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French Indochina stamp printed in Hanoi during the Japanese occupation (left), similar stamp overprinted "VIET-NAM DAN-CHU CONG-HOA" (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) (center) and a 1946 definitive stamp of the republic (right). Some of the overprints were explicitly political in nature, e.g. "Quoc Phong" (national defence).
(21 January) One issue was released with 9 stamps. These stamps were French Colonial Commerce types overprinted A&T plus a surcharge of either 1 or 5 centimes. 1892 The issue was replaced by stamps of Indochina. 1893 Laos was added to the union. 1949 (14 June) Annam & Tongking became part of the new colony of Vietnam. References
3. Denomination. 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-side of any item of mail —an envelope or other ...
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.
The Viet Cong [nb 1] was an epithet and umbrella term to call the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.Formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam [nb 2] and nominally conducted military operations under the name of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV), the movement fought under the direction of North Vietnam ...
The attack on USNS Card was a Viet Cong (VC) operation during the Vietnam War. It took place in the port of Saigon in the early hours of 2 May 1964, and was mounted by commandos from the 65th Special Operations Group ( Vietnamese: Đội Biệt động 65 ). Card was first commissioned into the United States Navy during World War II.
The postal code system of Vietnam has officially been changed from 6 digits to 5 digits. Each country has its own separate postal code or zip code system. The postal code of Vietnam is composed of 5 digits, with the following meanings: [ 2][ 3] The first digit determines the area code. The first two characters identify the centrally-governed ...
The pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in the central Ba Đình district (near the Thăng Long Citadel ), Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The most famous part of this architecture complex is Liên Hoa Đài (蓮花臺) means 'the lotus pedestal' which is a temple with special structure: a building laid on one pillar. The original pagoda was ...