North Vietnam, International Red Cross, May 8th, 1960, Michel Nr. 129-130: Two stamps in nominals of 8xu and 12 xu were issued without gum. According to the official postal bulletin 200,000 copies were issued for the 8xu and 1,000,000 copies for the 12 xu stamp.
Here is there mint set.
Mint blocks of four.
Cancelled to order block of four of the 8xu value on which the top right stamp shows the plate error “broken ET in VIETNAM”.
Official Xunhasaba stamp bulletin for this issue.
Letter ex Klewitz from June of 1960 that carries a variety of 1960’s North Vietnamese stamps including the Red Cross stamps. The letter was mailed registered and carries an overall franking of 72 xu. This postage would have been insufficient for a letter to West Germany (standard letter rate of 50 xu) but the clever sender wrote Cong Hoa Dan Chu Duc” which stands for “East Germany”. A letter to East Germany only cost 12 xu plus the 60xu international registration fee which made the franking look perfectly fine to the duped postal clerk.
Registration Nr. 100390
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