Maximum card River vessels from the South (Cochinchina)

Yt:FR-IC 150

Stamp: Issue from the French Indochina (Indochine) definitive series, depicting a junk (traditional vessel), in a blue-green tonality, with a face value of 15 (cents of piastre). (Series originally issued starting in 16.11.1931).

Postmark: Circular postmark from Saigon-Central, Cochinchina ("SAIGON-CENTRAL / COCHINCHINE"), dated June 25th, 1936 (23-10-39).

Postcard: Illustrated postcard featuring "La Rivière de Saïgon et l’entrée du Canal de Dérivation" (The Saigon River and the entrance to the Derivation Canal), highlighting several junks and traditional boats navigating the river. 

Concordance

Thematic: Excellent. There is total harmony between the stamp, which illustrates a traditional junk, and the main image of the postcard, which portrays these same typical vessels on the Saigon River, reinforcing the thematic focus on the region's river life.

Geographic: Perfect. The stamp is from French Indochina, the postcard represents an iconic location in Saigon (at the time, the main city of Cochinchina, French Indochina), and the postmark originates precisely from the Saigon-Central post office, ensuring total geographic alignment.

Temporal: Excellent. The 1936 cancellation falls within the circulation and postal validity period of the "Junk" series (issued in 1931), respecting the chronological rigor of maximaphily for a definitive issue.