North Vietnam, 25 Years Democratic Republic of Germany , August 1975, Michel Nr. 818; A single stamp with a 12 xu nominal and in perforation 11.0 was issued.

Rare single franking of this stamp on a local letter from September of 1975 paying the standard domestic letter rate of 12 xu. October 1st arrival cancel on the reverse.

Rare multiple franking of the stamp on a letter from Hue to Denmark paying the 60 xu international tariff.

Mixed franking of the 40 xu Wild Animal stamps (3) together with two East Germany stamps paying an overall postage of 1.44D on an international air mail letter sent to Switzerland in December of 1975.

Very rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in December of 1975. It features the 25 Years East Germany stamp plus some im-perforated stamps from the sculpture set. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The over-all postage amounted to 3.66 Dong which appears to be in excess of the required tariff of 1.50 Dong for a standard 20 gram express mail letter to West Germany.

Rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in March of 1976. The letter carries a 12 xu East Germany stamp. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 3.28 Dong which makes it most likely over-franked. The required postage for a standard 20 gram express mail letter to West Germany was only 1.50 Dong.

Registration Nr. 102340

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