Useful Insects

Unified Vietnam, Useful Insects, May 20th, 1996, Michel Nr. 2784-2789; Six stamps in nominals of 400D, 500D, 1,000D, 4,000D, 5,000D and 12,000D were issued in perforation 13.25 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set

Registered air mail letter sent in July of 1996 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Useful Insect set plus stamps from the Reef Fish and Alpine Roses (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 39,900D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare.

Mixed franking featuring a block of four of the 100. Birthday of Tran Huy Lieu stamp together with stamps from the Useful Insects and King Fisher sets paying an overall postage of 53,200D on a registered air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klwitz in January of 2002. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the perforated Year of the Horse set together with stamps from the Useful Insects, Mushrooms, Vietnamese Women Society, 60 Years Creation of Vietnam, Fighting Fish (imperforate) and Landscapes of South Vietnam (imperforate) sets paying an overall postage of 47,800D on a registered air mail letter sent from Ban Co to Klewitz in May of 2002. Imperforate stamps on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the perforated Commercial Airliner souvenir-sheet together with stamps from the Airlines (imperforate), World Expo Sevilla 92 (imperforate), Useful Insects, Diesel Locomotives, Coastal Landscapes and Forrest Fruit sets paying an overall postage of 37,000D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in November of 2002. Imperforate stamps and souvenir-sheets on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 55 Years Postal Union stamp together with stamps from the Diesel Locomotives (stamp from the souvenir-sheet), Song Birds (Perf. 13.5), Useful Insects, Communist Youth Organization and Legend of Lac Long Quan sets paying an overall postage of 34,400D on a registered international air mail letter sent from Ban Co to Klewitz in October of 2002. Stamps from souvenir-sheets on postally used letter are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 72 Years Party Commission for Ideology and Culture stamp together with stamps from the Diesel Locomotives (imperforate), Song Birds (Imperforate), Useful Insects, World Exhibition Expo 92 (imperforate), National Women Congress, 100 Years Medical High School and 20 Years Vietnamese Teacher Day sets paying an overall postage of 34,200D (including the red free frank for 1,700D) on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in December of 2002. Imperforate stamps on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 8,000D UNESCO World Heritage My So’n value together with stamps from the 110 Birthday of Ho Chi Minh, Domestic Painters, Useful Insects and 70 Years Vietnamese Farmer Society paying an overall postage of 46,800 D (including the red free frank for 8,800D) on a registered international air mail letter sent from Saigon to Klewitz in March of 2004. Imperforate stamps and stamps from souvenir-sheet on postally used letters are very hard to find. Incoming German registration receipt on the reverse.