A significant number of provisionals is 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, inflation was substantial. 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 stocks in accordance with instructions from the People’s Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR, which did not provide for any overprints. However, in some localities, certain post offices nevertheless applied overprints to the revalued stamps offered for sale, or simply added handwritten inscriptions. All these stamps are characterized by an extremely simple overprinting technique.
Overprint rub on 1 Kopeck 1920.
Provisional. Semyonov.
