Starting a series of unusual cards from this unusual place, we’ll do the grand description here and let the other cards speak for themselves.  Kinmen, also spelled Quemoy or Kinmoi, is a group of islands governed as a county by Taiwan, off the southeastern coast of mainland China, roughly 10 km east of Xiamen in Fujian.  Kinmen is 187 km west from the main island of Taiwan.  The county consists of Kinmen along with several surrounding islets, as well as Wuqiu Township located 133 km (83 mi) to the northeast of the rest of the county.   Kinmen’s strategic location in the Taiwan Strait has led to numerous confrontations …  in August 1958, Kinmen was heavily bombarded by the People’s Liberation Army during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Travel restrictions between Kinmen and the main island of Taiwan were lifted in 1994 following the end of decades-long military administration over Kinmen, and a direct ferry route to Xiamen was inaugurated in January 2001 following the establishment of the Three Links.  The People’s Republic of China (PRC, China) claims Kinmen as part of Fujian Province and considers Wuqiu to be a separate territory of Fujian apart from Kinmen itself; conversely, the ROC claims the Dadeng Islands (Tateng) as part of Kinmen, even though they were effectively transferred to the control of Xiamen by the PRC.  And these guardian lions?  Traditional and ubiquitous.  Two of these unused cards are available.  Grades: 1