Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi

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Burundi has issued postage stamps for national use since achieving independence on 1 July 1962. The country was formerly a part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi and before 1962 used those postage stamps.

Independence

For the first issue after independence as the

In 1966, following political turmoil, Burundi became a republic and from then the stamps were marked "République du Burundi".[1]

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa
• Postage stamps and postal history of Ruanda-Urundi
• Postage stamps and postal history of Rwanda

References

Works cited

• Deslaurier, Christine (2013). "Rwagasore for ever? Des usages contemporains d'un héros consensuel au Burundi" [Rwagasore for ever? Contemporary uses of a consensual hero in Burundi]. Vingtième Siècle Revue d'histoire (in French). Vol. 2, no. 118. pp. 15–30.

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