Chinese New Year "Year of the Snake"

Unified Vietnam, Chinese New Year “Year of the Snake”, January 3rd, 2001, Michel Nr. 3119-3120; Two stamps in nominals of 400D and 8,000D were issued in perforation 13.5 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set in blocks of four

and here the mint imperforate set in blocks of four

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 2001 from Ban Co to Klewitz. The letter carries pairs of the perforated Chinese New Year “Year of the Snake” set plus stamps from the Freightliners and Mushrooms sets for an overall postage of 30,800D.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 2001 from Ban Co to Klewitz. The letter carries multiple sets of the imperforate Chinese New Year “Year of the Snake” for an overall postage of 41,200D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the perforated and imperforate Year of the Horse souvenir-sheets together with stamps from the Year of the Snake, Vietnamese Red Cross, Mushrooms, International Stamp Exhibition HONG KONG, Diesel Locomotives and Birds sets paying an overall postage of 46,400D on a registered air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in April of 2002. Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used letters are very hard to find.

Mixed franking of the Costumes of Tuong Opera set together with stamps from the Von Thi Sau, Year of the Snake, Tran Huy Lieu, Nam Cao and World Non-Smoking Day sets paying an overall postage of 42,800D on a registered air mail letter sent from Quan 4 to Klewitz in February of 2002.