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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Vietnam stamp or sticker

 

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foudutimbre
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13 Jul 2021
08:56:21am

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nigelc
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13 Jul 2021
09:42:20am
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.

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13 Jul 2021
09:52:03am

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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/

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foudutimbre
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13 Jul 2021
10:11:30am

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re: Vietnam stamp or sticker

Many thanks for your help

have a nice, day evening,

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Bobstamp
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13 Jul 2021
02:14:07pm
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@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:


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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:

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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

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foudutimbre
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13 Jul 2021
03:20:00pm

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Many thanks Bob for those informatives information.

Foudutimbre

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14 Jul 2021
06:12:00am
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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.

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pigdoc

14 Jul 2021
05:17:18pm
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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:
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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

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13 Jul 2021
08:56:21am

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nigelc

13 Jul 2021
09:42:20am

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.

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Jansimon

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13 Jul 2021
09:52:03am

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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/

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foudutimbre

13 Jul 2021
10:11:30am

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re: Vietnam stamp or sticker

Many thanks for your help

have a nice, day evening,

Foudutimbre


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Bobstamp

13 Jul 2021
02:14:07pm

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:


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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:

Image Not Found

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

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13 Jul 2021
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Many thanks Bob for those informatives information.

Foudutimbre

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Al
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14 Jul 2021
06:12:00am

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.

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"Stamp Collecting is a many splendored thing"
pigdoc

14 Jul 2021
05:17:18pm

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:
Image Not Found
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

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