Sport Games in Vietnam

Unified Vietnam, Sport Games in Vietnam, April 10th, 1976, Michel Nr. 961-968; Eight stamps with nominals of 12 xu (two stamps), 20 xu, 30 xu, 40 xu, 50 xu, 60 xu and 1 Dong were issued perforated 11.5 and imperforate.

Rare registered air mail letter sent in October of 1979 from HCM City to the United States. The letter carries the entire imperforate Vietnam Sports Games set plus a red free frank of 0.76D for an overall postage of 4D. HCM City transit cancel on the reverse. Imperforate stamps on postally used letters are very rare.

Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in August of 1978. The letter carries half of the perforated set plus other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 4.21 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in August of 1978. The letter carries the other half of the perforated set plus other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 4.00 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in September of 1978. The letter caries half of the im-perforated set. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 3.45 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Another very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in September of 1978. The letter caries the other half of the im-perforated set. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 3.56 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of three of the 20xu Sport Games stamps together with a mass franking of the “2D Total Iberation stamps paying an overall postage of D16.60 on a rare express mail letter sent to France in December of 1982. French arrival cancel on the reverse.

Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in March of 1979. It features five stamps of the Sports Games set. The overall postage amounted to 4.81 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda customs cachet in front.

Very large registered express mail envelope sent to Klewitz in February 1980. The letter carries a large number of the Sport Games series on the reverse. Overall postage amounted to 6.40 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Fulda green custom cachet on the front.

Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in October of 1979. The letter carries four of the 60 xu Sports Games stamp plus other NVN stamps from the period. The overall postage amounted to 4.78 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachet on front. Unusual hand-made version of the express mail label as apparently the printed version had run out.

Very rare air mail letter sent in August of 1979 from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong. The letter carries the Children error stamp without the red printing run. Error stamps on postally used cover are very rare. There are also two of the Sport Games stamps. The overall postage amounted to 1.68 Dong.

Registered letter sent to Klewitz in September of 1981. It carries a large number of the Five Year Plan stamps (the green/yellow 12 xu stamp is all from the 1st printing) plus two of the 1 Dong Sport Games stamps for an overall postage of 8.40 Dong. Red Ho Chi Minh cancel. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Spectacular mass franking of the Five Year Plan series on a large registered express mail envelope mailed to Klewitz in October of 1980. The letter carries a number of the perforation errors of the Five Year Plan stamps. There is also one of the 40 xu Sport Games stamps. The overall postage amounted to 6.14 Dong. Hand-made express mail label using a typewriter. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in September of 1980. It also carries a number of the Year of the Child stamps plus a 30 xu National Liberation Front (Vietcong) stamp. Due to the fact that NFL (Vietcong) stamps were based on the South Vietnamese Dong NFL stamps were not allowed as postage in North Vietnam. This is the reason why the postal clerk did not cancel the stamp. There are also two of the Sport Games stamps. The overall postage of the letter (excluding the NFL stamp) amounted to 3.70 Dong.

Very rare registered express mail letter featuring two 6 xu stamps and two 12 xu stamps with the post master perforation of the Socialist Republic stamps sent from Da-Lat (a mountain resort outside of HCM City) to West Germany sent in July of 1980. It also carries a number of the Sport Games set. The overall postage amounted to 4.80 Dong. Fulda arrival stamp on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachet on front. Unusual hand-made express mail label.