A significant number of provisionals are associated with the Civil War of 1918–1922. During this period, in most of the country there was no stable central authority, many regions became independent, and, due to devastation and war, there was substantial inflation. Frequent changes in postal rates and the inability to supply the postal network with stamps of the required denominations led to periodic revaluations of existing stock in accordance with instructions from the People’s Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR, which did not provide for any overprints. However, locally, some post offices nevertheless applied overprints to the revalued stamps being sold, or simply added handwritten inscriptions. All of these stamps are characterized by an extremely simple overprinting technique.
Overprint 1 on 1 Kopeck 1920.
Provisional Issue..
