page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of the Merchant Georg Gisze, Holbein, 1532, on 1974 Burundi stamp.
context_page_description: Burundi has issued postage stamps for national use since achieving independence on 1 July 1962. The country was formerly a part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi and before 1962 used those postage stamps.
context_section_description: Burundi has issued postage stamps for national use since achieving independence on 1 July 1962. The country was formerly a part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi and before 1962 used those postage stamps.
caption: Portrait of the Merchant Georg Gisze, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532, on a 1974 Burundi stamp
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