<p>Stamp of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa); 1961; definitive stamp of the issue "1st Anniversary of the Independence" (this day was on <time class="dtstart" datetime="1961-08-01" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">1 August 1961</time>); stamp motive with a portrait of the then President of the Congo <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Joseph_Kasa-Vubu" title="Category:Joseph Kasa-Vubu">Joseph Kasavubu</a> (1910-1969) (later spelling: "Kasa-Vubu", was grandson of a Chinese railroad-worker) and inscription for the "re-opening of the parliament" in <time class="dtstart" datetime="1961-07" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">July 1961</time>; mint stamp<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel No. 61; Yvert &amp; Tellier: No. 432; Scott: No. 383<br><b>Color</b>: light blue / brown<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 40 C (Centimes)<br><b>Postage validity</b>: from 30 June 1961 until ?<br></p>
<b>Stamp picture size</b> (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 23.0 x 32.5 mm
Postal administration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
scan of original