North Vietnam, Economic and Cultural Development of the Mountain Regions, February 28th, 1965, Michel Nr. 354-356; Three stamps in the nominals of 2 xu, 3 xu and 12 xu were issued in perforation 11.0.
Here is the set in mint blocks of four:
Rare single franking of the 12xu stamp on a letter sent from Hanoi to Moscow, Soviet Union in August of 1965. Moscow airport cachet on front. Moscow arrival cancel on the reverse.
Mixed currency franking of a pair of the 150D Resistance in South Vietnam stamps with one of the 3xu South Mountain Provinces stamps documenting a mixed currency transaction. The 150D stamps were devalued by 1,000:1 on March 1st, 1959 so were only worth 30 xu for the pair in 1970. The overall postage amounted hence to 73 xu. Mailings to Switzerland were still pretty rare in the early 1970’s.
Mixed franking of the 12xu Anniversary of the Revolution stamps (3) together with the 2xu Cultural Development and 8xu Birthday of Lenin stamps paying an overall postage of 46xu on an international air mail printed matter sent from Hanoi to East Germany in February of 1967.
Mixed franking of the 2xu Mountain Provinces stamp (2) together with stamps from the 5 Year Plan and 20. Anniversary of the Revolution sets paying an overall postage of 12xu which was the correct tariff for a standard letter to East Germany.
Mixed franking of the 3xu Cultural Development stamp together with the 50xu Geneva Agreement, 1 xu Liberation Front and 20 xu Hydrogen Bomb stamps paying an overall postage of 74xu on an international air mail mailing by Xunhasaba sent in November of 1969 from Hanoi to Sweden.
Mixed franking using three of the 2xu Mountain Provinces stamp together with the 30xu Traffic Minister stamp and two im-perforated 50xu Flower stamps for an overall postage of 1.36D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.
Mixed franking using the 3xu value of the Mountain Province set plus other NVN stamps for an overall postage of 74xu on a homemade letter to France.
Mixed franking of the 50xu Bamboo stamp together with the 2xu Mountain Provinces stamp for an overall postage of 52xu on a letter to Czechoslovakia in January of 1968.
Here is an interesting mixed currency franking mailed to Klewitz in 1965. The Bay of Ha Long stamps from 1959 were devalued 1,000:1 which meant the nominal of 500 Old Dong was now worth 0.50 New Dong or 50 xu. The overall franking hence came to 1.12 Dong. This was just a whisker above the required tariff for a registered letter to West Germany of 1.10 Dong.
Mixed franking of two of the 40xu value of the Home and People set plus the 3xu Mountain Tribes for an overall postage of 83xu on a Xunhasaba letter sent to Tours, France in July of 1970.
Letter from Xunhasaba mailed as “Printed Matter” in September of 1965 to a stamp dealer or collector. The letter carried a mixed franking including the 20xu Space Exploration stamp for an overall postage of 74 xu.
Mixed franking by Xunhasaba featuring the 50xu Space Exploration stamp plus other stamps from the Mountain Tribe and Phu Lo’i set for an overall postage of 74xu.
Letter mailed in July of 1967 featuring a mixed franking of the 50xu Geneva Convention stamp plus the 2xu Mountain Province issue for an overall postage of 52xu. The standard letter rate was only 12xu so either this letter must have beeb much heavier than normal or it was franked incorrectly using the required postage to Western countries.
Air mail letter sent by a member of the Czech Embassy to Czechoslovakia in 1965 featuring the 8xu Lenin stamp, the 2xu Mountain Province stamp and the 50xu Moon Landing stamp for an overall postage of 60xu.
Letter sent to Klewitz in 1965 featuring one of the 12 xu Mountain Regions stamp. The overall franking amounted to 54 xu which was just a whisker above the required tariff of 50 xu for a standard letter to Western Europe.
Very rare registered express mail letter featuring the 3 xu stamp sent to Klewitz in October of 1970. It also features im-perforated pairs of the 20 xu and 30 xu flower series from 1962. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 1.68 Dong which was just a tad above the required tariff of 1.60 Dong for a 20 gram registered express mail letter to West Germany. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse-
Mixed currency mailing from the Vietnamese Red Cross to the Red Cross Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland using four stamps denominated in Old Dong (Railroad and Handicraft sets) in the amount of 3,000 Old Dong (worth only 3 New Dong after the 1,000:1 devaluation on March 1st, 1959). Stamps in New Dong were added in the amount of 1.53D were added for an overall postage of 4.53 New Dong. The letter carries also an im-perforated 50xu stamp of the 1962 Flower set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare.
Registration Nr. 101030
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