page_title: Auckland Exhibition
section_title: Postage Stamps
hierarchical_section_title: Auckland Exhibition / Postage Stamps
caption_attribution_description: English: "Auckland Exhibition 1913." overprinted stamps of New Zealand. The bottom row are forgeries, from an auction listing on Ebay. Note the elongated font, and the Wellington postmark on the 3d stamp (the overprints were only sold in Auckland).
context_page_description: The Auckland Exhibition was a world's fair held in Auckland Domain Park, Auckland, New Zealand in 1913 and 1914.
context_section_description: Stamps were issued to mark the exhibition, but although the monarch was now George V the stamps commemorating the event were overprints of Edward VII stamps. Few were sold, and forgeries are now common.
caption: Forged overprints on 1913 New Zealand stamps.
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