Domestic Birds

North Vietnam, Domestic Birds, October 12th, 1972, Michel Nr. 701-706; Six stamps wit the nominals of 12 xu (two stamps), 30 xu, 40 xu, 50 xu and 1 Dong were issued in perforation 12.0 and im-perforated.

Here is the mint perforated set.

Here is the mint imperforate set:

Very rare single franking of one of the 12xu values on a local letter (full content preserved) sent from Nghe An (small post office) to Ben Tre in August of 1976.

Rare single franking of the 40xu value on an air-mail letter sent from Hanoi to Moscow, Soviet Union in August of 1975. Moscow arrival cancel on the reverse.

Philatelic letter featuring the entire set (short of one of the 12xu stamps) sent from Hanoi to Budapest, Hungary in December of 1973.

Very rare letter sent to Klewitz in June of 1974 featuring the entire im-perforated set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter mounted to 2.48 Dong which was in excess of the required tariff of 1.00 Dong for a standard 20 gram express mail letter to West Germany.

Mixed franking of three 12xu Orchid stamps together with two 12xu Domestic Animal stamps paying a 60xu postage for an air-mail letter to East Germany in January of 1977.

Mixed franking of the 50xu Bird stamps together with the 40xu Aircraft Shot Down and 2xu NLF stamps for an overall postage of 92xu on an air-mail letter sent to Hungary in December of 1973.

Mixed franking including the 50 xu value of the set on a registered air mail letter to Klewitz in West Germany. The overall postage amounted to 2.60 Dong. The base letter tariff to the West had increased to 1 Dong as of January 1st, 1975. The international registration fee still stayed at 60 xu. However, an air-mail surcharge was introduced on December 1st, 1976 that amounted to 40 xu for every 5 grams of weight. One can therefore assume that the letter must have weighed around 10 grams. Note the green Fulda customs hand stamp indicating that the letter contained some merchandise (most likely stamps).

Single franking of the 1D value on an international air mail letter sent Nigh An to East Germany .

Very large registered letter sent from Nguyen Rai to Klewitz in June of 1982. It carries a block of six of the red 30 xu stamp with horizontal double perforation of the lilac-red color variety and a pair of the same stamps in orange-red with the right stamp showing the “glass-eye” plate error on the right stamp. Error stamps on postally used cover are very rare. 30 xu Bird stamp on the reverse. The overall postage amounted to 12.84 Dong. Faint green Fulda custom cachet on front.