A significant number of provisionals are associated with the Civil War of 1918-1922. During this time, there was no stable central authority across most of the country; many regions became independent, and widespread devastation and war led to substantial inflation. Frequent changes in postal rates and the inability to supply the postal network with stamps of the required denominations resulted in periodic revaluations of existing stocks in accordance with instructions from the Peopleβs Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR, which did not ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π° any overprints. However, in some localities certain post offices still applied overprints to the revalued stamps offered for sale, or simply wrote the new value on them by hand. All these stamps are characterized by extremely simple overprinting techniques.
Overprint -70- on 1 Kopeck.
Civil War..
