A significant number of provisionals are associated with the Civil War of 1918–1922. During this period, stable central authority was absent across most of the country, many regions became independent, and, amid devastation and war, there was substantial inflation. Frequent tariff changes and the inability to supply the postal network with stamps of the required denominations led to periodic revaluations of existing stocks in accordance with directives of the RSFSR People’s Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs, which did not provide for any overprints. However, locally, some post offices still applied overprints to the revalued stamps being sold, or simply inscribed them by hand. All these stamps are characterized by an extremely simple overprinting technique.
Overprint 1 on 1 Kopeck 1920.
Provisional. Rogachev.
