North Vietnam, 85. Birthday of Ho Chi Minh, May 19th, 1975, Michel Nr. 811-812; Two stamps with nominals of 12 xu and 60 xu were issued in perforation 11.0. Stamps with the same image but the inscription “Cong Hoa Mien Nam Vietnam” were issued a few months later for the National Liberation Frontin South Vietnam.
Here is the mint set for North Vietnam.
Here is a rare printing error on which the entire light brown printing run is missing.
Rare single franking of the 12xu HCM stamp sent from Hanoi to Saigon shortly after the fall of the city to the National Liberation Front (July 24th, 1975). Gia Dinh transit cancel and old type (without the letters M.N. added) machine arrival cancel on the reverse.
Registered letter sent in December of 1972 from Ninh Song Be’ to France using the 60 xu HCM Birthday stamp plus two of the 1D Victory over U.S. Air Force paying an overall tariff of 2.60D.
Interesting single franking of the 12xu HCM stamp on a letter sent in July of 1976 from Hai Phong to Czechoslovakia. International postage to “Eastern” countries was increased from 12xu to 60xu on January 1st, 1975. The letter was hence short by 48xu. Together with the 100% penalty a total of 96xu (or the equivalent in Czech currency) had to be collated upon delivery. As a result the postal clerk added a postage due hand stamp on the cover that alerted Czech postal clerks to add the postage due stamps from Czechoslovakia upon arrival.
Rare single franking of the 60xu HCM value on a homemade letter sent from Ninh Binh to East Germany. It paid the correct international letter rate to Eastern countries that came in effect on January 1st, 1975.
Very rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in January of 1976. The letter carries the set plus some im-perforated stamps from the working elephants and traditional sports sets. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 3.48 Dong which appears to be in excess of the required tariff of 1.50 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.
Mixed franking of two of the Medicinal Plant stamps together with the 12xu HCM stamp and 20 Xu October Revolution stamp paying an overall postage of 1.22D on a postcard to Switzerland sent in 1976.
Mixed franking of the 60xu HCM stamp together with the 1D Nguyen Trai stamp paying an overall postage of 1.60D on an air-mail letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Bratislava in Czechoslovakia in March of 1982.
Mixed franking on a damaged registered letter sent from Ca Mau (small post office) to Belgium in July, 1978. The recipient apparently was not at home so the post office in Belgium attached a sticker (in French and Dutch) that he/she has left a notice in the post box. The letter carries a number of the 20xu Cuban Vietnamese Brotherhood stamps, two of the 60xu HCM stamps and two 6xu Flower stamps for an overall postage of 2.52D.
Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in August of 1978. It features pairs of the entire set plus the HCM set for an overall postage of 4.10 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachet on the front.
Mixed franking of the rarely used 6xu Flower stamp together with a range of other NVN stamps (including the 12xu HCM stamp) for an overall postage of 1.88D on an air-mail letter sent from Hanoi to France in 1975.
Mixed franking of the 12 XU HCM 85th Birthday (30 together with one 6xu Orchid stamp paying an overall postage of 42xu on an international air mail letter sent in December of 1977 from Da Nang to East Germany.
Registered letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Huntington Beach, CA in May of 1980. The letter features the entire Lenin set plus a 1D Lenin stamp that is im-perforated at the bottom margin. Error stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Along with the other NVN stamps (including the 60xu HCM stamp) the overall postage amounted to 2.84D. Huntington Beach arrival cancel on the reverse.
Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in July of 1978. The letter carries one of the 60 xu HCM stamps plus the orchid set issued in 1976. The overall postage amounted to 6.10 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda customs cachet on front.
Very rare registered express mail letter sent in June of 1978 to Klewitz. It carries a mixed franking that includes one of the 50 xu and three of the 1 Dong stamps. There are also four of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) stamps. The currency of the Viet Cong stamps represented the currency of the South Vietnamese Regime and hence was not compatible with the Dong of North Vietnam. Also Viet Cong stamps were, according to postal regulations, not to be used or cancelled in the North. This regulation clearly was disregarded in this particular case. 60 xu HCM stamp in front. Ignoring the invalid Viet Cong stamps the overall postage amounted to 5.10 Dong. The red free-frank on front shows “000” but was required to produce the registration label to the left. Red two line hand-stamp applied by the sender that states that the letter was franked by the sender Frankfurt arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachets on front.
Registration Nr. 102310
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