62. Birthday of President Ngô Đình Diệm

South Vietnam, 62. Birthday of President Ngô Đình Diệm, January 3rd, 1963, Michel Nr. SVN 278-279; Two stamps in nominals of 60c (Q:1,000,000) and 1D (Q:2,000,000) were issued in perforation 14.

Here is the mint set.

and here the postally used set.

These stamps were not officially released imperforate, however, a small number of imperforate trial proofs have come to market. Here is the imperforate set in matching right margins.

Enpreuves de Luxe; “Thomas de la Rue & Coy Ltd, Londres” imprinted at bottom right.

First Day Cover that was mailed from Saigon to West Germany paying an overall postage of 8.80D.

First Day Cover featuring the set plus the 7P stamp from the Defense set paying an overall postage of 8.60P on a postally mailed air mail cover sent from Saigon to Madagascar which was a rare destination.

Mixed franking of the 60c 62. Birthday of President Ngô Đình Diệm stamp together with stamps from the Buildings and Sisters Tru’ng sets paying an overall postage of 1.50D on a rare printed matter mailing of a pharmaceutical in the shape of a print folded letter sent from Saigon to Belgium in May of 1963.

Mixed franking featuring the Beach of Ha Tien set together with stamps from the Agrarian Reform, Colombo Conference, Buildings and UNESCO sets paying an overall postage of 4D on an international surface letter sent from Saigon to the United States in May of 1963.

Mixed franking of the 50c Defense stamp together with the 1D Birthday of Ngô Đình Diệm paying an overall postage of 1.50D on a rare international printed matter mailing sent from Tourane (Da Nang) to the United States.

Mixed franking of the 50c World Day of Meteorology stamp together with the 1D Birthday of Ngô Đình Diệm paying an overall postage of 1.50D on what must have been a printed matter mailing (the envelope was left open) to West Germany.