Postal history of Annam and Tongking
- Postal history of Annam and Tongking
This article presents a concise postal history of Annam and Tongking: former territories of French Indochina that are now part of Vietnam.
Stamp Issues
;Dates : 1888 - 1892 ;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc ;Refer : Indo-China Territories
Geography
Tongking, also spelt Tonkin, is the northern part of Vietnam. Annam comprises most of central Vietnam. ;Capital: Hanoi ;Frontiers: Tongking is bounded by China (north); Gulf of Tongking (east); Annam (south); Laos (west). Annam is bounded by Tongking (north); Cochinchina (south); South China Sea (east); Cambodia and Laos (west). ;Language: Vietnamese and French. ;Religion: Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism
History
;1885 : Annam & Tongking became French protectorates following war with China. ;1887 : Included in Indochina with Cambodia and Cochinchina. ;1888 : (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.
Sources
* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/alpha/a/annton.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
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