Pierre Soulages - First Day Cover (signed) - 1986

Pierre SOULAGES (1919-2022) First Day Sheet
- 1986 Sheet with stamp and First Day cancel with a motif engraved in etching Signed (within the cancel) 30 x 21 cm (each)
Note: Official philatelic document produced by the Postal and Telecommunications Administration for the Postal Museum.
It consists of an original stamped stamp canceled by the First Day cancel, the text of the official notice, the impression of the original die, a monochrome engraved illustration, and a drypoint impression from the stamped printing.
- block of 4 stamps dated the first day of issue, signed by the artist Pierre SOULAGES and the engraver Claude DURRENS. Copies signed by the artists themselves - like this one - are extremely rare and highly prized.