Bujumbura, former capital of Burundi

Bujumbura is the former capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. But this postcard is sent in November 2018, while Bujumbura was still capital city. Gitega is new capital city from 24.12.2018. It is on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, the second deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal. The city center is a colonial town with a large market, the national stadium, a large mosque, and the cathedral for the Archdiocese of Bujumbura. Museums in the city include the Burundi Museum of Life and the Burundi Geological Museum. Other nearby attractions include the Rusizi National Park, the Livingstone-Stanley Monument at Mugere (where David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley visited 14 days after their first historic meeting at Ujiji in Tanzania), the presidential palace and the source of the southernmost tributary of the Nile, described locally as the source of the Nile.

Fantastic 2018 stamp with ruff (Calidris pugnax), but i didn't find and further  info about this stamp.



Thank you Wolfgang and Nibizi!

Cover from Burundi

I received a cover from Burundi, landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. It is also considered part of Central Africa. There are four Amanita zambiana mushroom stamps, from set issued on 30.09.1992. Fifth stamp is Phyllonemus typus, from set Fish from Lake Tanganyika, issued on 20.10.2014.


Thank you Lars!

Burundi: German Fault

This my first postcard from Burundi!

Burundi is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. It is considered part of Central Africa. Burundi's capital is Bujumbura. The southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika.

A few miles from Rutana as the crow flies, a magnificent landscape occasioned by a great collapse through which extends a spectacular panorama of the vast depression of Kumoso. There are a few stones from the old boma that the Germans had built while fleeing from the Belgian forces, the reason why the name of "Germans’ faults."

This stamp is Homoderus mellyi & Leonotis leonurus, from set od four stamps. Date of issue  is 22.09.2014. Homoderus mellyi is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae. Leonotis leonurus, also known as lion's tail and wild dagga, is a plant species in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to South Africa and southern Africa, where it is very common.

Thank you Deo!