Postal history of Annam and Tongking

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This article presents a concise postal history of Annam and Tongking: former territories of French Indo-China that are now part of Vietnam.

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[edit] Stamp Issues

Dates 
1888 - 1892
Currency 
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer 
Indo-China Territories

[edit] 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); Cochin China (south); South China Sea (east); Cambodia and Laos (west).
Language
Vietnamese and French.
Religion
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism

[edit] History

1884 
Annam & Tongking became French protectorates following war with China.
1887 
Included in Indo-China with Cambodia and Cochin China.
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 Indo-China.
1893 
Laos was added to the union.
1949 
(14 June) Annam & Tongking became part of the new colony of Vietnam.


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