135. Birthday of Qi Baishi

Unified Vietnam, 135. Birthday of Qi Baishi, September 16th, 1998, Michel Nr. 2943-2948; Six stamps in nominals of 400D, 1,000D, 2,000D, 4,000D, 6,000D and 9,000D were issued in perforation 13.25:13 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set in horizontal pairs

and here the mint imperforate set in horizontal pairs

Official First Day Covers

Official Maximum Cards

Registered air mail letter sent in October of 1998 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Qi Baishi set plus stamps from the Vietnamese Painters (imperforate) set for an overall postage of 36,400D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in October of 1998 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Qi Baishi set plus stamps from the Vietnamese Painters (imperforate) and PACIFIC 97 (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 41,500D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 6,000D Bonsai value together with the 1,000D Qi Baishi stamp paying an overall postage of 7,000D on a postcard sent from Saigon to West Germany.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 2000 as a mixed currency mailing from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries block of four of the 150. Birthday of Tran Xuan Soan stamp plus stamps from the Fruits, Lilies (imperforate) and Qi Baishi (imperforate) and World Union Congress sets. The World Union Congress block of four shows a significant passer-shift of the green color downwards. Imperforate stamps and error stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The Union Congress stamps were still denominated in old Dong. On September 14th, 1985 the Vietnamese Government conducted a currency devaluation in which the old Dong was devalued by 10:1. Stamps issued prior to that date were hence only worth one tenth of their original face value. The overall postage of the letter therefore amounted to 20 oD :10 = 2 nD plus stamps in new Dong (34,000 nD) plus the red free frank for 7,900 nD for a total of 41,900 nD. Orange German Post route coding on front. Incoming German Post registration receipt o the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in May of 2000 from Saigon to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Cock Fights set plus stamps from the Moth and Qi Baishi (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 33,200D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.