The envelope is the usual from the couple, with a plain front.
The back of the envelope features a purple crown. What is interesting is there is a little half-circle taken out of the bottom of the back of the envelope. I've seen little nicks like this on a number of envelopes from King Albert and Queen Paola. I probably comes from the machine they use to stamp the postmark on the front of the envelopes.
Inside is a flat card featuring a photo on the front and typed message on the back.
The photo is from King Albert & Queen Paola's 60th Wedding Anniversary party. For a list of who is who on the card see the 60th Wedding Anniversary reply.
You can see in the bottom right corner of the card is a half-circle that's been worn away like the envelope.
The back of the card features the message "Best Wishes for the New Year" in Belgium's 3 official languages (French, Dutch, and German) and Paola's native language, Italian. The signatures are printed on and the same as past years.
Printed on the side of the card is "Color Impact" the name of the Belgium company that prints the cards.
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