Blessing on the Earth (set with cards) – cover
Another of these very substantial sets, issued in October 2013 by China Post. It’s a hardcover book in a heavy cardboard sleeve, the whole thing measuring 10-3/8″ x 10-1/4″ x 3/4″. What you see in this scan is how the book looks through the cover, and we have placed an (untranslated) white insert in the photo too. Apart from inner front and back covers, this item has five heavy pages, each with stamps, stamp sheets, or nine postage pre-paid postcards (you can see examples in 20307559B). At the very end, in its own plastic sleeve, there is a fold-out three-panel strip with three more cards resembling paper cuts on each page: a total of nine more connected cards. Basically, if you like elaborate Chinese paper cuts and drawings of ancient deities and daily life, this is for you. Grade: 1