Prince Rwagasore & President J.F.Kennedy

Prince Louis Rwagasore, the eldest son of King Mwambutsa IV and leader of the Union of National Progress (UPRONA) political party, was a radical intellectual Tutsi, educated in Belgium. He married a Hutu woman and became a symbol of national unity. When the UPRONA party won the election of 1961, before the country became independent, the prince was expected to lead the government. People hoped that he would return the country to stability. Unfortunately, he was assassinated shortly after the election.

President John F.Kennedy (1917-1963)

Born: May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts.

On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Thirty-fifth President of the U.S 1961-1963. Married to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy.

Date of issue: 21 January 1966

Expiration date:

Design:

Printing:

Perforation: 13.5

Size: 37 x 25 mm and 25 x 37 mm

Sheet: 25

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation:

No 168. 4F + 1F,

No 169. 10F + 1F,

No 170. 20F + 2F,

No 171. 40F + 2F,

The series:

The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.

No 107A, 20F + 5F & 40F + 5F, perforated (always from block)

No 107B, 20F + 5F & 40F + 5F, imperforated (always from block)

Block 10, perforated (size: 75 x 90 mm)

Block 10, imperforated

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

Philatelic material: Not know to exist