15 January 1871 — the Zemstvo post of Kungur Uyezd (Perm Governorate) was opened. Mail was sent from the uyezd center, the town of Kungur, to most volost administrations along the Proselochny and Goroblagodatsky routes twice a week.
From 1 January 1890, Zemstvo postage stamps of 1 and 2 kopeks were used to pay for the delivery of private letters and packets. The stamps depict the governorate and uyezd coats of arms. In 1891, 5- and 10-kopeck stamps were issued, and in 1893–96 new 1- and 2-kopeck stamps were issued. All of them were printed in private printing houses. The stamps were cancelled with oval handstamps. From 1898, all correspondence was forwarded free of charge.
23 October 1889 — the Zemstvo assembly resolved: "As an experiment for one year, to introduce the collection of a postal tax in favor of the Zemstvo on the following basis: for ordinary letters, 2 kopeks per packet (letter) …; for money packets, 2 kopeks per packet (letter) and 1 kopek per ruble of the sums remitted. With regard to the procedure for collecting the fees, to establish the following rules:
- all private letters and packets must be prepaid with special Zemstvo postage stamps prepared by the board;
- the stamps are prepared in 1- and 2-kopeck denominations."
16 October 1890 — the Kungur board reported to the Zemstvo assembly that "from 1 January … a fee was collected for the forwarding by the Zemstvo post of parcels from private persons, as well as private correspondence." In that same year, 1890, the first Kungur Zemstvo post stamps, denominated 1 and 2 kopeks, were put into circulation. The basic design of the stamp was an oval ornamented with a crown, and inside it the uyezd coat of arms consisting of two parts: at the top, the coat of arms of the Perm Governorate; at the bottom, ears of grain spilling from a cornucopia, symbolizing the "fruitfulness around that town."