Unified Vietnam, Ducks, February 15th, 1990, Michel Nr. 2120-2125; Six stamps were produced together in sheetlets with nominals of 100D, 300D, 500D, 1,000D, 2,000D and 3,000D and in perforation 13 and imperforate. The sheetlets were produced in four to the large sheet. Perforated sheets were sent to the post offices horizontally folded in the middle while imperforate sheets were mechanically pre-cut at the printing works.
Here is the left half of a perforated sheet featuring two attached sheetlets attached to each other.
Below is the same arrangement but this time of an imperforate sheetlet pair. These pairs are rather rare as they were not available at the post office.
Mixed franking of the entire Duck set plus a red free frank of 7,760D paying an overall postage of 14,660D on a registered international air mail letter sent from HCM City to Hong Kong in March of 1990.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1990 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klwitz. The letter carries the perforated Duck sheetlet plus stamps from the 40 Years East Germany, Poisonous Snakes and French Revolution (souvenir-sheet) for an overall postage of 16,050D (including the red free frank for 8,180D). Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1990 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klwitz. The letter carries the imperforate Duck sheetlet plus stamps from the Locomotives (souvenir-sheet), Communication, 60 Years Communist Party I, Helicopters (souvenir-sheet) and 70 Years October Revolution (souvenir-sheet) sets for an overall postage of 14,850D (including the red free frank for 8,180D). Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1990 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated stamps from the American Discovery and the souvenir-sheet set plus stamps the Duck set for an overall postage of 9,700D (including the red free frank for 2,900D). Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.
Registered air mail letter sent in June of 1990 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated stamps from the HCM Birthday set and the perforated souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Duck and Gold Fish sets for an overall postage of 9,300D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet.
Registration Nr. 104960
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