Hi,
This is a stamp issued by the Vietcong (National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam) in 1968, SG NLF22.
I don't see these issues in my old Scott catalogue but I may be looking in the wrong places!
There's also a similar 30 xu stamp with the inscription in French.
As far as I know, Scott does not list the Vietcong issues. They are also in Michel though.
A complete overview can be found here:
https://www.stampworld.com/en/stamps/Vietcong/
Many thanks for your help
have a nice, day evening,
Foudutimbre
@foudutimbre:
The Viet Cong stamps, issued by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, were used primarily as propaganda issues to support the communist insurgency in South Vietnam. It would be a mistake to assume that, because they are propagandistic in nature (like most stamps ever issued), they don’t reflect actual history. This is one such “true history” stamp:
The stamp pictures a scene from the 1963 Battle of Ap Bac. Although the Americans didn’t admit it, they and the South Vietnamese Army suffered multiple casualties and the loss of several helicopters.
Although Scott doe not list the Viet Cong issues, some them were permitted use as domestic postage in Vietnam following reunification. Covers are not common, but neither are they rare. Here’s one in my collection:
Note: Viet Cong stamps are generally available on in mint form or cancelled to order (CTOs).
A collector in Jerusalem, Eli Moallem, has published an attractive, free Viet Cong album in colour, with spaces for all of the Viet Cong issues.
I’ve uploaded two versions to my own web site, ready to download and print for yourself:
• PDF version of the album with images of the stamps.
• PDF version of the album with blank spaces for the stamps.
Bob
Many thanks Bob for those informatives information.
Foudutimbre
I do not think many Americans today view it as a victory for "our side". John Paul Vann was notably outspoken on the loss at the time and he was an advisor in the action. The then key US military leadership took a more optimistic view as they often did trying to prop up the Diem government.
The stamp features the "Flying Banana" helicopter. Five were lost in the battle.
I have three Viet Cong covers. The CDS on one of them is 9/9/1975, BEN-TRE M.N. VIET-NAM. Another one is cancelled 11/8/1975, CAU LANH VIET.NAM. Both of those are franked with the same stamp that is on Bob's cover.
Here's my favorite, because it has a hand-painted cachet:
The handpainted Lotus has special patriotic signficance. Sent from Hanoi on 1/24/76, received in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon on 2/4/1976. It is franked by a North Vietnamese (D.C.C.H.) stamp, not a Viet Cong (M.N.V.N.) stamp. I believe the address is preceded by "Kính goi" (Please forward). It also contains the enclosure, a 3-page letter from Gia Lâm, Hanoi - the location of the main air force base and training facility. It appears to be a newsy family letter. Is their anyone who could translate a scan?
There is a very detailed exhibit of Vietnam Communist Insurgent Military Mail, here:
Vietnam Military Mail
In that exhibit, there are several late-war covers addressed to F9229, as is mine. That is described in the exhibit as a Viet Cong Command Center.
-Paul
re: Vietnam stamp or sticker
Hi,
This is a stamp issued by the Vietcong (National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam) in 1968, SG NLF22.
I don't see these issues in my old Scott catalogue but I may be looking in the wrong places!
There's also a similar 30 xu stamp with the inscription in French.
re: Vietnam stamp or sticker
As far as I know, Scott does not list the Vietcong issues. They are also in Michel though.
A complete overview can be found here:
https://www.stampworld.com/en/stamps/Vietcong/
re: Vietnam stamp or sticker
@foudutimbre:
The Viet Cong stamps, issued by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, were used primarily as propaganda issues to support the communist insurgency in South Vietnam. It would be a mistake to assume that, because they are propagandistic in nature (like most stamps ever issued), they don’t reflect actual history. This is one such “true history” stamp:
The stamp pictures a scene from the 1963 Battle of Ap Bac. Although the Americans didn’t admit it, they and the South Vietnamese Army suffered multiple casualties and the loss of several helicopters.
Although Scott doe not list the Viet Cong issues, some them were permitted use as domestic postage in Vietnam following reunification. Covers are not common, but neither are they rare. Here’s one in my collection:
Note: Viet Cong stamps are generally available on in mint form or cancelled to order (CTOs).
A collector in Jerusalem, Eli Moallem, has published an attractive, free Viet Cong album in colour, with spaces for all of the Viet Cong issues.
I’ve uploaded two versions to my own web site, ready to download and print for yourself:
• PDF version of the album with images of the stamps.
• PDF version of the album with blank spaces for the stamps.
Bob
re: Vietnam stamp or sticker
I do not think many Americans today view it as a victory for "our side". John Paul Vann was notably outspoken on the loss at the time and he was an advisor in the action. The then key US military leadership took a more optimistic view as they often did trying to prop up the Diem government.
The stamp features the "Flying Banana" helicopter. Five were lost in the battle.
re: Vietnam stamp or sticker
I have three Viet Cong covers. The CDS on one of them is 9/9/1975, BEN-TRE M.N. VIET-NAM. Another one is cancelled 11/8/1975, CAU LANH VIET.NAM. Both of those are franked with the same stamp that is on Bob's cover.
Here's my favorite, because it has a hand-painted cachet:
The handpainted Lotus has special patriotic signficance. Sent from Hanoi on 1/24/76, received in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon on 2/4/1976. It is franked by a North Vietnamese (D.C.C.H.) stamp, not a Viet Cong (M.N.V.N.) stamp. I believe the address is preceded by "Kính goi" (Please forward). It also contains the enclosure, a 3-page letter from Gia Lâm, Hanoi - the location of the main air force base and training facility. It appears to be a newsy family letter. Is their anyone who could translate a scan?
There is a very detailed exhibit of Vietnam Communist Insurgent Military Mail, here:
Vietnam Military Mail
In that exhibit, there are several late-war covers addressed to F9229, as is mine. That is described in the exhibit as a Viet Cong Command Center.
-Paul