Birthdays of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh

North Vietnam, Birthdays of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh, November 28th, 1965, Michel Nr. 416-419; Four stamps withnthe nominals of 12 xu (three stamps) and 50 xu were issued perforated 11.5.

Here is the mint set.

Cancelled to order block of four of the 12xu HCM stamp:

Rare express mail letter mailed to Klewitz in February 1970. It holds the entire set. The letter was franked with 1.58 Dong wich was 2 xu shy of the correct tariff of 1.60 but apparently this was not noticed by the postal clerk. Numerical arrival cancel from Fulda on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 50xu Engels stamp together with two of the Domestic Birds stamps for an overall postage of 74xu mailed to Paris, France.

Mixed franking of the 12 xu Revolution stamps plus the 50 xu Engels stamp paying an overall postage of 74 xu on an international letter sent from Hai Phong to Switzerland in 1972. Hai-Phong transit cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of two of the yellow 12 xu stamp plus the 50 xu Engels stamp paying an overall postage of 74 xu on an international air mail letter sent rom Hai Phong to Switzerland.

Mixed franking of the 50xu Engels stamp with other NVN stamps for an overall postage 1.78D on a registered air-mail letter to Paris, France in 1973.

Mixed franking of the 50xu Engels stamp together with the 2xu NLF stamp for an overall postage of 52xu sent on an air-mail letter (full content preserved) to Leipzig, East Germany.

Mixed franking of the 50xu value together with the 5xu Sport Games stamp for an overall postage of 55xu on an air-mail letter (full content preserved) sent to East Germany . Note that the Hai Phong cancel is missing the year date line.

Mixed franking of the 50xu Engels stamp together with a 3xu Communist Party stamp for an overall postage of 53xu on an air-mail letter sent from Hanoi to Czechoslovakia. Note that the Hanoi cancel is missing the year date line.

Multiple franking of the 50 xu value (2) paying an overall postage of 1 Dong on an international letter sent from Hai-Phong to Switzerland.

Mixed franking of the 50 xu Engels stamp (3) together with the 12 xu Rice Harvest stamp paying an overall postage of 1.62 D on an international air mail letter sent from Hanoi to France.