_ _ _ DAMNOT CDS

On Apr 29, 7:20*am, Asia-translation
wrote:
Perhaps we should be clear about the relationship between French and
'Vietnamese'. *The French devised the present romanization of
Vietnamese. *The Vietnamese used Chinese characters previously. *Thus
there isn't any 'French' version and 'Vietnamese' version.

Tony

What I was referring to was the plethora of special accents used
on the roman letters to make Vietnamese characters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam..._pronunciation
http://www.griessersoftware.com/help/winfonts.htm
http://ok-board.com/vietnamese.htm

Blair

On Apr 27, 6:39*pm, Stan wrote:
Looking for help in reading a cancellation on a French Colonies
general issue used in Cochin China. *. . . The town name seems to be nine
characters and end in DAMNOT. *. . .

For those unfamiliar with the area, Cochin China was the southern
third-or-so of French Indochina or today’s Viet-Nam, so that would be
about the southern two-thirds of South Viet Nam.

Image is at: * *http://cjoint.com/?eCaHom0iqQ

Thanks to all who posted information or who did so privately. As is
often the case with rcsd, users provided lots of useful information
along with the specific answers suggested.

Stan