Domestic Chicken Breeds

North Vietnam, Domestic Chicken Breeds, February 29th, 1968, Michel Nr. 505-512; Eight values in the nominals of 12 xu (four stamps), 20 xu, 30 xu and 40 xu and 50 xu were issued perforated 12.0 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set.

Here is the mint imperforate set:

Mint imperforate set in blocks of four.

Below are very rare imperforate trial proofs that show slightly different colors of the frame and the writing. These stamps also show significant “color kisses” on the reverse in yet other colors. The handwritten markings were applied by the printer.

Front of the 12 xu proof

Reverse of the 12 xu proof

Front of the 12 xu proof

Back of the 12 xu proof:

Front of the 20 xu proof:

Back of the 20 xu proof:

Front of the 50 xu proof:

Back of the 50 xu proof:

Mixed franking of the 6xu Labor Day stamps (2) together with the 20xu and 50 xu Wild Animal stamps and there 30xu Chicken stamps paying an overall postage of 1.12D on an international air mail letter sent in June of 1968 by the North Vietnamese Red Cross to the Red Cross Head Quarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Here is a very rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in October of 1968. It features the entire imperforate chicken set. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 1.88 Dong which appears to be in excess of the required tariff for a standard registered express mail letter to West Germany (1.60 Dong). However, the letter may have contained stamps that Klewitz had orderd from his domestic contact and so may have been heavier than the standard 20 grams. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking using the 3xu value of the Mountain Province set plus other NVN stamps (including the 20xu Chicken stamp)for an overall postage of 74xu on a homemade letter to France.

Mixed franking of two of the Rose stamps plus the 50 xu Chicken stamps paying an overall postage of 74 xu on a letter sent from Hai Phong to Switzerland.

Mixed ranking of the 50 xu Chicken stamp together with stamps from the Space and Maxi Gorki sets paying an overall postage of 74 xu on an international letter sent from Hai Phong to Switzerland in January of 1969. East Berlin transit cancel on the reverse.

Very rare registered express mail sent to Klewitz in March of 1972. It carries pair of the 40 xu and one of the 50 xu stamps of the sport series. It also carried a pair of the 10 xu Pagaoda stamp issue and a 12 xu stamp of the domestic chicken series. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 2.02 Dong which was most likely in excess of the required tariff of 1.60 Dong for a standard 20 gram registered express mail letter to West Germany.

Very rare registered express mail letter mailed to Klewitz featuring half of the im-perforated set plus the im-perfroated 40 xu value of the chicken set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall franking amounted to 1.64 which was a tad above the required tariff of 1.60 Dong. Hannover transit and Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Very rare registered express mail letter mailed to Klewitz featuring half of the im-perforated set plus the im-perforated 12xu and 40 xu value of the chicken set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall franking amounted to 1.64 which was a tad above the required tariff of 1.60 Dong. Hannover transit and Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Very rare registered express mail cover mailed to Klewitz in March of 1972 featuring the souvenir sheet and some im-perforated stamps of the chicken set. Souvenir sheets and im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall franking amounted to 1.84 which appears to be in line with the required tariff for such a large envelope. Hannover transit and Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in May of 1975. The letter features the entire set plus a number of the imperforate chicken set from 1968. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 2.60 Dong which was higher than the standard 20 gram registered express mail letter to West Germany (Tariff of 2.10) but the letter may have been heavier than the standard.