Reconstruction of the old City of Hue

South Vietnam, Reconstruction of the old City of Hue , June 10th, 1970, Michel Nr. SVN 452-453; Two stamps in nominals of 6D (Q:3,000,000) and 20D (Q:2,000,000) were issued in perforation 13.5.

Here is the mint set.

and here the postally used set.

A few of the prepared but not issued stamps were left imperforate and sold this way after the war. Here is the set of these imperforate trial proofs in pairs.

Single franking of the 6D value on a domestic air mail letter sent by a civilian in Can Tho to a member of the military (KBC 4100/Thu Duc Infantry School).

Single franking of the 6D value on a domestic letters ent by a civilian to a member of the military (KBC 3398/Costal Defense Navy Group 4 in Phu Quoc) in July of 1970.

Multiple franking of the 6D value (2) paying an overall postage of 12D on an international printed matter mailing sent fromSaigon Cholon to West Germany.

Multiple franking of the 6D value (3) paying an overall postage of 18D on an international surface letter sent from Saigon to West Germany in December of 1970.

Mixed franking of the 2D Folk Dance stamps (8) together with stamps from the Nguyễn Đình Chiểu and Reconstruction of Hue sets paying an overall postage of 58D on an international air mail letter sent from Saigon to England in May of 1971.

Mixed franking of the 6D Hue Reconstruction stamps (8) together with stamps from the Vietnamese Women, Craft and Wandering Soul sets paying an overall postage of 60D on an international air mail letter sent from Quang Gai to the United States in November of 1970. De Monies arrival cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the City of Hue 6D stamp together with the 6D Tru’ng Sisters stamp paying an overall postage fo 12D on a rare printed matter mailing sent from Saigon to France in Aril of 1972.

Mixed franking of the 6D and 20D value paying an overall postage of 26D on an international air mail letter sent from Da Nang to the United States in May of 1971.

Single franking of the 20D value on an international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Switzerland in September of 1970.

Multiple franking of the 20D value (2) paying an overall postage of 40D on an international air mail letter sent to France.

Mixed franking of the 20D value (7) together with a single 7D Folk Dances stamp paying an overall postage of 147D on an international registered letter sent from Saigon Ben Thanh to the United States in July of 1971. New York arrival cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 20D Reconstruction of Hue stamps (2) together with the 8D Desctruction by the TET Offensive paying an overall postage of 48D on an international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Switzerland in July of 1971.

Mixed franking of the 20D City of Hue stamps (4) together with stamps from the TET-Offensive and Labor Daysets paying an overall postage of 97D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to the United States in February of 1971. New York arrival cancel on the reverse.

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 20D value (3) on a partial letter front from July of 1971.

Mixed franking of the 20D Reconstruction of Hue stamps (2) together with the 3D Folk Customs stamp paying an overall postage of 43D on an international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Switzerland July of 1971.

Mixed franking of the 2D (2) and 6D (2) Folk Dance stamps together with stamps from the Fruit and Reconstruction of Hue sets paying an overall postage of 37D on a very rare domestic registered express air mail letter sent from Hue to Than Thuet. Domestic express mail letters are very hard to find.

Mixed franking of the Reconstruction of Hue set together with stamps from the Sisters Tru’u’ng, World Food Organization, Sport and Youth, 5 Years Republic and Saigon-Dong Ha Rail Line sets paying an overall postage of 34D on a rare international registered express mail lettre sent from Da Lat to West germany in October of 1971.