The catalogues of the State signs of postal payment and the annual set of “Philately” magazine 2012 of the Publishing and Trading Centre “Marka” affiliated with the Federal Agency of Communications were presented at the literature competition class during the World Philatelic Exhibition “Australia 2013”. The Exhibition devoted to 100th anniversary of the first Australian postage stamp was being held from 10 to 15 May 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. Exhibits from 58 countries were performed at this philatelic event.
According to the results of the competition the catalogues of the State postal signs “Stationery: envelopes, postal sheets, letter packets of the Russian Empire, the USSR, the Grand Duchy of Finland, the People’s Republic of Tannu Tuva 1845 to 2012”, «Stationery: cards, letter-cards, forms of postal orders of the Russian Empire, the USSR, the Russian Federation, the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1871 to 2012» issued by the Federal Agency of Communications were awarded a Vermeil Medal.
The catalogue of the State postal signs of payment “Postage stamps of the Russian Empire from 1857 to 1919, the RSFSR from 1918 to 1923, the USSR from 1923 to 1960” was awarded the Large Silver Medal. The same prize got the set of “Philately” magazine.