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10 Roubles Control Stamp - Type 1
| Issuer | Chita Branch of the State Bank (Russia - Civil War issues) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain note of simple construction enclosed within a narrow rectangular frame, with the issuing authority's text inscription occupying the central field. A pasted paper control stamp bearing the denomination is affixed to the note, accompanied by an applied circular ink stamp of the Chita Branch of the State Bank. The overall design is typographically austere, reflecting the exigencies of wartime emergency issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | (Note) ЧИТИНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛѢНИЕ Государственнаго Банка. Имѣетъ хожденіе наравнѣ съ кредитными билетами в предѣлахъ Забайкальской области. (Paper Stamp) 10 десять руб контрольная марка десять руб 10 (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) 10 ten roubles Control Stamp ten roubles 10 (Ink stamp) Chita Branch of the State Bank) |
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The Chita Branch of the State Bank began issuing locally overprinted notes in 1918 as the Civil War fractured the Russian monetary system into dozens of regional improvisations. Chita, as the administrative center of Transbaikalia, fell within territory contested between Red partisans, Semyonov's Cossack forces, and briefly the Japanese interventionist presence — which gives these overprinted issues an unusually compressed political history for a single denomination.
The "control stamp" designation distinguishes this Type 1 from later Chita overprint variants; the differences between types are subtle enough that misattribution in older collections is common.