Flowers. No’s 1-7
For this series, the stamps from Ruanda-Urundi from 1953 were used.
Date of issue: July 1962
Expiration date:
Design: G. Denis
Printer: Hélio
Courvoisier, s.a., La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland
Paper with silk threads
Perforation: 11.5
Size: 21 x 25.5 mm
Sheet: 50
Marginal inscriptions: Hélio Courvoisier, s.a., La Chaux De Fonds,
(Suiss)
Circulation:
The background color is indicated.
No 1. 25c, ochre-Littonia (no 180)
No 2. 40c, salmon color-Ipomea (no 181)
No 3. 60c, pink-Euphorbia (no 183)
No 3A. 1,25F, light blue-Protea (no 186)
No 4. 1,50F, light green-Schizoglossum (no 187)
No 5. 5F, blue green-Thunbergias (no 191)
No 6. 7F, pink brown-Gerbera (no 192)
No 7. 10F, olive green-Silène (no 194)
The series:
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No 3A 1,25F, light blue-Protea (no 186)
This stamp was sold at the post office of Usumbura, but it was soon sold out.
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No 4-Cu. Reversed overprint
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Philatelic material: Not know to exist