Silk Stamp Album Of Confucius Rare Collection With Certificate 4435 Cotton Glove
The album is printed on pure natural silk with Goal-Ascends's unique High Resolution Silkcolour Printing. It consist of all the stamps of Confucius issued insce the foundation of PRC and selected painter Qiu Ying. This is the first album to combine silk technology with stamps, and broke ground in a new level of commemorative stamps. The only recorded copy is at the National Museum of Australia. It was published to celebrate the 2559th birthday of Confucius. Copies were given to every university, museum and secondary school in China so very few appear in the West. Issued in box with magnetic holders to keep album in place.
Has certificate and cotton gloves in an open cellophane package. There is a slight tare to one corner of the magnetic hard cover which holds the album in place. One corner of this cover is slightly compressed. There are some scratches to the front hard cover. The album itself is in excellent condition. Please see photos as they form part of the description.