Vietnamese New Year "Year of the Cat"

Unified Vietnam, Vietnamese New Year “Year of the Cat”, January 6th, 1999, Michel Nr. 2963-2965; Block 120; Two stamps in nominals of 400D and 8,000D were issued in perforation 13.75 and imperforate. There was also a souvenir-sheet with a 13,000D nominal that was produced with perforation 13.75 and imperforate.

Here is the mint perforated set in horizontal pairs

and here the mint imperforate set in horizontal pairs

Official First Day Covers of the perforated set

Single franking of the 400D value on a local letter sent from Buon Ma Thuut (small pst office) to HCM City in April of 1999.

Multiple franking of the 400D value paying the second weight level of 800D on a local letter sent from Chau Thanh to Da Nang in June of 1999.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries pairs of the perforated and imperforate Vietnamese New Year “Year of the Cat” set plus stamps from the Year of the Rat, Domestic Pheasants (stamp from the souvenir-sheet) and World Exposition Sevilla (imperforate) sets for an overall postage of 55,400D (including the red free frank for 7,100D). Stamps from souvenir-sheets and imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt on the reverse.

International air mail letter featuring the 500D and three of the 5,000D TraditionalWomen Clothing stamps plus the Year of the Cat New Year stamps paying an overall postage of 26,900D (including the red free frank for 3,000D) and mailed from Thai Son to Lithuania in April of 1999. Vilnius arrival cancel on there reverse.

Registered air mail letter sent in August of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Year of the Cat souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Paintings of the Four Seasons and Paper Kite sets for an overall postage of 42,800D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt.

Registered air mail letter sent in August of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the imperforate Year of the Cat souvenir-sheet plus stamps from the Paintings of the Four Seasons and Paper Kite sets for an overall postage of 40,800D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare. Incoming German Post registration receipt.

Registered air mail letter sent in February of 1999 from Ho Chi Minh City to Klewitz. The letter carries the perforated Paintings of the Four Seasons set plus stamps from the ASEAN and Year of the Cat (souvenir-sheet) sets for an overall postage of 30,400D. Souvenir-sheets on postally used cover are very rare.

Air mail letter sent in March of 1999 from Quan 4 to Klewitz. The letter carries the Year of the Cat and Paper Kite sets for an overall postage of 20,800D.

Registered air mail letter sent in March of 2000 from Saigon to Klewitz. The letter carries pairs of the set in tête-bêche arrangement and the imperforate set plus stamps from the Year of the Cat and Butterflies (imperforate) for an overall postage of 37,600D. Imperforate stamps on postally used cover are very rare. Orange German Post route coding on front. Incoming German Post registration except on the reverse.