Queensland show closes with Sunday-only Lest We Forget PNC and limited Koala minisheets

Australia Post’s participation at the Queensland Stamp & Coin Show reaches its final day on 16 August 2026 with a show-only Lest We Forget postal-numismatic cover. The postal administration says only 150 numbered examples of the Sunday PNC will be released, with a limit of one per customer. The item carries a coloured-foil show postmark and is available only to people attending the event at Chandler Arena, Sleeman Sports Complex, Chandler, Queensland. This is the third daily PNC after Friday’s decimal-currency anniversary cover and Saturday’s Aussie Big Things 2 two-coin cover.

Australia Post is also releasing 50 show-only Koala minisheets on each day of its 14–16 August attendance. Each sheet contains two Koala stamps arranged in a configuration created for the show and is priced at AUD 12. A separate mint Queensland Stamp & Coin Show 2026 minisheet, listed at AUD 7.50, has wider distribution through mail order, online sales and participating post offices while stock remains. The distinction is important: the daily show-only sheet and postmarked PNC should not be confused with the generally available mint show minisheet.

The organizer describes the wider national exhibition as running from 13 to 16 August, while Australia Post states that its own stand operates from 14 to 16 August. The show brings together competitive philatelic and postcard exhibits, specialist dealers, society activity, social events and an on-site postal bureau. It also advertises event postmarks, cancellation services, overprinted sheets and commemorative folders. The apparently different start dates therefore refer to the full exhibition programme and the postal administration’s public sales presence, not necessarily to an error in the announcement.

From a collecting perspective, the controlled daily quantities, attendance restriction and dated postmarks create several related but distinct objects. A complete reconstruction of the postal programme would require the three PNCs, the daily Koala sheet variants, appropriate cancellations and the ordinary mint show minisheet. Provenance matters because an uncancelled product, a bureau-cancelled example and a privately serviced cover may look similar in photographs while representing different forms of distribution and preparation. Numbering on a PNC documents its place within the announced edition, but it does not by itself prove the time or channel of sale; a receipt, original packaging or contemporary event record can strengthen the chain of provenance.

The final day is especially time-sensitive. Visitors seeking the Sunday PNC or a daily Koala sheet should arrive early, observe the one-per-customer rule on the PNC and keep purchase documentation. Remote buyers can pursue only the products that Australia Post identifies as available outside the venue; show-only stock should not be advertised as obtainable by mail unless the postal administration later announces a residual-stock arrangement.

The official Australia Post notice remains the authority for quantities, prices and access conditions, while the organizer documents the wider four-day programme. After the show, product codes, sell-out information and any residual-stock arrangement may clarify how the souvenirs were distributed. Collector reports and resale images can add provenance for individual examples, but they do not by themselves establish the original allocation, official price or availability channel. Numbered examples with receipts or original packaging provide stronger evidence of distribution than unsupported descriptions attached to later online sales.