Chinese New Year "Year of the Pig"

Unified Vietnam, Chinese New Year “Year of the Pig”, January 2nd, 1995, Michel Nr. 2656-2657; Two stamps in nominals of 400D and 8,000D were issued in perforation 13 and Imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set in horizontal pairs

and here the mint imperforate set in horizontal pairs

Single franking of the 400D stamp on a post card mailed by Klewitz in March of 1995

Single franking of the 400D value on a local cover sent within HCM City in March of 1995.

Registered air mail letter sent in February of 1995 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the the perforated and imperforate “Year of the Pig” sets plus stamps from the “Year of the Rooster” (imperforate), Honey Bees (imperforate) and Cat (stamp from souvenir-sheet) sets for an overall postage of 31,300D. Imperforate stamps and stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1996 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Year of the Rat set plus stamps from the Year of the Pig and Alpine Roses sets for an overall postage of 37,800D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The lettre carries the perforated and imperforate Year of the Ox set plus stamps from the Birds, Flowers, Year of the Pig (imperforate) and Women Union (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 27,800D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.