Fish

Unified Vietnam, Fish, January 20th, 1988, Michel Nr. 1896-1902; Seven stamps with nominals of 5D, 10D, 15D, 20D, 25D, 30D and 40D were issued in perforation 12.75 and imperforate. The January issued date reported by Michel may not be correct as there are First Day Covers (ex Klewitz) that show a September 15th, 1987 release date.

Stamps sold at Vietnamese post offices were sold without gum while stamps sold by the official Vietnamese stamp agency were sold with gum.

Here is the mint perforated set

and here is the mint imperforate set in pairs with sheet numbers

First Day Cover of the set that shows an issued date of September 15th, 1987

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries half of the perforated Fish set plus stamps from the Wales, Soviet-Vietnamese Friendship (Imperforate), Soccer World Cup and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,287D (including the red free frank for 1,150D). 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 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the other half of the perforated Fish set plus stamps from the Wales, Soviet-Vietnamese Friendship (Imperforate), October Revolution and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,376D (including the red free frank for 900D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in February of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries half of the perforated Fish set plus stamps from the Butterflies (imperforate), Monkeys and Roses sets for an overall postage of 1,368D (including the red free frank for 1,185D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in February of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the other half of the perforated Fish set plus stamps from the Butterflies (imperforate), Wales and Roses sets for an overall postage of 1,269D (including the red free frank for 1,125D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries imperforate and perforated Fish stamps plus stamps from the Parcel and Spratley Islands, Cham Culture and Bach Dang sets for an overall postage of 1,514D (including the red free frank for 1,194D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in April of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries imperforate and perforated Fish stamps plus stamps from the Corals and Cham Culture sets for an overall postage of 1,514D (including the red free frank for 1,529D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in October of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The red cancel shows the erroneous date of October 15th, 1983 while the red free frank in front shows the correct date of December 15th, 1988. The letter carries both printings of the 4D value and a number of the imperforate Fish set values from 1988. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage of the letter amounted to 5,232.70D.

Registered air mail letter sent in May of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated and imperforate Red Cross stamp plus stamps from the Railways (Souvenir-sheet) and Fish sets for an overall postage of 1,530 (including the red free frank of 1,260D). Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries one sets of the Bach Dang stamps plus stamps from the Fish (some imperforate), Child Immunization and HAFNIA Airplane (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 1,549D (including the red free frank for 1,049D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries one sets of the Bach Dang stamps plus stamps from the Mushroom (imperforate), Cacti (imperforate), HAFNIA Airplane (imperforate), Fish and Vancouver Airplane sets for an overall postage of 1,611D (including the red free frank for 1,075D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in June of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries one of the Off-shore Oil Production stamps plus stamps from the Roses (imperforate), Postal Union and Fish sets for an overall postage of 1,509D (including the red free frank for 269D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Folds custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated and imperforate Child Inoculation stamps plus stamps from the Fish (some imperforate) and HAFNIA Airplanes (some imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 1,585D (including the red free frank for 1,270D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Fragment of the green Fulda custom cachet.

Registered express air mail letter sent in October of 1988 as a mixed currency franking from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the Union Congress set plus stamps from the Red Cross (including one imperforate), Fish (imperforate), Ocean Creatures, Roses, Le’ Lo’i (imperforate) sets. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The Ocean Creature 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 9 oD = 0.90 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (386 nD) and the red free frank for 4,691D for 5,077.9 nD.

Registered air mail letter sent on December 13th, 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated stamps from the Locomotives set plus stamps from the Red Cross, Child Inoculation, Hydro Stations, Cacti (imperforate) and Fish (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 6,665D (including the red free frank for 4,250D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in December of 1988 as a mixed currency franking from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries perforated USSR Friendship stamps plus stamps from the Cacti (imperforate), Hydro Stations, Fish (imperforate), STOCKHOLMIA Birds (souvenir-sheet), HAFNIA Airplanes (imperforate) and Hai Phong Liberation sets. The Hai Phong Liberation stamps shows a severe passer-shift. Error-, imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used cove are very rare. The Hai Phong Liberation 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 10 oD = 1 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (3,385 nD) plus the red free frank for 3,240 nD for 6,626 nD. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.

Registered air mail letter sent in December of 1988 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate USSR Friendship stamp plus stamps from the Mutual Economic Aid, Hydro Stations, Off-shore Oil Production, Red Cross, Cacti (imperforate) and Fish (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 6,695D (including the red free frank for 3,050D). Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Green Fulda custom cachet on front.