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5 Kopecks Special Corps of Northern Army under General Rodzianko
| Issuer | Special Corps of Northern Army (General Rodzianko) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 5 Kopecks (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface stamp-money printed by letterpress in dark reddish-purple ink on cream paper, with a multi-ruled border accented by garland-and-tassel ornaments at the lateral margins and a small heraldic shield vignette at top centre. The central field carries a decorative interlaced corps monogram above the inscription ПОЧТОВАЯ МАРКА and the denomination ПЯТЬ КОП. with the date 1919. Circular numeral medallions bearing the digit 5 occupy the lower corners of the frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | ПОЧТОВАЯ МАРКА ПЯТЬ КОП. 1919 |
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The Special Corps of the Northern Army was one of several White Army formations operating in the northwestern theater against Bolshevik forces in 1919, with General Alexander Rodzianko commanding after taking over from Count Arseny Pahlen. Like most White émigré military formations, the Corps faced chronic supply and funding shortages, and these small-denomination notes were issued out of operational necessity — not through any functioning banking infrastructure, but as field scrip to pay troops and procure local goods in the Pskov and Petrograd approaches.
The Corps was effectively dissolved by late 1919 following the failure of the autumn offensive on Petrograd, making the circulation window for these notes extremely brief.