Burundi 1969 Christmas 1969

• Label : "Philately Service of the Ministry of Transport, Posts & Telecommunications" of the Republic of Burundi; 1969; commemorative stamps (no airmail !) of the issue "Christmas 1969";
  

(issue of 3 stamps + 1 block à 3 stamps)

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 531-533 (block;: No. 38B); Yvert & Tellier: 303-305; Scott: No. 303-305
• Color: multicolored with gold
• Watermark : none
• Nominal values : 5 – 6 – 10 - 21 F. (FBU)
• Postage validity : since 02 December 1969
• Designed by :

- 5 F. (FBU) : Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) (creator of the depicted artwork)

- 6 F. (FBU) : Giulio Romano (1499-1546) (creator of the depicted artwork)

- 10 F. (FBU) : Sandro Botticelli (1455-1510) (creator of the depicted artwork)

- 21 F. (FBU) : block with these 3 stamps 5, 6, 10 F. (imperforate)

• Printed by : "Imprimerie Dereume", Brussels (probably, had also printed stamps for the neighbour country „Centralafrican Republic“ in 1970 and later)
• Print process : Photogravure on luminescent paper
• Perforation :

- single stamps : Line perforation, L 13½ (perforated = Michel "Type A")

- block : imperforate (imperforate = Michel "Type B")

• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp) : 23.0 x 52.5 mm

Commemorative stamps (no airmail !) of the issue "Christmas 1969";
(issue of 3 stamps + 1 block à 3 stamps)

Stamps

Mint

File:Burundi 1969 Christmas 1969 1a1.jpg Michel No. 531, mint

File:Burundi 1969 Christmas 1969 1a1.jpg Michel No. 532, mint

File:Burundi 1969 Christmas 1969 1a1.jpg Michel No. 533, mint

Postmarked

Michel No. 531, postmarked with CTO

Michel No. 532, postmarked with CTO

Michel No. 533, postmarked with CTO

Block

File:Burundi 1969 Christmas 1969 1a1.jpg Michel Block No. 38B, mint

File:Burundi 1969 Christmas 1969 1a1.jpg Michel Block No. 38B, postmarked

To the stamp motives:
- 5 F. (FBU) : detail of the painting of a Madonna with child by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640); Flemish Baroque, unknown painting
- 6 F. (FBU) : detail of the painting "Madonna and child with the Infant Saint John"; Italian Mannerism; contemporary located at the "Galleria Borghese", Rome (Italy)
- 10 F. (FBU) : detail of the painting "Madonna of the Magnificat"; created in 1481 in the style of the Italian Renaissance; contemporary located at the "Galleria degli Uffizi", Florence (Italy)