FCK PTN! (Ukraine stamps and postcard)

In October 2022, Banksy confirmed he had created seven new murals in and around Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. Some of the murals appeared on destroyed buildings, including a gymnast doing a handstand on a pile of rubble, a woman in her dressing gown wearing a gas mask and holding a fire extinguisher and an older man in his bath.

This unsigned, framed artwork (23cm x 32cm) brings together three items from the Ukrposhta (the national post office of Ukraine) first-day issue from on 24 February 2023. It includes the official limited edition of 100,000 postcards, limited edition of 100,000 envelopes and a set of six full bleed stamps – all now long sold out. The full bleed shows the copyright of Banksy in the bottom right-hand corner.  

£250

The limited edition postcard and single stamp is framed (24cm x 22cm) and wrapped unopened as first brought. First day edition of only 1,000 produced.

£195

These elements mark the historic moment of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The original was painted on a demolished wall in the town of Borodyanka, north-west of Kyiv, where many buildings were reduced to rubble by Russian aircraft at the start of the invasion. The image draws inspiration from the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, known to be a black belt in judo, and depicts a young judoka representing Ukraine, knocking down a grown man. The stamps feature the words ПТН ПНХ! (F**k Putin or sometimes referred to as FCK PTN!) in Cyrillic lettering, the alphabet used by Slavic-speaking people.

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