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Stamp of the Republic of Burundi (First Republic); 1969; commemorative stamp of the issue to the "Christmas 1969"; issue of 6 stamps + 4 blocks each à 3 different stamps (perforated and imperforate, Michel: Bl39A+B); The depicted stamp is BDI Michel: No. 531A from 1969. The stamp shows as motive a detail of the painting "Adoration of the Magi" or "Die Anbetung der Könige" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1649).; Depicted is a detail of the Antwerpen variant of this painting (contemporary located in the "Koninglijke Museum voor Schoone Kunsten").; It was created in 1624 by Rubens in the style of the Flemish Baroque.; This stamp was postmarked in Usumbura in 1970 (probably an CTO).
Stamp:
- single stamp perforated: Michel: No. 531A; Yvert & Tellier: No. 342; Scott: No. 303
- block, perforated: Michel: No. Bl38A; Yvert & Tellier: No. BF34; Scott No. 305a
- block, imperforate: Michel: No. Bl38B
Color: multicolored with gold
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 5 F. (Franc)

Postage validity: from 2 December 1969
date QS:P,+1969-12-02T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1969-12-02T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without most bellow arabesque): 23.0 x 50.5 mm
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Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of Burundi
Permission
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Public domain This work was first published in Burundi and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Law No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005 on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights in Burundi, enacted 2005 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:
  • It is an anonymous work or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication (or creation, whatever date is the latest)
  • It is a collective work, audiovisual or posthumous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication (or creation, whatever date is the latest)
  • It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the date of its creation
  • It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
  • It is one of "acts, legal decisions and decisions of administrative bodies and the official translations of such texts"
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stamp and block also imperforate

  • The original painting in Antwerp
    The original painting in Antwerp
  • The artist in 1624 ("Selfportrait" in the "Royal Collections of the United Kingdom" (several locations))
    The artist in 1624 ("Selfportrait" in the "Royal Collections of the United Kingdom" (several locations))
Picture description "Adoration of the Magi" by Peter Paul Rubens (Antwerp variant)
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of Burundi
Design Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) (creator of the depicted artwork)
Printing technique Photogravure on luminescent paper
Perforation Line perforation, L 13½
MICHEL Nr. Burundi, Nr. 531A
SCOTT Nr. Burundi, No. 303

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