May 8th, 2013 
srmodh 
Estonia post issued a set of two postage stamps featuring past stage coach and present postal vehicles as a part of Europa 2013 series.
On Estonian and Livonian roads mail was carried on horseback until the middle of the 18th century. Constant growth in the carriage of mail and passengers caused the need that open-top carriages and covered wagons, called kibitkas, were taken into use. As roads were poor and the postal vehicles primitive, travelling by them was inconvenient.
May 8th, 2013 srmodh 
The theme of this year’s common Europa 2013 issue coming out in each Post Europe member country is “Postal Means of Transportation”. The Czech stamp depicts a symbol of Czechoslovak Post’s history – horse-drawn parcel mail coach.
Model IV of this coach was based on a one-horse cargo coach used by Austrian Post. Like its Austrian counterpart, it was usually drawn by a single horse.
May 8th, 2013 srmodh 
Finland post issued a set of two postage stamps featuring past and present postal vehicles as a part of Europa 2013 series.
EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations and bears the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme.
May 8th, 2013 srmodh 
Aland post issued a postage stamp featuring postal vehicles as a part of Europa 2013 series. The stamp shows a Toyota Auris Hybrid delivery car. Being a silent-running model with no combustion when standing, this eco-friendly car offers several advantages for the environment.
In recent years, Åland Post has actively committed itself to the environment. We were environmentally certified by DNV (Det Norske Veritas) according to the ISO 14001:2004 standard in November 2011.
March 23rd, 2013 srmodh 
Slovenia post issued a set of two postage stamps featuring postal vehicles as a part of Europa 2013 series. The stamps shows Krpan mail bicycle and Diligence mail coach.
Krpan Mail Bicycle
It is no mere coincidence that the Krpan mail bicycle, which you can encounter every day on the streets of Slovenian towns, bears the name of the hero of superhuman strength from the tale by Levstik. The bike was developed especially for mail delivery, and with a thought for safe and environmentally friendly postal transport.
March 23rd, 2013 srmodh 
Jersey post issued a set of four stamps featuring postal vehicles as a part of Europa 2013 series. The stamps depicts various vehicles used for carrying and delivering posts.
EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations and bears the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme.
March 19th, 2013 srmodh 
Taiwan post issued a set of five stamps and a souvenir sheet on a Qing dynasty Embroidery lateral curtain with flower and bird embroidery from the National Museum of History’s collection.
Traditionally, lateral curtains were mostly used to decorate the central hall of a house for a wedding or other celebratory occasion. This red silk lateral curtain, stretches nearly five meters long, features meticulously stitched embroidered flowers, birds, grass, trees, clouds and rocks that simply burst with color.
March 17th, 2013 srmodh 
Indonesia post issued a set of stamps to mark the year of the snake. Lunar New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people in Indonesia and around the world. The festival celebrates the arrival of the first day of the first month of Chinese calendar as well as the coming of spring.
In Indonesia, Chinese Lunar New Year is a national holiday. Lunar New Year of the snake falls on February 10,2013 which is denoted by snake shio with the element of water. To welcome the Chinese Lunar year of the snake, stamp series is issued depicting the object of snakes and water elements.
March 12th, 2013 srmodh 
Belarus post issued a stamp of the Bird of the year – Hoopoe. The public organization “Ahova ptushak Batskaushchyny” (Protection of Homeland Birds) declared the hoopoe as the bird of the year 2013 in Belarus.
The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive ‘crown’ of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae.
One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. Like the Latin name upupa, the English name is an onomatopoetic form which imitates the cry of the bird.
March 11th, 2013 srmodh 
Irish Post issued two new Greetings 2013 stamps, specially designed for use on greeting cards. This year’s stamps were designed by Steve Simpson and feature illustrations by renowned illustrator, Cathy Dineen. The stamps show the delight shown by a boy and girl on receiving a greeting card in the post.
Australia is hosting an International Stamp Exhibition, AUSTRALIA 2013 in Melbourne, from 10 - 15 May 2013 at the Exhibition Buildings, Carlton, Melbourne.
Thailand will host THAILAND 2013 - World Stamp Exhibition from 2 to14 August, on the 130th anniversary of the Thailand’s postal service.
