Unified Vietnam, World Exposition EXPO 92 Sevilla, January 15th, 1992, Michel Nr. 2385-2391; The Vietnamese postal authorities continued their efforts to recycle old stamp issues that had become less useful due to their low nominal values by overprinting Michel Nr. 2183-2189 with a magenta “Sevilla 92” logo. The overprint was done on the perforated and imperforate base stamps.

Here is the mint perforated set

and here is the mint imperforate stamp set

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1992 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated overprinted Sevilla 92 stamps plus stamps from the Asia Games (imperforate) for an overall postage of 19,350D (including the red free frank for 13,900D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1992 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated overprinted Sevilla 92 stamps and souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Asia Games (imperforate) and Frog sets for an overall postage of 20,300D (including the red free frank for 9,000D). Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Mixed franking of the Socialist Republic set together with the souvenir sheet from the Sevilla EXPO and the Communist Party set paying an overall postage of 12,900D (including the red free frank for 900D) on a registered international air mail letter sent from HCM City to Hong Kong in June of 1991.  Souvenir sheets used on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1992 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries imperforate overprinted Sevilla 92 stamps plus stamps from the Old Steam Trains for an overall postage of 18,300D (including the red free frank for 7,400D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1992 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries imperforate overprinted Sevilla 92 stamps plus stamps from the Old Steam Trains (imperforate) and overprinted World Cup Italy sets for an overall postage of 37,650D (including the red free frank for 22,100D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries a pair of the ASEAN stamp plus stamps from the Gold Fish (stamp from souvenir-sheet), ASEAN 1995, Domestic Pheasants, National Union Conference (imperforate), World Expo Sevilla (imperforate) and Discovery of America (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 41,400D (including the red free frank for 10,200D). Imperforate stamps and stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent as a mixed currency franking in April of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries a pair of the Cuban Revolution stamp plus stamps from the 1981 Cuban Victory, Domestic Pheasant (Stamp from souvenir-sheet), Gold Fish (stamp from souvenir-sheet), Discovery of America and World Exposition Sevilla sets. Stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. The 1981 Cuban Victory set was 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  1.2 oD =0.12 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (83D) for 29,100 nD. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse. German Post orange electronic routing code on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries pairs of the perforated and imperforate Vietnamese New Year “Year of the Cat” set plus stamps from the Year of the Rat, Domestic Pheasants (stamp from the souvenir-sheet) and World Exposition Sevilla (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 55,400D (including the red free frank for 7,100D). Stamps from souvenir-sheets and imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Paintings of the Four Seasons set plus stamps from the International Stamp Exhibition ITALIA 98 (souvenir-sheet), Discovery of America and World Exposition Sevilla sets for an overall postage of 32,600D. Souvenir-Sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Paintings of the Four Seasons set plus stamps from the Domestic Pheasants (imperforate souvenir-sheet), Discovery of America and World Exposition Sevilla sets for an overall postage of 30,800D. Souvenir-Sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Registration Nr. 105410

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