Burundi

Burundi is a small country in East Africa. It gained its independence in January 1959, separated from the former Belgian colony of Ruanda-Urundi (see: Ruanda-Urundi).  File:Burundi A.jpg|1962 6.50 franc impalas. File:Burundi bird.jpg|1965 8f bird airmail. File:Burundi republic ovpt.jpg|1967 6.50f republic overprint. File:Burundi 1974 world cup.jpg|1974 14f World Cup. 
 * In 1962, its first issue was old Ruanda-Urundi flower definitives overprinted Royaume du Burundi (Kingdom of Burundi).
 * The later animals definitives were similarly overprinted.
 * Later in 1962, an independence commemorative set was released, again similarly inscribed.
 * Beginning in 1967, Burundi became a republic. The bird and flowers sets from 1965 including airmails were overprinted REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI with the old name blocked out.
 * Following issues were then inscribed République du Burundi, REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI or occasionally just Burundi.
 * After pumping out topical set after topical set, Burundi went to a conservative issue policy from 1980 to 2009.
 * Since 2011, Burundi contracted others to handle their stamp issues and a flood of sheetlets followed. When the contract went to another in 2014, the flood continued.
 * Not to be outdone, bogus Burundi sheetlets, etc. appeared beginning in 1999. It can be difficult to tell genuine overproduced stamps with fake overproduced stamps.