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
francRefer Indo-
China Territories
Tongking, also spelt Tonkin, is the northern part of Vietnam. Annam comprises most of central Vietnam.
CapitalHanoiFrontiersTongking 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).
LanguageVietnamese and French.
ReligionMahayana Buddhism,
Taoism and
Confucianism1885 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.
