South Vietnam, Classical Vietnamese Fashion, March 13th, 1970, Michel Nr. SVN 448-451, Four stamps in nominals of 1D (Q:1,000,000), 2D (Q:1,000,000), 3D (Q:1,500,000) and 100D (Q:500,000) were issued in perforation 13.5.

Here is the mint set

These stamps were not officially released imperforate, however, a small number of imperforate trial proofs have come to market. Here is the imperforate set in rare blocks of four.

Enpreuves de Luxe; printed on thin stamp like paper. Government Printing Bureau Tokyo printed at bottom right.

Rare single franking of the 1D value cancelled unusually by the triangular KBC cachet on a international printed matter mailing sent by a member of the military (KBC 4449) to a civilian located in the United States.

Mixed franking of the 1D Vietnamese Fashion stamp together with two of the Emperor Grave Hue coil stamps paying an overall postage of 3D paying the 50% discounted military tariff on a letter sent in 1970 by a member of the military (KBC 3198/1st Air Division in Da Nang) to a civilian in Saigon. Red KBC cachet on front.

Mixed franking of the 1D Indigenous People stamp together with stamps from the Vietnamese Fashion, Birds, Mobile Post Office, Vietnamese Women and National Unity sets paying an overall postage of 18D on an international air mail letter sent from Vung Tau to Sweden in June of 1970.

Multiple franking of the 2D value (2) paying an overall postage of 4D on on a domestic air mail letter sent by a member of the military (KBC 4181/ an RNVN Reconnaissance Unit) from Duc Giang to a civilian in Saigon in September of 1970.

Mixed franking of the 2D Vietnamese Fashion stamp together with stamps from the Bird and Vietnamese Women stamps paying an overall postage of 33D on an international air mail letter sent from Saigon-Le Loi to The United States in July of 1970.

Rare single franking of the 3D value on a domestic printed matter mailing sent within Saigon in 1971.

Mixed franking of the 2D and 3D Vietnamese Fashion stamps together with stamps from the Indigenous People, Birds, Friendly Nations, Mobile Post Office, General Mobilization and City of Hue sets paying an overall postage of 27D on an international air mail letter sent from Vung Tau to Sweden in October of 1970.

Mixed franking of the 3D Vietnamese Fashion stamp together with stamps from the Birds, City of Hue, General Mobilization and Vietnamese Women sets paying an overall postage of 27D on an international air mail letter (full contents preserved) sent from Vung Tau to Sweden in September of 1970.

Mixed franking of the 3D Vietnamese Fashion stamp together with stamps from the Bird and City of Hue sets paying an overall postage of 46D on an international air mail letter sent from Cholon to the United States in June of 1970.

Multiple franking of the 3D value (2) paying an overall postage of 6D on a domestic letter sent with Saigon Colon in October of 1971.

Mixed franking of the Vietnamese Women Fashion set together with stamps from the Emperor Graves Hue, Rolling Post Offices and Agrarian Reform sets paying an overall postage of 115D on a rare international registered express mail letter sent from Da Lat to West Germany. Saigon machine transit cancel on the reverse. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Ex Klewitz.

Mixed franking of the Vietnamese Women Fashion set plus stamps from the Civil Self Defense, Caligraphy and 2 Years Agrarian Reform Law paying an overall postage of 231D on a rare international registered express air mail letter sent from Duong Dong to West Germany. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 1D, 2D  and 3D stamp from Classical Vietnamese Fashion set together with stamps from the War Invalids from the TET Offensive, Birds and the Mobile Post Office stamp from the booklet paying an overall postage of 37D on an international air mail letter setoff rom Saigon to West Germany.

Very rare single franking of the 100D value on an international air mail letter sent from a member of the American Consulate in Hong Kong (using a San Francisco military default address) in Saigon to  Hong Kong.

Mixed franking of the 100D Vietnamese Women Fashion stamps (2) together with two Emperor Quang Trung, Destruction by Ten Offensive and Wax Soldier sets paying an overall postage of 288D on a rare international express mail letter sent from Saigon to West Germany. Frankfurt transit and Hannover arrival cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 100D Vietnamese Women Fashion stamp together with stamps from the Emperor Quang Trung, Harvest and Country Development sets paying an overall postage of 166D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Switzerland in November of 1972.

Mixed franking of the 100D Vietnamese Fashion stamp together with stamps from the Wax Soldier and Craft sets paying an overall postage of 149D on a registered international sent from Saigon to the United States in November of 1972. Chicago arrival cancels on the reverse.

Registration Nr. 200960

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