100 Years Nobel Price

Unified Vietnam, 100 Ywars Nobel Price, January 27th, 2001, Michel Nr. 3127; A single stamp with a 400D nominal and in perforation 13.75:13.5 was issued.

Here is the mint stamp in a pair

Mint block of four

Official First Day Cover

Mixed franking of the 1,000D Mask stamp together with the 400D Nobel Price stamps paying an overall postage of 1,400D on a domestic registered air mail letter sent from Go Song Hinh to HCM City in April of 2001. HCM City arrival cancel on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 2001 from Saigon to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated and imperforate Sea Horse stamps plus stamps from the Nobel Price sets for an overall postage of 30,800. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 2001 from Quan 4 to Klewitz. The letter carries the Paintings of the Seasons souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Congress of the Heres of Work, Protected Fresh Water Fish, Forest Fruits and Entry into the new Millennium sets for an overall postage of 25,000D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Mixed franking of the Bamboo Lanterns set together with stamps from the 100 Years Nobel Price, International Stamp Exhibition ESPANA, Dien Bien Phu and Liberation of South Vietnam sets. The letter also carries a military free frank that was not valid for international postage but was accepted by the postal clerk nevertheless. The 0.600kg imperforate Official Rice stamp from 1954 was technically still valid for postage but was improperly used on this private mail so was clearly philatelically motivated.