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
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
Indo-China Territories
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
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.
