National Liberation Front, South Vietnamese Stamps overprinted with Cong Hoa Mien Nam Viet Nam”; after the fall of Saigon at the end of April, 1975 and the increase in postal rates effective June 1st, 1975 (30 Dong standard letter rate) the new Government thought it did not have a sufficient number of Republic of Vietnam stamps available in order to satisfy public demand. Also, existing nominals were not able to create the standard letter rate of 25D that was in force through May of 1975 due to the lack of a 5D or 25D nominal value. Stamps from North Vietnam could not be used as the currency there was not identical to the currency used in the South. The Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) Postal Authorities therefore initially undertook efforts to overprint stamps of the old South Vietnamese Government, that showed neutral, unpolitical designs, with a black overprint “Cong Hoa Mien Nam Viet Nam” (= Republic of South Vietnam) in order to continue to use them. A small number of presentation sheets was produced but in the end it was decided against. The reasons for this had to do with the relatively quick issuance of Republic of South Vietnam Michel Nr. 52 and 53 which were emitted already on May 8th and May 7th, 1975 respectively. Crucial here was the 5D nominal value as it allowed together with Michel Nr. 50 and 51, which had already been issued on February 28th, 1974, to meet the 25D standard letter rate that was still in force through May of 1975. Five of these stamps were overprinted.
Here are all of them.
Since these stamps were never issued there is no postal history and there are no genuine cancelled specimens available.
Registration Nr. 200023
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