Vietnam Stamps And Philatelic Items

Today, February 1, 2022, start the Vietnamese New Year of the Tiger! Tet, Vietnamese New Year, is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture, celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese calendar. It is the occasion for Vietnamese to express their respects for ancestors as well as welcoming the lunar New Year with family members.

This set of stamps, issued by the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) on January 26, 1975, shows Tet customs:

Dancing with a dragon costume:

Children playing with firecrackers:

Giving lucky money to children and gifts to elder man:

Several from my collections:

South Vietnam issued a set of very attractive Postage Due stamps.

I know Scott had not listed the NLF issues (as of my 2017 Scott) but wondering they have added them since then.

Dem Republic Vietnam

I am trying to locate a space in Steiner pages for Scott 618A (aka Michel 647, Y&T 703). This stamp was issued in 1971.





I sent an email to Bill.

Bill confirmed it was missing and will release a correction page.

A set of four stamps depicting fruits was issued by South Vietnam on January 12, 1967:

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
Gac (Momordica cochinchinensis)
Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa)
Purple Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)

Most of the stamps issued for use by Viet-Minh (VM) forces during first Indochina war, were overprinted French Indochina stamps. Only one set of stamps was designed and issued special for the VM. It is a set of 5 stamps shows Ho Chi Minh issued in two part during 1946-8. The two on the right are semi-postal Stamps with inscription: "Pho Thu Cuu Quoc", meaning "For National Defense":

Scott catalogue lists more two stamps, printed on a very delicate rice paper issued specifically for the VM with design of HCM. Michel catalogue lists them under Vietnam.

Today, I "discovered" a thread about the largest stamp in the world. I did a quick search to find a thread about the smallest stamp in the world but seems there is no thread deals with this subject. Any way, my smallest stamps in my collections were issued by Vietnam during the 70-80's. Here is the smallest of them from 1981 about worker militia:

For comparison, I scanned it with France definitive stamp:

Here are other small format stamps from 1979 about five years plan:

No measurements Eli ?

The smallest stamps in the world, were the Colombian department of Bolivar in 1863
8mm x 9.5mm

Britains halfpenny 1870 17.5mm x 14mm

USA Indian head 1978 13c 17mm x 20mm
also Dolly Madison same size

Spain 1872 15.5mm x 15.5mm

Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1856 Brunswick 1857
each stamp 24mm x 24mm
BUT could be divided into quarters, each was a quarter schilling
12mm x 12mm

Many thanks, Rod, for the information about smallest stamps in the world. a stamp of 8mm x 9.5mm is half the size of my Vietnam stamp.

Happy New Year 2023!

Happy New Year Postcard (Bonne Année) from Vietnam from the early 1950's:

Buddhist temples in Vietnam, issued by North Vietnam on November 15, 1968:

Nguyen Du (1766 – 1820), is a celebrated Vietnamese poet and musician. He is known for his epic poem "the tale of Kieu", recounts the life, trials and tribulations of Thuy Kieu, a beautiful and talented young woman, who has to sacrifice herself to save her family from prison. She sells herself into marriage with a middle-aged man, not knowing that he is a pimp, and is forced into prostitution. Some post-colonial writers have interpreted it as a critical, allegorical reflection on the rise of the Nguyen dynasty.

The 200th anniversary of Nguyen Du birthday, issued by North Vietnam on November 25, 1965. The last stamp shows a scene from "The Tale of Kieu":

National games of Vietnam, issued by North Vietnam on March 25, 1966. Wrestling, archery and fencing.