Sculptures of the Tay-Phu'o'ng Pagoda

North Vietnam, Sculptures of the Tay-Phu’o’ng Pagoda, July 30th, 1971, Michel Nr. 660-667; Eight stamps in the nominals of 12 xu (four stamps), 30 xu, 40 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.

Postcard sent in December of 1978 to Budapest, Hungary. The card failed one of the 50xu Sculptures plus one of the 50xu October Revolution stamps for a total postage of 1D.

Very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in February of 1972 featuring half of the im-perforated set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 1.66 Dong which was just a tad above the required tariff od 1.60 Dong.

Very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in February of 1972 featuring the other half of the im-perforated set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 1.62 Dong which was just a tad above the required tariff od 1.60 Dong.

Rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in October of 1974. The letter features the 30 xu and 1 Dong value of the set. The overall postage amounted to 1.64 Dong which appears to be in excess of the required postage of 1.00 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in in September of 1975. The letter featured three of the sculpture set. The letter also features a number of im-perforated stamps. Im-perforated stamps postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 3.30 Dong which appears to be high as compared to a standard express mail letter to West Germany (Tariff of 1.50). Fulda arrival cancel in front and Hannover arrival cancel on the reverse.

Very rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in December,ber of 1975. It features the 25 Years PRC stamp plus some im-perforated stamps from the sculpture set. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The over-all postage amounted to 3.66 Dong which appears to be in excess of the required tariff of 1.50 Dong for a standard 20 gram express mail letter to West Germany.

Another very rare express mail letter sent to Klewitz in August of 1977. It carries some of the im-perforated dragon fly stamps plus other im-perforated pagoda and sculpture stamps. There are also two of the 12 xu sculpture stamps. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 1.95 Dong. Bad Nauheim transit and Fulda arrival cancels on the reverse.

Rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in August of 1978. It features pairs of the entire set plus 12 xu value of the sculpture set for an overall postage of 4.10 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Green Fulda custom cachet on the front.

Rare registered express mail letter sent from Haiphong to Klewitz in August of 1978. It carries pairs of the grey-blue inscription 6 and 12 xu stamp and pairs of the other 6xu and 12 xu stamps. There are also two of the 30 Dong National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) stamps. The currency of the Viet Cong stamps represented the currency of the South Vietnamese Regime and hence was not compatible with the Dong of North Vietnam. Also Viet Cong stamps were, according to postal regulations, not to be used or cancelled in the North. This regulation clearly was disregarded in this particular case. A 50 xu stamp of the sculpture set was added to the back. Disregarding the technically invalid Viet Cong stamps the overall postage amounted to 4.28 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.