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|From the first issue, a provisional overprint on an obsolete Ruanda-Urundi stamp. File:Burundi bird.jpg|1960s bird stamp. 
 * Stamps were first inscribed Royaume du Burundi (Kingdom of Burundi).
 * Beginning in 1967, stamps were inscribed République du Burundi, occasionally just Burundi.

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