Local issue of 1920, caused by the revaluation of stamps in circulation at a ratio of 1:100: a black overprint applied with a handstamp "RUB."; the dot after "RUB" is positioned at the top. Postal cancellation "VENEV TUL. 30.04.1920".
Venevsky Uyezd was an administrative-territorial unit within the Moscow and Tula Governorates of the Russian Empire and the RSFSR, existing from 1727 to 1925. The uyezd town was Venev.
Venevsky Uyezd has been known since the pre-Petrine period. In 1708 the uyezd was abolished, and the town of Venev was assigned to the Moscow Governorate (in 1719, when governorates were divided into provinces, it was assigned to the Tula Province). In 1727 the uyezd was restored as part of the Tula Province.
In 1777 the uyezd was assigned to the Tula Viceroyalty, which in 1796 was transformed into the Tula Governorate.
In 1924 the uyezd was divided into 5 districts: Vasilievsky, Venevsky, Serebryano-Prudsky, Kholtobinsky, and Yudinsky.
In August 1925 the Yudinsky District was renamed Obolensky.
In December 1925 Venevsky Uyezd was abolished, and the districts came under the direct administration of the Tula Governorate.
A significant number of provisionals are associated with the Civil War of 1918-1922. At that time, across much of the country there was no stable central authority; many regions became independent, and amid devastation and war there was substantial inflation. Frequent tariff changes and the inability to supply the postal network with stamps of the required denominations led to periodic revaluations of existing stocks in accordance with directives of the RSFSR People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs, which did not ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ any overprints. However, in some localities certain post offices nevertheless applied overprints to the revalued stamps being sold, or simply wrote on them by hand. All such stamps are characterized by extremely simple overprint techniques.