The exact date when the second series was issued is not featured in the catalogues. All they state is 1945/1946. The second series is philatelically more interesting as…
in 1946 the Viet Minh began issuing overprints on Indochinese stamps that had little to do with postal necessities but were more focused on revenue generation. So the…
After the French left North Vietnam following the Geneva Agreement that was finalized on July 21st, 1954 the Viet Minh Government under Ho Chi Minh entered Hanoi on…
After the currency reform which included devaluing it by a factor of 10 the old 100 and 200 Dong Ho Chi Minh values that were still readily available…
The second overprint issue stayed in circulation for over 18 months before the postal authorities issued a third overprint version that was designed to be even more legible…
North Vietnam, Victory at Dien Bien Phu, October 1954 (NVN Michel Nr. 12-14); The victory of the Viet Minh Army at Dien Bien Phu on May 7th, 1954…
North Vietnam, Liberation of the capital of Hanoi, January 1st, 1955 (Michel Nr. 23-25); the Viet Minh did not waste much time after taking over Hanoi in October…
Land Reform, February 1955 to June, 1956, (Michel Nr.NVN Nr. 26-30). Between 1954 and 1956 the North Vietnamese Government conducted a land reform that basically consisted of confiscating…
North Vietnam, Opening of the Railway from Hanoi to Muc Nam Quan, March 1, 1956 (Michel Nr. 31-34); After the railroad infrastructure in North Vietnam had been relentlessly…
North Vietnam, 1st Anniversary of Tran Dang Ninh’s Death, July 1st, 1956 (Michel Nr. 42-45); This set, honoring the recent death of a military commander, was clearly intended…