A significant number of provisionals are associated with the Civil War of 1918–1922. At that time, there was no stable central authority in most of the country, many regions became independent, and amid devastation and war there was substantial inflation. Frequent changes in rates and the inability to supply the postal network with stamps of the required denominations led to periodic revaluations of available stocks in accordance with directives of the People’s Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR, which did not provide for any overprints. However, in some places certain post offices still applied overprints to the revalued stamps offered for sale, or simply added handwritten inscriptions. All these stamps are characterized by an extremely simple overprint production technique.
Overprint R on 1 Kopeck 1918.
Provisional Issue..
