150. Birthday of Tran Xuan Soan

Unified Vietnam, 150. Birthday of Tran Xuan Soan, November 24th, 1999, Michel Nr. 3025; A single stamp with a 400D nominal was issued in perforation 13.25.

Here is the mint stamp

Mint block of four

Album Page from the former Klewitz Collection o which Klewitz explains the history surrounding Tran Xuan Soan

Millenial Post Card featuring the 200. Birthday ofNguyen Van Sieu stamp with cancels from December 31st, 1999 and January 1st, 2000.

Multiple franking of the 400D stamp (4) paying an overall postage of 1,600D on a registered domestic air mail letter sent from O Mon (small post office) to HCM City in May of 2001.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 2000 as a mixed currency mailing from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries block of four of the 150. Birthday of Tran Xuan Soan stamp plus stamps from the Fruits, Lilies (imperforate) and Qi Baishi (imperforate) and World Union Congress sets. The World Union Congress block of four shows a significant passer-shift of the green color downwards. Imperforate stamps and error stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The Union Congress stamps were still denominated in old Dong. On September 14th, 1985 the Vietnamese Government conducted a currency devaluation in which the old Dong was devalued by 10:1. Stamps issued prior to that date were hence only worth one tenth of their original face value. The overall postage of the letter therefore amounted to 20 oD :10 = 2 nD plus stamps in new Dong (34,000 nD) plus the red free frank for 7,900 nD for a total of 41,900 nD. Orange German Post route coding on front. Incoming German Post registration receipt o the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in December of 2000 from Ban Co to Klewitz. The letter carries a block of of four of the 200. Birthday of Nguyen Tri Phu’o’ng stamp plus stamps from the Saola Antelope (Perf. 13.5:13.25), Tran Xuan Soan, Prehistoric Animals and 500kV Power line sets for an overall postage of 28,300D. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the Victor High stamps together with stamps from the Soccer World Cup 2002, Goldfish (stamp from the souvenir-sheet), Communist Party Congress, Euro Soccer Cup and Birthday of Tran Xuan Soan sets paying an overall postage of 35,000D on a registered international air mail letter sent fromBan Co to Klewitz in May of 2002. Stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used letter are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.