The exhibition was held during the annual meeting of this international organization and on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the division of the former Czechoslovakia and the establishment of two independent states. The Czech part of the exhibition was prepared jointly by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, the Czech Post and the Postal Museum, thus continuing the previous tradition of stamp production in the former Czechoslovakia. Director General of UPU Masahiko Metoki, the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic Alexandr Micovčin and the Chargée d'Affaires a. i. of the Czech Republic Pavlína Šrámková opened the exhibition together.