Airmail stamp of the republic of burundi (first republic); 1968; airmail stamp of the issue to the "international letter writing week" (according to a decision of the 14th upu-congress 1957 in ottawa falls this week always (since 1957) in the week with the days around the 09th of october of an each year) (so, for 1968, it is falling in the week from 7 october 1968 until 13 october 1968).;the depicted stamp is burundi (bi) michel: no. 442a from 1968 and shows as motive a reproduction of the painting "comtesse cérès") (= "anne marie thérèse de rabaudy montoussin, comtesse du barry de cérès" (1759-1834) from toulouse, however the artist and this person were no friendsǃ) (former title of this painting until to 1992: "lady folding a letter") by louise-élisabeth vigée-lebrun (1755-1842).;madame vigée-lebrun has created this painting in 1784 in the style of the roccoco.;contemprary location is the "museum of art" in toledo (ohio, usa).;this painting was created direct before the wide more famous painting from madame vigée-lebrun "selfportrait with daughter julie, 1784" (the daughter jeanne-lucie-louise was born in 1780). In 1787, she caused with this painting a minor public scandal when her selfportrait was exhibited at the salon of the then "académie royale de painture et de sculpture" of 1787 showing her smiling and open-mouthed, which was in direct contravention of traditional painting conventions going back to antiquity.;with the french revolution she flied initially to italy and her membership in the "académie française" was dissolved, among others, because female academicians were abolished.;this stamp was issued under president michel micombero of burundi and postmarked in december 1968. Stamp: michel: no. 442a; yvert & tellier: no. Pa93; scott: no. C86
color: multicolored
watermark: none
nominal value: 40 f (cfa-franc)
postage validity: from 30 september 1968 until ?
stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 37. 5 x 53. 0 mm. Date: 30 September 1968.
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