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1 Rouble Revenue Stamp - Type 2
| Issuer | Chita Branch of the State Bank (Russia - Civil war issues) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | (Note) ЧИТИНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ Государственнаго Банка. Имеет хождение наравне с кредитными билетами в пределах Забайкальской области. (Paper Stamp) Гербовая марки 1 рубль 1 (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) Revenue Stamp 1 rouble 1 (Ink stamp) Chita Branch of the State Bank) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on plain unadorned paper with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements. A small red handwritten notation appears in the lower left corner. |
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The Chita branch operated under the authority of the Provisional Siberian Government during 1918, one of several regional administrations competing for legitimacy east of the Urals as central banking infrastructure collapsed. Revenue stamps pressed into service as small-denomination currency were a recurring improvisation across Siberia during this period — the postal and fiscal paper supply outlasted the coin supply almost everywhere.
Type 2 is distinguished from Type 1 by overprint or perforation differences depending on the source, though catalog consensus on the precise distinguishing feature has shifted between editions. Worth verifying against Pick S1157 variants before cataloging further.