In June 2003, the State Postal Bureau issued a set of four special stamps, third in the Suzhou Gardens series, celebrating the Master-of-Nets Garden. The previous two sets pictured the Lingering Garden (1980) and the Humble Administrator's Garden (1984).

Built during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), the Master-of-Nets Garden exemplifies the finest in South China landscape architecture.

The first stamp shows Late Spring Cottage, also called garden within a garden, where the owner's children studied, and conveys artfully its picturesque disorder.

The second stamp features the Pavilion Greeting the Moon and Breeze. Bounded on three sides by ponds, it is the perfect place to view and enjoy the autumn moon. Beneath it is the Zhuoying Water Pavilion that commands the best view of the garden in summer. The upper right-hand section of the stamp shows the Watching Pines and Appreciating Paintings Studio, the owner's study, in front of which stands an 800-year-old Song Dynasty cypress.

On the third stamp is the Veranda of Bamboo. From here the garden may be seen at its best in late winter and early spring. Also pictured are the Duck Shooting Corridor and Banshan Pavilion. The waters shown on this stamp are part of the Rosy Clouds Pond, one of the three seen on the second.

The last stamp is dominated by an image of the Hall of Ten Thousand Volumes -- the owner's extensive library. The master of the house would hold receptions and celebrations in the hall, and the lady of the house used the building behind it for her gatherings.

These four different perspectives skillfully combine to express the overall aesthetic excellence of the Master-of-Nets Garden.