Stamp for official (private overprint) correspondence 1 Kopeck 1912.
Poltava. Zemstvo Post of Poltava Uyezd. 7th Medical District.

Type 1.

Overprint on official stamps with the purpose of converting them into regular postage stamps: "private" over the word "official", "0" over the "No." sign, a line covering the designation and number of the district (school), and a new denomination of 1 kopek. Print run: 50 pieces.

Official stamps were intended for official correspondence sent via the Zemstvo post. Used in 1912–1914, issued free of charge, but accounted for. Blue stamps were for 10 medical districts.

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