Unified Vietnam, Day of Cosmonautics, December 30th, 1988, Michel Nr. 1950-1957, Block 63; Seven stamps in nominals of 10D (two stamps), 20D (two stamps), 30D (two stamps) and 50D were issued in perforation 12.75 and imperforate. Klewitz reports an issuance date of December 29th, 1988 so the December 30th, 1988 date reported by Michel may not be correct. There are also First Day Covers dated January 8th, 1989 so the exact issuance date is not clear yet.
Stamps sold at Vietnamese post offices had no gum while stamps sold by the official Vietnamese stamp agency were gummed.
Here is the mint perforated set
and here the mint imperforate set
A very rare printing error is known of the souvenir-sheet. Here the entire black printing run is missing, which means there is no inscription or nominal value visible.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated Cosmonautic stamps plus stamps from the Hydro Stations, USSR Peace Treaty and Water Lilies (imperforate) sets. There are also three military free franks issued in 1989. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 6.653D (including the red free frank for 3,350D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated Cosmonautic stamps plus stamps from the Hydro Stations, Union Congress (imperforate), FINLANDIA Stamp Exhibition (stamp from souvenir-sheet), Child Immunization, and Water Lilies (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 6,240D (including the red free frank for 3,530D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries imperforate Cosmonautic stamps plus stamps from the Hydro Stations, Fruits, Dong Da, Inter-Parlamentarian Union and Water Lilies (imperforate) sets. for an overall postage of 6.470D (including the red free frank for 2,860D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries imperforate Cosmonautic stamps and the imperforate souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Parrots (imperforate), INDIA Stamp Exhibition, Dong Da and Inter-Parlamentarian Union sets for an overall postage of 6,560D (including the red free frank for 4,070D). Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Cosmonautics set plus stamps from the Fruits, Hydro Station and INDIA Stamp Exhibition sets for an overall postage of 6,450D. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Cosmonautics set plus stamps from the Cactis, Hydro Station and Dong Da sets for an overall postage of 6,470D (including the red free frank for 3,220D). Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Cosmonautics set plus stamps from the Hydro Station set for an overall postage of 6,440D (including the red free frank for 3,120D). Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Cosmonautics set and souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Tourism (imperforate) and Interior Ministry Troop (imperforate) sets. Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. The Interior Ministry Troop stamps were still denominated in old Dong while all other stamps were already denominated in new Dong. The Vietnamese Government conducted a devaluation of the Dong on September 14th, 1985. This meant that all stamps issued prior to this date were only worth one tenth at the time of mailing. The overall postage hence amounted to 20 oD = 2 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (289 nD) plus the red free frank for 6,120 nD for 6,402 nD. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Cosmonautics souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Dong Da, Hydro Stations, Communist Party, Communication Year and Tourism (souvenir-sheet) sets. Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. The Communist Party and Communication Year stamps were still denominated in old Dong while all other stamps were already denominated in new Dong. The Vietnamese Government conducted a devaluation of the Dong on September 14th, 1985. This meant that all stamps issued prior to this date were only worth one tenth at the time of mailing. The overall postage hence amounted to 3.20 oD = 0.32 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (6,230 nD) plus the red free frank for 6,660 nD for 12,890.32 nD.
Registered air mail letter sent in October of 1989 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the entire perforated Rice Planting set plus stamps from the Cosmonautics (souvenir-sheets perforated and imperforate), Off-shore Oil Production and Hydro Stations for an overall postage of 17,930D (including the red free frank for 17,930D). Souvenir-Sheets on postally used cover are very rare.
Registered air mail letter sent in May of 1989 as a mixed currency franking from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Cosmonautic souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the INDIA Stamp Exhibition, Hydro Stations, Ocean Creatures, Cambodian National Day and Mammals of the Sea sets. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. The Ocean Creatures stamps were still denominated in old Dong while all other stamps were already denominated in new Dong. The Vietnamese Government conducted a devaluation of the Dong on September 14th, 1985. This meant that all stamps issued prior to this date were only worth one tenth at the time of mailing. The overall postage hence amounted to 4 oD = 0.40 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (5,699 nD) plus the red free frank for 2,820 nD for 8,519.4nD. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registration Nr. 104660
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