A significant number of provisionals are associated with the Civil War of 1918–1922. At that time, there was no stable central authority across most of the country; many regions became independent, and, due to 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 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 still applied overprints to the revalued stamps offered for sale, or simply wrote on them by hand. All of these stamps are characterized by extremely simple overprinting techniques.
Overprint rub on 1 Kopeck 1918.
Provisional Issue..
