Sublimation type thermal image transfer image receiving medium

A sublimation thermal image transfer image receiving medium, comprising a substrate and a dye receiving layer formed thereon, said substrate comprising a first laminated sheet on which said dye receiving layer is provided and a second laminated sheet, with an elastic adhesive layer or a plastic adhesive layer interposed between said first laminated sheet and said second laminated sheet,

• and wherein said first laminated sheet on which said dye receiving layer is provided is a void-containing film, which is an air-bubble containing film, wherein a density, D.sub.2, of said air-bubble-containing film and a density, D.sub.1, of an air-bubble free film made of the same material as that of said air-bubble-containing film have the relationship of:
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