Vietnam Postal History During The Vietnam War

During Vietnam War, North Vietnam issued a series of stamps marking the number of American air planes shut down by the Vietnamese army and the Vietcong forces.

I already posted in page 5 of this thread the stamps mark the 2000 and 3000 airplanes shut down and member gmot posted the 1500. I will show the stamps again to put all stamps of this series in order.

Here is the stamp marks the 500 US airplanes shut down issued August 30, 1965:

The 1000 US airplanes shut down, issued in April 1966:

The 1500 US airplanes shut down, issued on October 14, 1966:

The 2000 US airplanes shut down, issued on June 5, 1967:


The design based on a famous photo shows the capturing of the American pilot Capt. William "Bill" Robinson by the NVA on Sept. 20, 1965, in Ha Tinh Province, North Vietnam:

2500 US airplanes shut down, issued on November 6, 1967:

3000 US airplanes shut down, issued on June 25, 1968:




Same nominal values were issued as se-tenant:

3500 US airplanes shut down, issued on June 20, 1972. Stamps show American pilot in captivity. I don't know if the design based on real photo.

4000 US airplanes shut down, issued on October 17, 1972. This is the last set in the series although another set issued later marks the number of airplanes shut down (see next post)

The set in my previous post is the last one in the series but, on October 10, 1973 North Vietnam issued a set of four stamps glorifies the victory over US military air force. The stamps mark 4181 airplanes shut down. I have one stamp from the set:

The great victories of the National Liberation Front (Vietcong, NLF) during 1966-7 offensives, issued by North Vietnam on March 5, 1968. The set contains 8 stamps with inscriptions give facts about the US army losses.

Here are the first four of them. I tried to give close translation to the inscription on the stamps, using Michel online catalogues and ChatGPT:

"340 enemy artillery pieces were destroyed"

"175,000 enemy forces, including 85,000 in Yen My and Chu Hau, were annihilated"

"The Southern forces (Vietcong) smashed the plan of the U.S. and the puppet regime.":

"Mass urban movements in the South struggle against the U.S., Thieu, and Ky (Thieu and Ky are South Vietnamese leaders):

Issued in se-tenant:

The second group of the 1968 set:

"206 enemy's positions were destroyed"

"1,800 airplanes were shot down and destroyed"

"3,985 military vehicles, including 1,785 tanks and armored vehicles, were destroyed"

"100 combat boats were destroyed"

Issued in se-tenant:

The great victories of the National Liberation Front (Vietcong, NLF) during 1965-6 offensives, issued by North Vietnam on October 15, 1966.

VC fighter with captured war materials:


Soldier's escorting US POW's:

Scenes from Vietnam War, issued by North Vietnam on June 2, 1965 to publicize the second solidarity conference of the world trade union federation:

North Vietnam issued on November 22, 1965 a single stamp to commemorate Norman Morrison.

Morrison was a 31 year old American Quaker activist who burnt himself to death on November 2, 1965 in front of the Pentagon to protest American involvement in the Vietnam War.

Con Co, known as Tiger Island, is a rural district of Quang Tri province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. Due to its proximity to the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, during the Vietnam War, Con Co was used as a base for North Vietnamese military forces. On 14 March 1965 the island was attacked by South Vietnam Air Force A-1 Skyraiders.

Heroes of Con Co, issued by North Vietnam on June 1, 1966: