Chinese New Year "Year of the Horse"

Unified Vietnam, Chinese New Year “Year of the Horse”, January 2nd, 2002, Michel Nr. 3196-3198, Block 133; Two stamps in nominals of 800D and 8,000D plus a souvenir-sheet with a 14,000D nominal were issued in perforations 13.5 (stamps) and 13.5:14 (souvenir-sheet) as well as imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set

and here the mint imperforate set

Official First Day Covers of the perforated set

Single franking of the 8,000D stamp on a Post Card sent from Tam Ky to England in 2004.

Mixed franking of the perforated Year of the Horse set together with stamps from the Useful Insects, Mushrooms, Vietnamese Women Society, 60 Years Creation of Vietnam, Fighting Fish (imperforate) and Landscapes of South Vietnam (imperforate) sets paying an overall postage of 47,800D on a registered air mail letter sent from Ban Co to Klewitz in May of 2002. Imperforate stamps on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the imperforate Year of the Horse stamps together with stamps from the Landscapes of North Vietnam, Fighting Fish (imperforate) and Freightliners (souvenir-sheet) sets paying an overall postage of 42,000D on a registered air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in June of 2002. Imperfroate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt pin the reverse.

Mixed franking of the perforated and imperforate Year of the Horse souvenir-sheets together with stamps from the Year of the Snake, Vietnamese Red Cross, Mushrooms, International Stamp Exhibition HONG KONG, Diesel Locomotives and Birds sets paying an overall postage of 46,400D on a registered air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in April of 2002. Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used letters are very hard to find.

Mixed franking of the Dialogue of Civilizations stamps together with stamps from the Year of the Horse (Tête-bêche Pairs), Mushrooms, Domestic Plants and Domestic Coral Fish (imperforate) sets paying an overall postage of 45,600D on a registered air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in January of 2002. Imperfroate stamps on postally used letter are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the imperforate Commercial Airliner stamp set together with stamps from the Year of the Horse sets (including the stamp from the souvenir-sheet) paying an overall postage of 33,800D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in November of 2002. Imperforate stamps and stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.