Kivu-festival.

Letterhead of the official stationary paper.

The Kivu-Festival was organized as a trade fair and meant to make propaganda for the tourism. The images on the stamps are from the Kivu Lake. A lake on the border of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Rwanda north of Lake Tanganyika. It is situated at an altitude of 1,461 m (4,790 ft) and is Africa's highest lake. Beneath the lake lie vast reserves of methane gas, which have not been exploited. Lake Kivu is a tourist center.

Date of issue: 2 January 1953

Expiration date: 1 April 1955

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Engraving:

Printing: Thomas De la Rue & Co, Ltd, London

Perforation: 14

Size: 32 x 22 mm

Sheet: 50

Marginal inscriptions: numbered “1A” and “1B” in the lower margin, also “Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited”.

Circulation: 500,000 series

No 325. 3Fr, carmine & black

No 326. 7Fr, blue & orange brown

There are no variations or curiosities known for any of the above shown material.