The Australia 2013 World Stamp Exhibition have featured the largest collection of philatelic and numismatic items on show in Australia since 2005 and will be attended by national and international dealers, traders, collectors and postal administrations, including New Zealand Post.
To celebrate the exhibition, New Zealand Post have released an exhibition miniature sheet and souvenir cover on May 10, 2013. The miniature sheet incorporates stamps from the Queen Elizabeth II - 60th Anniversary of the Coronation stamp issue, set against an image of the exhibition venue - the Royal Exhibition Building and also mark the centenary of the 1913 Kangaroo and Map stamp - Australia’s first national postage stamp.
Along-with the issuance of miniature sheet have been released the first day cover on the same day.
