Chinese New Year "Year of the Monkey"

Unified Vietnam, Chinese New Year “Year of the Monkey”, December 1st, 2003, Michel Nr. 3312-3313; Two stamps in nominals of 800D and 8,000D were issued in perforation 13.5 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set in blocks of four

These stamps were printed by the soft- and hardware produced by the German company “Heidelberger Druckmaschinen GmbH” which can be seen by the printed color scheme visible on the selvage of the sheet margins.

Here is the mint imperforate set in blocks of four

Official First Day Cover

Mixed ranking of the perforated Chinese New Year “Year of the Monkey” together with the Chinese New Year “Year of the Rooster” set paying an overall postage of 14,000D on an international air mail letter sent from Ban Co to Klewitz in December of 2003.

Mixed franking of the perforated Chinese New Year “Year of the Monkey” set together with stamps from the Chinese New Year “Year of the Dragon” (imperforate), 110th Birthday of Ho Chi Minh, Gold Fish (imperforate) and 95th Birthday of Ngo Gia Tu’ sets paying an overall postage of 24,600D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klwitz in March of 2004. Imperforate stamps on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the imperforate Chinese New Year “Year of the Monkey” set together with stamps from the International Stamp Exhibition IBRA 99, Vietnamese Women Fashion, Landscapes of South Vietnam (imperforate) and 95th Birthday of Ngo Gia Tu’sets paying an overall postage of 34,800D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klwitz in March of 2004. Imperforate stamps on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.