Shining Past – outer sleeve, and book cover (PR China)
Our total description of this item requires four entries–a record for us, so far. Here we go:
39600030A shows the cover (and also heavy cardboard sleeve) of this hardcover book, measuring 10″ x 14″ x 3/4″. The four large title characters say “Shining Past,” and the smaller characters at the top say “Red path stamp collection.” Don’t worry, there are postcards as well in here. As for the book, it is larger than our scanner, so the full cover is more than what you see here.
39600030B shows the inside front cover of the book, which has seven very heavy pages in all, not including inside front and back covers. If you can read Chinese, this explains everything.
39600030C shows one sample page (out of five) of sets of Maximum Cards. In each case, the facing page is a sheet of stamps the same as what you see on the cards (39600030D is another example). Cards and stamps are not glued in, but rather behind plastic holders or held securely by cardboard like an old photo album would have done.
And, near the front, is one page with one very large stamp highlighted. Altogether this is a really beautiful item, among the best of its kind from China Post. Everything is unused, of course.