Print run: 150 copies. Provisional issue.
Printed at the Poltava State Printing House due to a shortage of stamps from the EZGB publishing house.
On March 1, 1903, the zemstvo post of Poltava Uyezd (Poltava Governorate) was opened. Mail was dispatched twice a week from the uyezd center, the city of Poltava, to 17 volosts of the uyezd. For payment of private correspondence, zemstvo postage stamps were used: ordinary letters were paid with 3-kopeck stamps, and registered letters with 6-kopeck stamps. They vary greatly in printing method and purpose (official use, for ordinary and registered wrappers, money correspondence, etc.).
In 1908, commemorative stamps were issued for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava.
Many issues depict the uyezd coat of arms. The stamps were printed at private printing houses, and from 1905 at EZGB.
Imperforate stamps are of unofficial origin and were intended for collectors. The stamps were canceled with circular, oval, and rectangular handstamps.