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Đa Nhim Hydroelectric Power Station.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 15.01.1964.
Face value: 3 South Vietnamese đồng.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 306 (South Vietnam).
- Scott No. 229 (South Vietnam).
- StampWorld No. 209 (South Vietnam).
- Stanley Gibbons No. 209 (South Vietnam).
- Yvert et Tellier No. 232 (South Vietnam).

The Đa Nhim Hydroelectric Power Station is on the Đa Nhim River, in Lâm Đồng Province. The construction, with funding from the Japanese government, started in April 1961 and was finished in January 1964. Electricity produced here supplied the central region of Vietnam but was unable to reach the large industrial centers in Saigon and Biên Hòa, which had to rely on oil for electricity generation. The dam is located at an approximate altitude of 1,000 m (3,280 ft) above sea level, and is about 1,500 m (4,920 ft) long and 38 m (124.6 ft) high. The water volume of the reservoir is 165 million m³.

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Thanks to Daniel Mathieu for his contribution (http://lettresdumonde.blogspot.com/)