The International Exhibition was held in Christchurch starting in 1906, and as well as a set of commemorative stamps by the NZ Post Office, seven celebratory cinderella stamps were issued, printed by the local newspapers around Canterbury.

Here are mint examples of number one: Map, number 3: Kiwi, & number 5: Tui. The tiny print in bottom margin says number 3 was printed by the Lyttelton Times Company, while number 5 was printed by the Christchurch Press Company, still in existence.

These all have faults: the Map has a portion of top right missing, the Kiwi has rips and thins, and the Tui has a small piece missing at the top.

ACS # X25, X27, & X29. Catalogue value if in perfect condition = $70.

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The New Zealand International Exhibition (the biggest in the country to that time) opened 1 November 1906 in Hagley Park, Christchurch. Nearly two million people visited the exhibition during the next few months. A branch railway line was built across North Hagley Park to service the exhibition. The attractions included New Zealand’s first professional symphony orchestra (conducted by Alfred Hill), and the first Dominion pipe band contest which was won by the Dunedin Highland Pipe Band. The exhibition closed on 15 April 1907 and the remaining buildings had been removed by the end of August 1907.

The architect for the buildings was Joseph Clarkson Maddison. He also designed the Carlton Hotel, which was commissioned by the Wards's Brewery to be built in time for the International Exhibition.

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