Melons

North Vietnam, Melons, July 15th, 1970, Michel Nr. 618-622; Five values in the nominals of 12 xu (two values), 20 xu, 50 xu and 1 Dong were issued perforated 12.0 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set.

Here is the mint imperforate set:

Very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in November of 1970 featuring the entire im-perforated set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 1.94 which may have been in excess of the required tariff. A standard 20 gram registered express mail letter of 1.60 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Air mail letter sent in November of 1970 by the Agency for the Import and Export of Machines to a company in Alfeld, West Germany featuring three of the 20 xu values. The required tariff was apparently 70 xu (as noted by pencil on the top right of the cover) for this larger envelope but the exact nominal was not available and so 72 xu overall postage were used.

Mixed franking of two 12 xu Industrial Worker stamps plus one 50 xu Fruit stamp paying an overall postage of 74 xu on an international letter sent from Hai Phong to Switzerland.

Mixed franking of the 30xu Production and Struggle stamp together with the 20xu Melon stamp for an overall postage of 80xu on a letter from Hai-Phong to Paris, France.

Mixed franking of the 40xu and 50xu Fruits stamps together with the 1D Dragon Fly and two Melon stamps for an overall postage of 2.60D on an air mail letter from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris, France in August of 1977.

Mixed franking sent by Renault Engineering to France in 1976 using one of the 1D Melon stamps plus some other stamps from the time period featuring an overall franking of 1.82D

Mixed franking of the 12xu Fruits stamp together with the 1D Dragon Fly and two Melon stamps for an overall postage of 2.62D on an air mail letter from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris, France in September of 1977.

Mixed franking of the 12xu and 50xu Fruits stamps together with the 1D Melon and Drag Fly stamps for an overall postage of 2.62D on a letter sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris, France in September of 1977.