Cover Collection commemorating U Thant

My Cover Collection commemorating U Thant

       This is the first day cover of one of the first United Nations Commemorative Stamp Series ever issued to be made with a surface of 23K gold.   The general assembly pictured in the cachet is one of the six main organs of the United Nations.  This is the only body in which all UN members are pepresented and each member has one vote.  Designed by Seth Huntington, this "parliament of man" is another example of the world joining hands to form a circle of peace.
Country : STAFFA Scotland (Cindrella Issue)
Date of Issue : 12 Jan 1978

United Nations 1964 Regular Issues (Scott #125-127) FDCs

Unaddressed, cacheted and cancelled in United Nations, New York on May 29, 1964

Cachet : United Nations Regular Postage Series of 1964, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant, Trygve Lie

United Nations 1968 U.N. Secretariat Series (Scott #181-182) FDC

Unaddressed, cacheted and cancelled in United Nations, New York on January 16, 1968

Cachet : Honoring United Nations Secretariat 1968, The Secretaries - U Thant, Dag Hammarskjold, Trygve Lie

United Nations 25th Anniversary, 1970 FDC

Addressed, cacheted and cancelled in United Nations, New York on 20 Nov 1970.

Cachet : United Nations 25th Anniversary, Caricatures of Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant 

United Nations 35th Anniversary, 1980 FDC

Unddressed, cacheted and cancelled in United Nations, Vienna on 26 Jun 1980.

Cachet : Colorano, Silk Cachet honoring U Thant

     

      This is the 1962 Official TIME (TIME magazine) Cover.  The drawing feature John F. Kennedy, U Thant and Nikita Khrushchev. Behind them is the earth globe.  Each person is represented by chess piece, meaning the world politics looks like playing the game, where everybody plays its role.  U Thant is presenting Olive Branch meaning "peace" to US President J.F Kennedy from Khrushchev, the Premier of Soviet Union, over Cuba Crisis.

     On the back side, TIME magazine logo is printed, together with the address "keizersgracht 590, Amsterdam-C".  Cover has a postage paid imprinted stamp "Nederland port paye Amsterdam".  It is postally used from the Netherlands to Germany.