Keith Haring - Drawing on First Day Cover Haring + 2 special signed First Day Covers

Set of three special signed First Day Covers (FDC)

A special set of three signed United Nations First Day Covers , featuring works by Keith Haring, Xing Fei, and Ole Hamann. Each copy is hand-signed by the respective artist. The Keith Haring copy also features a small original drawing.

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ITEM 1


Drawing by Keith Haring on an original Keith Haring International Youth Year First Day Cover (FDC) from 1985.


The First Day Cover features a small original drawing by Keith Haring in black felt-tip pen, and is also hand-signed .

This First Day Cover was issued as part of the United Nations International Youth Year 1985 and published by the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) in New York. The envelope features Keith Haring's iconic composition for the International Youth Year: a dynamic figure holding a radiant, circular shape above him. The First Day Cover is part of the same WFUNA project as Haring's well-known International Youth Year lithograph, which was issued in an edition of 1,000 copies and is documented in the literature on Keith Haring's graphic oeuvre in Littmann, pp. 36–37.

The work is professionally framed to a high standard under a custom-made, acid-free mat and presented in an exclusive plexiglass case. It can be hung on the wall or placed freestanding.
First Day Cover: approx. 9 × 16.5 cm
Plexiglass showcase: approx. 31 × 41 cm

Keith Haring (1958–1990) was one of the defining American artists of the 1980s. Emerging from New York's downtown and subway culture, he developed an instantly recognizable visual language featuring energetic human figures, Radiant Babies, barking dogs, and powerful linear symbols. His oeuvre is situated at the intersection of Pop Art, Street Art, and social engagement. Haring used his accessible visual language to draw attention to themes such as youth, equality, sexuality, AIDS awareness, and human rights. His work grew into one of the most recognizable visual languages of late twentieth-century art.
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ITEM 2
A special United Nations First Day Cover (FDC) from 1986 featuring a painting by the Chinese artist Xing Fei .

The First Day Cover is hand-signed in Chinese characters by Xing Fei in the bottom right corner.
The FDC bears the official First Day of Issue stamp: March 14, 1986.

This publication was released in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) .
The colorful composition on the left reproduces a painting by Xing Fei and depicts a vast mountain landscape with houses, trees, human figures, and animals. Flowing contours and expressive color nuances in violet, turquoise, green, and brown give the landscape a lively and almost rhythmic character.

The First Day Cover is professionally framed under a custom-made, acid-free mat in a white wooden frame with Plexiglas® Optical HC, which is scratch-resistant and UV-resistant.
First Day Cover: approx. 9 × 16.5 cm
Dimensions including frame: approx. 34 × 44 cm


Xing Fei (born in 1958 in Beijing) is a Chinese artist who combines elements of traditional Chinese painting with a modern, Western-oriented visual language. She studied traditional Chinese painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and moved to the United States in 1984. In the 1980s, Xing Fei was also part of the internationally developing Chinese avant-garde. In 1986, she participated in the exhibition Avant-Garde Chinese Art in New York, along with Ai Weiwei , Li Shuang, Ma Desheng, and Zhu Jinshi, among others.
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ITEM 3
An original United Nations First Day Cover, issued in 1972 by the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) in Geneva.
The First Day Cover is hand-signed by Ole Hamann in blue ink.
The envelope bears an official United Nations postage stamp with the accompanying First Day of Issue / Premier Jour cancellation, cancelled in Geneva on 17 November 1972.

Ole Hamann (1917–2002) was a Danish artist and graphic designer who played an important role in the visual design of the United Nations. He was Director of the United Nations Postal Administration and designed, among other things, a series of stamps for the United Nations.

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A First Day Cover (FDC) is an envelope or card on which a newly issued stamp is cancelled on the official first day of issue with a special first day cancellation . First Day Covers are collected worldwide as philatelic documents.

Authenticity and origin guaranteed.
Supplied with a certificate of authenticity.
Worldwide shipping, tax-friendly to the US and other countries.
Custom-made, handmade framing available on request.