Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Rouble Control Stamp - Type 2
| Issuer | Chita Branch of the State Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 110 × 90 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | (Note) ЧИТИНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ Государственнаго Банка. Имеет хождение наравне с кредитными билетами в пределах Забайкальской области. (Paper Stamp) контрольная марка 1 одинъ рубль (Ink stamp) Читинское Отделение Государственного Банка (Translation: (Note) CHITA BRANCH OF THE STATE BANK. Valid for use in the Baikal region on a par with banknotes. (Paper Stamp) Control Stamp 1 one rouble (Ink stamp) Chita Branch of the State Bank) |
| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse with a single rectangular rule border; the text from the obverse shows through as a faint mirror image due to the thin paper stock, with no printed design elements of its own. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Chita Branch of the State Bank was operating under the authority of the Transbaikal Provisional Government in 1918, a regime that cycled through several political alignments during the Russian Civil War before the region fell under Ataman Semyonov's control. Emergency branch issues like this one were a direct consequence of the collapse of centralized currency supply from Petrograd — local branches improvised, often overprinting or converting existing fiscal documents into circulating currency.
The "control stamp" designation is the telling detail. This type was not printed as banknote stock but adapted from revenue or accounting material, the stamp function repurposed to assert monetary value when nothing else was available. Distinguishing Type 2 from Type 1 typically hinges on stamp color or impression placement rather than any change in underlying paper.