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2 Roubles Revenue Stamp - Type 2
| Issuer | Chita Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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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 2 рубля 2 (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 2 roubles 2 (Ink stamp) Chita Branch of the State Bank) |
| Reverse description | Reverse printed on plain pink-buff paper with no text, vignette, or ornamental design; entirely unprinted. |
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During the Russian Civil War, the Chita branch of the State Bank operated under the authority of the Transbaikal Provisional Government and later the Far Eastern Republic — a period of overlapping and competing monetary authorities that forced regional branches to improvise. This note is a revenue stamp repurposed as circulating currency, a practice born entirely of necessity when proper banknote printing was simply unavailable. The "Type 2" designation distinguishes it from a closely related provisional issue that differs in overprint detail or perforation characteristics.
Chita-issued provisionals from this period are among the more historically complex of all Russian Civil War emissions, given how rapidly the region changed hands between 1918 and 1920.