Burundi | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: January 23, 1976 Occasion: 1976 Winter Olympics,1976,Innsbruck,Austria Width: 130 mm Height: 62 mm Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 13.50 Printing method: Photogravure Catalog number: Scott 494a Location: Ice Hockey Volume VI Stamp ID = 167 The stamp embedded in the miniature sheet is missing the airmail markings POSTE AERIENNE. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Burundi (1962-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 6,052,014. A republic in Central Africa. As Urundi, it was part of German East Africa 1899-1914 and was then administered by Belgium, under a United Nations mandate, until it became an independent kingdom in 1962. |