Unified Vietnam, Harmful Insects, September 25th, 1982, Michel Nr. 1258-1265; Eight stamps in the nominals of 30 xu (two stamps), 40 xu, 50 xu (two stamps), 60 xu and 1 Dong (two stamps) were issued in perforation 12:12.5 and im-perforated.

Registered letter sent from Nguyen Trai to Klewitz in November of 1982. The letter carries half of the perforated Harmful Insect set and other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 14.4 Dong (including the red free frank for 9 Dong). Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Another registered letter sent from Nguyen Trai to Klewitz in November of 1982. The letter carries the other half of the perforated Harmful Insect set and other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 13.86 Dong (including the red free frank for 8 Dong). Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Very rare air mail letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz in May of 1983. The letter carries half of the im-perforated Harmful Insects set plus other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 5.2 Dong. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Very rare air mail letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz in May of 1983. The letter carries the other half of the im-perforated Harmful Insects set plus other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 5.3 Dong. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter setoff rom Nguyen Trai in December of 1983 to Klewitz. The letter features two blocks of four of the 1D stamp in “light orange-red” base color that also show some of the plate errors featured above (“blue spot on elbow of wrestler”, “partial failure of the orange printing color” and “black dot in head of wrestler”). Plate errors on postally used cover are very rare. There are also stamps from the Harmful Insect set. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 16.80 (including the red free frank for 4D). Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1984 to Klewitz. The letter carries nine of the 50xu Union Congree set plus other contemporary NVN stamps for an overall postage of 67 Dong (including the red free frank for 38D). Some of the 50xu stamps carry the plate errors detailed above (white crack through building, blue mark in symbol, blue line above THU. Two of the Insect stamps on the reverse are imperforate. Error and imperforate stamps on postally use cover are very rare. Free Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1985 to Klewitz. the letter carries eight of the 50xu Union Congree stamps that carry some of the plate errors detailed above (girl with blue dot on nose, white line across face of stamp). On the reverse there are two fo the imperforate Insect stamps. Error and imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 67D (including the red free frank for 35D). Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1985 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the entire perforated Protected Animals set plus some stamps from the Hymenoptera set for an overall postage of 26.30D. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1985 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the entire imperforate Protected Animals set plus some stamps from the Corregio, Orchid and Union Congress Confederation set for an overall postage of 37.0D. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1985 from Quan 5 to Klewitz. the letter carries the 3D value of the Union Congress stamp with the plate error of “small cloud next to chimney”, stamps from the Vietnamese, Laos, Cambodian Friendship and Harmful Insect sets. The letter also carries stamps that were issued in 1958 and that were devalued by 1,000:1 on March 1st, 1959 and hence were only worth 40xu at the time of mailing. The overall postage hence amounted to 53.07D. Green Fulda custom cachet oil the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in September of 1984 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. It carries the higher values of the Union Congress set in multiple sets, the 30xu October Revolution stamp with a double printing of the red color and with a  dirty printing plate. There are also some Harmful Insect stamps for an overall postage of 48.20D (including the red free frank for 24D). Errors stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1985 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the entire overprint set including a pair of the rare Michel Nr. 1440. There are also stamps from the Friendship between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and Harmful Insect sets for an overall postage of 46.30D (Including the red free frank for 50xu). Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in November of 1984 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klwitz. The letter carries four of the yellow/black and double rose overprints. The yellow/black overprint shows a vertical double perforation strike in-between stamps and the double rose overprint different colors of the base stamps (light green and dark green). Error stamps on postally used cover are very rare. There are also stamps from the Union Congress and Harmful Insects sets for an overall postage of 52D. The zero money red free frank was required to produce the R-label as it came out of the same machine. Fragment of green Fulda custom cachet.

Registered air mail letter sent as mixed currency franking in April of 1985 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the Illiteracy Campaign set from 1958 which was devalued by 1,000:1 on March 1st, 1959 so worth only 1.2D. Together with the stamps from the Friendship, Harmful Insect and Union Conference sets the overall postage of the letter amounted to 53.89D (including the red free frank for 1.77D). Green Fulda custom cachet on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in November of 1985 as a mixed currency franking from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter caries half of the perforated Stamp Exhibition set plus stamps from the HCM Birthday (Imperforate), Friendship Treaty , Harmful Insects (Imperforate), Peace Meeting and Union Congress sets. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. All stamps on this cover were denominated still in old Dong. The Vietnamese Government conducted a devaluation of the Dong on September 14th, 1985. This meant that all stamps issued prior to this date were only worth one tenth at the time of mailing. The overall postage hence amounted to 208 oD =20.8 nD. plus the red free frank  for 2.5 nD or 23.3 nD. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in November of 1985 as a mixed currency franking from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated souvenir-sheets of the Argentina Stamp Exhibition (9.6×7.9 cm) and HCM Birthday, plus stamps from the HCM Birthday (Imperforate), Orchids, Harmful Insects, Peace Meeting and Hanoi Liberation sets. Souvenir-Sheets and imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. All stamps on the cover are still denominated in old Dong. The Vietnamese Government conducted a devaluation of the Dong on September 14th, 1985. This meant that all stamps issued prior to this date were only worth one tenth at the time of mailing. The overall postage hence amounted to 288.54 oD =28.85 nD. plus the red free frank for 17.6 nD plus for a total of 46.45 nD. Fragment of the green Fuda custom cachet on front.

Registration Nr. 103280

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