South Vietnam, Refugee Aid, July 20th, 1966, Michel Nr. SVN 358-359; Two stamps in nominals of 3D and 7F were issued in perforation 13.
Here is the mint set.
and here is the postally used 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.
Enpreuves de Luxe; “Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste, Paris” inscribed at bottom right.
A small number of color trial proofs were produced for postal authorities to decide which particular color worked best for this issue:
Single franking of the 3D value on a domestic letter (full contents preserved) sent to Saigon in November of 1968.
Single franking of the 3D value on a letter sent in November of 1970 by a civilian in Saigon to a member of the military (KBC 4721/Air Force Traiming Center in Nha Trang).
Single franking ion the 7D value on a registered domestic letter sent within Saigon in August of 1968.
Single franking ion the 7D value on a registered domestic letter sent within Saigon in September of 1967.
Mixed franking of the 7D Refugee Aid samp together with stamps from the Air Mail, Sport and Youth, Sports, Buildings and Confucius Year and 3 Years of Revolution sets paying an overall postage of 36D on an international air mail letter set from Saigon to Switzerland in October of 1967.
Registration Nr. 200610
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