Day of the Stamp

Unified Vietnam, Day of the Stamp, August 15th, 1996, Michel Nr. 2802; A single stamp in a 400D nominal was issued in perforation 13:13.25

The stamp depicts a 1 Hao stamp that was issued in 1946 during the brief time the Viet Minh were in control of Vietnam after the defeat of the Japanese and while the French soldiers were still incarcerated. Here is a mint pair of the original stamp.

Here is the mint stamp

Mint block of four

Commemorative envelope featuring the Day of the Stamp stamp cancelled with a special cancel from a stamp exhibition held between August 25th and 29th of 1996.

Commemorative envelope featuring the Day of the Stamp stamp and the original stamp set from 1946 it was based upon cancelled with a special cancel from a stamp exhibition held between August 25th and 29th of 1996.

Single franking of the 400D stamp on a domestic air mail letters ent from Kim Giang to HCM City in December of 1976. HCM City machine arrival cancel on the reverse.

Multiple franking (2) of the 400D value paying an overall postage of 800D on a local letter sent from Hanoi to HCM City in December of 1996.

Registered air mail lettre sent in November of 1996 from Ho Chi Minh Ciyt to Klewitz. The letter carries a block of four of the day of the Stamp stamp plus stamps from the Red Cross, 1995 Observances, Traditional Bridge Building and Domestic Painter sets for an overall postage of 33,100D.

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the carries a pair of the Huynh Thuc with an attached empty field in stamp size plus stamps from the Parachutists, Day the Stamp, Chess (stamp from the souvenir-sheet), Orchids, Fallen Solider and Olympic Summer Games II sets for an overall postage of 29,000D. Orange German Post electronic codes on front.