One stamp in a 150D nominal was issued on December 31st, 1958 in perforation 12. This was the last stamp that was denominated in Old Dong.
Here is the mint stamp
Here is the cancelled to order stamp
Hers is a postally used stamp. Postally used stamps are at least ten times rarer than cancelled to order stamps.
Here is a mint pair that shows a significant perforation shift.
It took the editor years to find this stamp on a postally used cover. Here is a mixed currency franking of the Handicraft Exhibition stamps that were denominated in 1,150 Old Dong. The Old Dong was devalued on March 1st, 1959 by 1000:1 hence was only worth 1.15 New Dong. So the overall postage together with the 50xu Animal stamp amounted to 1.2 New Dong. The standard letter rate to friendly communist countries at the time amounted to 20 New Xu which means that a letter to an unfriendly capitalist country was six times as expensive!
Registration Nr. 100170
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