From 8 to 11 of August 2013 annual traditional national exhibition of the philatelic literature “StampShow 2013” with international participation was held for the 127th time, it was organized by the American Association of Philatelists at the exhibition hall “Wisconsin Center” in Milwaukee (the largest town of the north state Wisconsin, USA). The Vernissage has united more than 150 participants, more than 900 exhibit boosts have been presented.
The FSUE PTC “Marka” under jurisdiction of the Federal Agency of Communications has taken part for the second time in the literature class of the vernissage on the invitation of the organizing committee. A total of 46 exhibits have been presented.
Following the results the Catalogues of the state signs of postal payment “Envelopes with different stamps, post packages, letters, post sheets of the Russian Empire, the Great Principality of Finland, the USSR, The Tuvan People's Republic, the Russian Federation from 1845 to 2012” and « Postal cards, letter-cards, forms of money order of the Russian Empire, the Great Principality of Finland, the RSPSR, The Russian Federation from 1871 to 2012» have been honored with the highest awards – gold medals.