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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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| Value | 1 Rouble |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper note with an ornamental border frame enclosing the face of the note. An adhesive revenue stamp (гербовая марка) of 1 rouble denomination is affixed to the note alongside the issuing text. A circular ink cancellation stamp of the Chita Branch of the State Bank is applied directly to the surface as an authenticating validation mark. |
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| 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.