for 957D). Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries half of the perforated Fish set plus stamps from the Wales, Soviet-Vietnamese Friendship (Imperforate), Soccer World Cup and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,287D (including the red free frank for 1,150D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the other half of the perforated Fish set plus stamps from the Wales, Soviet-Vietnamese Friendship (Imperforate), October Revolution and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,376D (including the red free frank for 900D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries imperforate and perforated Fish stamps plus stamps from the Corals and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,514D (including the red free frank for 1,529D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in December of 1987 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries three of the Picasso stamps and the souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Elephant (imperforate and perforated), Butterflies (imperforate) and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,277D (including the red free frank for 1,031D). Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front. Since the letter was by error routed via Monteal, Canada there is also a red Montreal arrival cancel.
Registered air mail letter sent in May of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated and imperforate Picasso stamps plus stamps from Cham Culture, Dresses of National Minorities and Peace Movement sets for an overall postage of 1,509D (including the red free frank for 1,064D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Folds custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries half of the imperforate Airplanes set plus stamps from the Traditional Minority Clothing (Imperforate), Insects (imperforate), Cham Culture and Paracel and Spratley Island sets for an overall postage of 1,571D (including the red free frank for 1,390). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the other half of the imperforate Airplanes set plus stamps from the Traditional Minority Clothing (Imperforate), Monkeys (imperforate), Cham Culture and Paracel and Spratley Island sets for an overall postage of 1,690D (including the red free frank for 1,120D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in May of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries two sets of the Bach Dang stamps plus stamps from the Cham Culture and Picasso sets for an overall postage of 1,449D (including the red free frank for 748D). Are Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in August of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated and imperforate stamps from the Parrot set plus stamps from the Off-shore Oil Production, National Assembly and Cham Culture for an overall postage of 3,753D (including the red free frank for 3,340D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the other half of the perforated Snake set plus stamps from the Cham Culture, Hydro Stations, Cambodian National Day and French Revolution I and II sets for an overall postage of 9,508D (including the red free frank for 6,290D).
Registered air mail letter sent in October of 1987 as a mixed currency franking from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated German Railway souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the ARGENTINIA Stamp Exhibition, and Cham Culture sets. Souvenir-Sheets on postally used cover are very rare. The ARGENTINIA stamps were still denominated in old Dong while the other stamps were already denominated in new Dong. The Vietnamese Government conducted a devaluation of the Dong on September 14th, 1985. This meant that all stamps issued prior to October 13th were only worth one tenth at the time of mailing. The overall postage hence amounted to 19 oD = 1.9 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (63 nD) plus the red free frank for 487 nD for 551.9 nD. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registration Nr. 104290
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