Burundi has been producing postage stamps for national use since becoming independent on 1 July 1962.

The country was formerly a part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi

Ruanda-Urundi

Ruanda-Urundi was a Belgian suzerainty from 1916 to 1924, a League of Nations Class B Mandate from 1924 to 1945 and then a United Nations trust territory until 1962, when it became the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.- Overview :...

 and before 1962 used those postage stamps. However, for the first issue under independence, Burundi overprinted the previous set of stamps of Ruanda-Urundi with Royaume du Burundi.Several issues were produced afterwards printed as "Royaume du Burundi" including a celebration of the Red Cross in 1963.

Republic of Burundi

In 1967, Burundi

Burundi

Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

 became a republic following the 1967 Burundian revolution and from then the stamps were printed as République du Burundi.

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa
  Postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa
  This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa.German East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika...
  
  
• Postage stamps and postal history of Ruanda-Urundi