40 Years Battle at Dien Bien Phu

Unified Vietnam, 40 Years Battle at Dien Bien Phu, My 7th, 1994, Michel Nr. 2606-2607; Two stamps in nominals of 400D and 3,000D were issued in perforation 13:13.25 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set

and here the mint imperforate set in horizontal pairs

Official First Day Folder that features the Dien Bien Phu set with the first day cancel and a photograph of the Dien Bien Phu valley in 1994. The inside of the folder shows stamps that were printed before on the same occasion.

Outside

Inside

Single franking of the 400D value on a local letter sent from Ben Tre to HCM City in August of 1995. Ben Tre transit cancel on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in August of 1994 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated and imperforate Dien Bien Phu stamps plus stamps from the International Stamp Exhibition POLSKA 93 (imperforate) and Day of the Stamp for an overall postage of 21,800D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in February of 1995 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the Peoples Amy set plus the perforated Dien Bien Phu and Crocodiles sets for an overall postage of 20,800D. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in May of 1995 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Coral Reef Fish set plus the Dien Bien Phu set for an overall postage of 24,800D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letters ent in June of 1998 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the The supposed Adulteress sheetlet plus stamps from the Gold Fish (imperforate stamp from souvenir-sheet), Hibiscus and Battle of Dien Big Phu sets for an overall postage of 45,800D. Imperforate stamps, especially from souvenir-sheets, on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse. Orange German Post electronic routing markings on front.