Chinese New Year "Year of the Rat"

Unified Vietnam, Chinese New Year “Year of the Rat”, January 2nd, 1996, Michel Nr. 2744-2745; Two stamps with nominals of 400D and 8,000D were issued in perforation 13:13.50 and imperforate. There was also a souvenir-sheet wit a 13,000D nominal that was produced in perforation 13.75:13.25 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set

and here the mint imperforate set

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 Flower sets for an overall postage of 37,800D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1996 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Year of the Rat set plus stamps from the Year of the Rooster (imperforate) and Alpine Flower sets for an overall postage of 34,600D. Souvenir-sheets and imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Registered air mail letter sent in January of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Environmental Protection sheetlet plus stamps from the Chinese New Year of the Rat set for an overall postage of 24,800D.

Registered air mail letter sent in January of 1997 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Environmental Protection sheetlet plus stamps from the Chinese New Year of the Rat (imperforate) set for an overall postage of 24,800D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

International air mail letter sent in May of 1997 from Hanoi to Klewitz and featuring five of the eight Tay-Phu’o’ng Pagoda plus the 8,000D Year of the Rat stamp paying an overall postage of 23,600D.

Registered air mail letterset in April of 1998 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Bonsai souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Vajra Sculptures and Year of the Rat sets for an overall postage of 34,200D. Souvenir-Sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Orange German Post routing coding on front and incoming German Post registered receipt on the reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries pairs of the perforated and imperforate Vietnamese New Year “Year of the Cat” set plus stamps from the Year of the Rat, Domestic Pheasants (stamp from the souvenir-sheet) and World Exposition Sevilla (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 55,400D (including the red free frank for 7,100D). Stamps from souvenir-sheets and imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

International Air mail letter sent in August of 1999 from Go Vap (small post office) to France featuring one 3,000 Asian Attractions, one 8,000D Year of the Rat and a 400D Medical Plants paying an overall postage of 11,400D. Orange electronic postal routing code on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in May of 2000 from Saigon to Klewitz. The letter carries the Vietnam in the 20th Century souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Year of the Rat, Year of the Dragon and Tennis (miniature-sheet) sets for an overall postage of 45,600D. Souvenir-Sheets and miniature sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 50 Years Newspaper “Thieu Nien” stamp together with stamps from the Alleged Adulteress, Year of the Rat (stamp from the souvenir-sheet) and Saola Antelope sets paying an overall postage of 37,400D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klwitz in September of 2004. Stamps from souvenir-sheets are very hard to find a postally used letters. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.