Gift Kit for Diamond Jubilee.

Through clarity rather than a metal: clear foil, spot gloss foil or a restrained platinum foil, with no literal diamond effect anywhere. The register for sixty years is formal and restrained, and the achievement speaks for itself. A blind deboss with no ink and no foil is often the most fitting finish of all.

Bound cloth over rigid greyboard reads as institutional, which suits the organisations that reach sixty years. These are usually third-generation firms, civic bodies and trusts, and the kit is displayed on a shelf for years. Cloth ages well in the open and takes deboss cleanly.

Every face of the box is finished, since no side stays hidden on display.

Archival acid-free stock for any printed content that will be retained long term. Reproduced archive documents and records are printed accurately on it, since someone will check the dates and nobody from the founding remains to correct them. The fitted insert holds the formal arrangement precisely.

Blind deboss, matt lamination and a restrained clear or platinum foil are the three we specify for this register. Gold is too warm and silver too bright for the occasion. Cloth binding carries the traditional formal weight on the presentation piece.

Proofs are checked before production, because there are no reprints for a single date.

12 by 9 by 4 inches and 14 by 11 by 5 inches are the standard formats. The footprint follows the largest item, usually a bound volume or a framed reproduction, with the insert bays cut around it. Cloth-wrapped rigid board adds to the outside dimensions.

We draw the structure from the confirmed contents before quoting.

We tool up a diamond jubilee kit at 500 or more. Cloth binding, foil dies and deboss plates are fixed costs, so the rate per box improves above 1,000. Civic and external audiences often push the count past the minimum anyway.

Production is 7 to 10 business days once proofs are signed off, or 5 to 7 business days on a rush. Archive reproduction and proof checking happen before that clock starts. A sample kit takes 5 to 7 business days and the charge is credited against the order.

Design and structural help are included at no cost.

Yes, the construction is postal rated and the fitted insert holds everything in place through transit. Audiences at sixty years are often external and civic, so kits travel to varied addresses inside a shipper outer that protects the cloth from scuffing. The presentation box is never sent bare.