Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee

Unified Vietnam, Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee, November 30th, 1987, Michel Nr. 1849-1850; Two stamps in nominals of 10D and 30D ere issued in perforation 13.

Here is the mint perforated set in blocks of four.

These stamps were not officially released imperforate however a number of imperforate trial proofs have come to market. Below are blocks of four of them.

Mixed franking of the 10D Solidarity Committee stamp together with the 3D Year of Cat stamp paying an overall postage of 13D on local air mail letter mailed within HCM City in 1988.

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.

Multiple franking of the 10D value paying an overall20D postage on a local air mail letter sent from Vuon Xoai (small post office) to Nha Trang in March of 1988.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated and imperforate Solidarity Committee set plus stamps from the Butterflies, Wicker Basket, VANCOUVER Airplanes, Cacti and Vietnamese-Russian Friendship sets for an overall postage of 1,221 (including the red free frank for 1,034D). 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 imperforate Solidarity Committee set plus stamps from the HAFNIA Airplanes, Cacti and October Revolution sets for an overall postage of 1,552 (including the red free frank for 1,152D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in January of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the other half of the perforated Mushroom set plus stamps from the Water and Mountain Spirit, Asian-African Solidarity and Insect (imperforate) sets. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter (including the red free frank for 1,098D) amounted to 1,232D. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in June of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated and imperforate Red Cross stamp plus stamps from the Railways (Souvenir-sheet), Bach Dang, HAFNIA Airplanes and Afro-Asian Solidarity (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 1,542 (including the red free frank of 1,007D). Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.