Vietnam Postal History During The Vietnam War

Birth Centenary of Vladimir I. Lenin - April 22, 1970

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and the first leader of the Soviet Union.

80th Birth Anniversary of H#7891; Chi Minh - May 19, 1970

Ho Chi Minh (1890 - 1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and statesman. He served as prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

In 1929 he founded the Indochinese Communist Party. Later, he established the Viet Minh movement that struggled against the Japanese occupation regime and the Vichy French Government members. In 1945, after the Japanese surrendered, the Viet Minh established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and elected Ho Chi Minh as president. The French Union refused to recognize the new state, hence the Viet Minh fought them resulted in the French withdrawal from Indochina after their defeat in Dien Bien Phu. The Geneva conference decided to divide Vietnam to North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The former remained under the Viet Minh control headed by Ho Chi Minh.

Ho Chi Minh leaded his country in the Vietnam war aimed to unified both parts of Vietnam. As the war continued, he became less involved in the war's decisions and served more as a highly visible figurehead president for the Vietnamese people until his death in 1969.

10th Anniversary of the Establishment of the National Liberation Front - December 20, 1970

Symbolic Anti-American Design

10th Anniversary of the foundation of the People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF) of South Vietnam - February 15, 1971

Farmers, Workers and NLF's Fighters

2nd Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam - June 6, 1971

The "Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam" (PRG) was established by North-Vietnam on June 8, 1969 as an alternative Communist government opposed to the South Vietnamese government headed by President Nguyen Van Thieu. The PRG was recognized as the legal government of South-Vietnam by USSR, PR China and other communist and non-aligned states.

The PRG was envisioned as a political counter-force that could influence international public opinion in support of the unification of Vietnam and in opposition to the Republic of Vietnam (South-Vietnam) and the USA. The declared purpose of the PRG was to provide a formal NLF governmental structure and enhance its claim of representing the Southern Vietnamese people.

In 1973, the PRG delegates signed the Paris Peace Treaty. Following the military defeat of South-Vietnam and the surrender of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the PRG became the government in South-Vietnam and participated in the reunification process of the two parts of the country. On July 2, 1976, the PRG and the North Vietnam were unified and formed the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

5th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam - June 6, 1974






Nguyen Thi Binh

Nguyen Thi Binh was a Vietnamese Communist leader. She joined Vietnam's communist party in 1948 and took part in various movements against the French colonists. She was arrested and jailed by the French colonial authority for her activities. During the Vietnam War she became a member of the Vietcong's central committee and in 1969 she was appointed foreign minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. In 1973, she participated in the Paris Peace Conference on behalf of the Provisional Government and signed the Paris Peace Accords, an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Indo-China. After the Vietnam War, she was appointed Minister of Education and later, as Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Definitive: Ho Chi Minh - February 28, 1975

85th Birth Anniversary of Ho Chi Minh (I) - May 7-19, 1975 and July 16, 1975

30th Anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh - September 2, 1975 and January 28, 1976

85th Birth Anniversary of H#1501; Chi Minh (II) - October 6, 1975

Fruits of South Vietnam - March, 1976

Coconut (Cocos nucifera):

Purple Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana):

Mango (Mangifera indica)

1st Anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam - April, 1976


General Elections for the Unified National Assembly - April 25, 1976

First Session of the Unified National Assembly - June 24, 1976

Nuoc Viet Nam la mot, dan toc Viet Nam la mot!
"Vietnam – the Homeland, the People!"

Doc lap thong nhat chu nghia xa hoi!
"Vietnam – Independent, United, Socialist!"

This set of two stamps is the last one issued for the Vietcong. At the end of 1977, the distribution of the North Vietnamese and Vietcong stamps was ceased and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam stamps became the only postage stamps in use.

Have something to add to this too.

Thanks, danko! Are these aerograms?

Here is a group of covers sent from South Vietnam during the war to different destinations. Several of the stamps depicting war scenes (which I will post in high resolution):