In June 1992, the conflict in Transnistria escalated, which would later be called the Transnistrian War. The cause was the oppression of the Russian-speaking population by Moldova.
In June 1992, by order of the Tiraspol communications hub, standard USSR stamps were typographically overprinted in three lines: “Tiraspol / 30-VI-92” and with new denominations “20 kopecks”. The overprints were red (in shades from bright red to pale red). In the lower margin of the sheet there were inscriptions in Russian and Ukrainian, “Post of Transnistria”, with the print run indicated between them: “150 thousand”. The overprints were applied on a single sheet: in the upper rows the overprints were horizontal; in the bottom five rows the overprints ran from bottom to top (vertical). The overprints were produced in Ukraine.
The stamps went into circulation on July 3 and were used until July 21, 1992. The remaining print run, after an order was received from the Deputy Minister of Communications of Moldova prohibiting their postal use, was sent to Chisinau for subsequent destruction.
Overprint Tiraspol 30-VI-92 20 kopecks on 1 Kopeck 1992.
Tiraspol. Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
