From:
John Leach's Encyclopedia of Postal Authorities :
Annam & Tongking

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Stamp Issues
Dates:	1888 - 1892
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 franc
Album:	Indo-China Territories

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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

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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