Masks of Traditional Opera

Unified Vietnam, Masks of Traditional Opera, March 15th, 1994, Michel Nr. 2581-2586; Six stamps in nominals of 400D, 500D, 2,000D, 3,000D, 4,000D and 7,000D were issued in perforation 13 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set in horizontal pairs

and here the mint imperforate set in horizontal pairs

Single franking of the 3,000D value on a domestic sent in December of 1996 from Gia Thuy to Him City. HCM City arrival cancel on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in June of 1994 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Opera Mask set for an overall postage of 18,200D (including the red free frank for 1,300D).

Registered air mail letter sent in June of 1994 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Opera Mask set for an overall postage of 18,200D (including the red free frank for 1,300D). Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Unusual use of the Fulda cancel to cancel the 7,000D stamp in front.

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate PACIFIC 97 set in pairs plus stamps from the Traditional Opera and Asian Attractions II sets for an overall postage of 30,300D. Stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German R-label on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter features a pair of the Women Conference stamp plus stamps from the Opera Mask, Women Clothing (imperforate), Women Conference and Parachutist sets for an overall postage of 29,400D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Orange German Post electronic coding markings.

Registered air mail letter sent in October of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries a pair of the ASEAN stamp plus stamps from the ASEAN stamp from 1995, Opera Masks, Gold Fish (stamp from the souvenir-sheet), Women Clothing and Orchid sets for an overall postage of 29,600D. Stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming registered letter receipt by the German Post on the reverse.