The Fairy Tail of the Betel Nut and Betel Pepper Plant

Unified Vietnam, The Fairy Tail of the Betel Nut and Betel Pepper Plant, July 20th, 1995, Michel Nr. 2711-2714; Four stamps with nominals of 400D, 1,000D, 3,000D and 10,000D were printed together in a sheetlet and perforated 13.

Here is a page from the Klewitz collection in which he explains the background of the fairy tail in German along with two mint sheetlets

Official First Day Cover

Registered air mail cover sent as a mixed currency franking in November of 1995 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the Betel Nut sheetlet plus stamps from the Thanh Giong, Alpine Rose, Orchids and Day of the Stamp sets. The Orchid stamps from 1977 were still in old 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 0.18 oD = 0.02 nD. plus the stamps in new Dong (15,150 nD) and the red free frank for 3,300D for 18,450.02nD.