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Emperor's New Clothes postcard set

I recently designed this postcard for a swap, but I had so much fun with it that I've made up some sets for a couple more of my regular correspondents. The postcard is an ad card for WeaveWorld Weavers, and there is a fabric sample stapled to the card (what do you mean, you can't see it? ;) ). The writing on the reverse of the card is telling of the Emperor's recent Grand Procession in the Big City, but has been censored in marker by corrupt City bureaucrats to prevent news spreading of 'the incident'. The postcard has been re-sealed in a cellophane packet (partially because naked staples are not allowed to be mailed) along with a flyer delineating the official Royal Decree of which the postcard message is in breach. The packet is over-labelled with a warning/statement from officials (incorrectly) enforcing directives as outlined in the Correspondence Assured Delivery Treaty...

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Uploaded on July 9, 2011
Taken on July 9, 2011