To benefit the Cathedral of Usumbura. No’s 225-230.

Date of issue: 18 December 1961

Expiration date: 1 July 1962

Design:

Printer: Hélio Courvoisier, s.a., La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland

Paper with silk threads

Perforation: 11,5 x 11,75

Size: 23 x 32,5 mm

Sheet: 100

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation: 200,000 series

 

Philatelic material.

 

First Day Covers (FDC):

 

On 18^th December 1961, the Postal administration issued a special series of stamps with a surplus of tax to benefit the Cathedral of Usumbura.

To promote this series a special leaflet was printed by J.-E.Buschmann in Antwerp-Belgium. Two identical leaflets exists, one with French text and the other in Flemish:

Back and front cover:

 

Inside of folder: