Cream gift envelope, with a plain envelope and a cellophane wrapper. The cream gift envelope has flecks of gold and silver leaf with sections of pale green, patterned paper. Around the gift envelope is green, yellow and gold cord, under which are three slips of white paper that have inscriptions in gold and black. There is a plain, white, rectangular envelope with an inscription on the back and a cellophane wrapper with an inscription.
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