Hello friends and collectors, greetings from Vietnam!
It is my wish to share with the world a few stamps from my country. I hope to bring the beauty of stamps of Vietnam to the world.
I'll try my best to upload once a week.
Please feel free to comments and request.
Thanks.
Which Vietnam, North or South? In 1970, Vietnam was divided into the Republic of South Vietnam (South Vietnam) and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
In 1970, South Vietnam issued 21 different, regular postage stamps, assuming that my counting in the Scott catalogue is correct. No other types of postage stamps were issued in that year.
North Vietnam issued 52 different regular postage stamps in the same year, but no other types of stamps.
Not until July 2, 1976, following the Paris Peace Accords (officially the "Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam")l was Vietnam officially reunified and renamed the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Between then and now, Vietnam has issued at least 3,000 different regular postage stamps and at 20 military stamps. I can't be more specific than that because my catalogue only goes up to 2006. Given the country's postal profligacy, I suppose that, easily, there could be another thousands Vietnam stamps available.