April 30, 1975 stamp on postage stamp

Stamps on the theme of Southern Liberation - National Reunification on April 30, 1975 always attract special attention from the community, especially stamp collectors.

Here are some stamp samples on this particularly meaningful topic.

1. The stamp set coded 320 "General Offensive 1975" issued on December 14, 1976 is the first stamp set with a stamp design on April 30, 1975. The set includes 6 designs designed by 3 artists Trinh Quoc Thu, Tran Luong and Tran Ngoc Uyen. Of which, 2 designs are about the Liberation of Buon Me Thuot on March 12, 1975 (with 2 denominations of 2 cents and 50 cents); 2 designs are about the Liberation of Da Nang on March 20, 1975 (with 2 denominations of 3 cents and 1 dong); 2 designs are about the Liberation of Saigon on April 30, 1975 (2 denominations of 6 cents and 1 dong).

Stamps on the theme of Southern Liberation - National Reunification on April 30, 1975 always attract special attention from the community, especially stamp collectors.

2. The stamp set coded 461 "Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the complete liberation of South Vietnam" issued on April 30, 1985 is considered the most beautiful, meaningful and unique stamp set. The stamp set includes 4 designs and 1 block designed by artist Huy Toan, printed in Cuba. According to Mr. Hoang Anh Thi, Chairman of Vietstamp Club, in this stamp set, the most meaningful is the 5-dong stamp "Completely Unified" depicting 3 girls (symbolizing 3 regions) wearing Ao Dai happily welcoming the joy of unification, next to a map of unified Vietnam.

3. The third stamp on the theme of April 30 collected by stamp collectors is the stamp "Victory April 30", code 1149, issued on February 3, 1980 with a size of 51x32. The stamp was designed by artist Trinh Quoc Thu, printed offset at Tien Bo Printing House. This stamp is part of the stamp set commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (including 5 stamps, of which the first 4 stamps are printed vertically in pairs). The face value of the stamp is 20 VND.

4. Next is stamp number 1825 "April 30, 1975" in stamp set number 514 "Commemorating historical days" issued on April 10, 1987, designed by artist Ngo Manh Lan.

5. The fifth stamp on the theme of April 30, code 2711, is titled “Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Complete Victory of the Resistance War Against the US to Save the Country”, part of the stamp set code 714 “Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2” issued on August 14, 1995, designed by artist Do Lenh Tuan.

6. The image of Uncle Ho's army tank entering the Independence Palace on April 30, 1975 continues to be reproduced on the stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Le Duan's birth, issued in 2007. The stamp was designed by artist Vo Luong Nhi.

7. An interesting point that many people do not know is that on March 2, 2015, the Central African Republic Post Office issued a stamp set "Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War".

The stamp set consists of 2 blocks. The first block contains 3 stamps with face value of 1,000F, respectively showing the following images: portrait of US General Creigton Abrams (1914-1974) with US expeditionary soldiers, US soldiers and helicopters landing on the Vietnam battlefield, portrait of General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013) with Uncle Ho's soldiers. On the edge of the block is an image of two soldiers on opposite sides of the battle line.

The second block contains a 2,650F face value stamp depicting a smiling portrait of President Ho Chi Minh and five soldiers of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam waving the victory flag of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam in front of the Independence Palace on the historic day of April 30, 1975, with the flag of the Republic of Vietnam at their feet. On the margin of the block is an image of US soldiers on the battlefield in Vietnam.

According to infonet.vn