Stamp 1971 BDI MiNr0755A pm B002a, Hans Pleydenwurff

Airmail stamp of burundi (1st republic); 1971; commemorative airmail stamp of the issue "easter 1971"; issue of 6 stamps + 4 blocks à 3 stamp (michel block 48a+b, 49a+b ("a"=perforated, "b"=imperforate, block 49 = airmail); depicted is the airmail stamp bdi michel no. 755a which is shows as central motive a detail of the painting "resurrection of christ" by hans pleydenwurff (around 1420 – 1472).;this painting was created in 1465 in the style of the late gothic with renaissance tendencies. (the painter is seen as initiator of the netherlandic (early) renaissance in southern germany. ) and is contemporary (since 1811) located in the "alte pinakothek" in munich (germany).;owner is the state "bayerische gemäldesammlungen" in germany.;this painting was the obverse of the so-called "hofer altar" (right wing, inner painting) (= altarpiece from the church "st. Michaelis" in the town hof (bavaria), the reverse of this altarpiece show the apostle bartholomew and saint james the great).;unfortunately this stamp was postmarked with a unreadable cto. Stamp: michel: no. 755a; yvert & tellier: no. Pa190; scott: no. C145 color: multicolored with gold watermark: none nominal value: 26 f (franc) postage validity:from 7 april 1971 stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 28. 0 x 49. 5 mm. Date: 7 April 1971.