Postage stamps and postal history of Annam and Tongking
A concise postal history of French Annam protectorate and Tongking protectorate, former territories of colonial French Indochina, that were located in present-day Vietnam.Dates
1888 - 1892;Dates : 1888 - 1892
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Refer : Indo-China TerritoriesGeography
, also spelt Tonkin, is the northern part of Vietnam. Annam comprises most of central Vietnam.
;Capital: Hanoi
;Frontiers: Tongking is bounded by China ; Gulf of Tongking ; Annam ; Laos. Annam is bounded by Tongking ; Cochinchina ; South China Sea ; Cambodia and Laos.
;Language: Vietnamese and French.
;Religion: Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism and ConfucianismHistory
;1885 : Annam & Tongking became French protectorates following war with China.
;1887 : Included in Indochina with Cambodia and Cochinchina.
;1888 : 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 : Annam & Tongking became part of the new colony of Vietnam.
