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5 Roubles Revenue Stamp - Type 1
| Issuer | Chita Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 110 × 90 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | (Note) ЧИТИНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛѢНИЕ Государственнаго Банка. Имѣетъ хожденіе наравнѣ съ кредитными билетами в предѣлахъ Забайкальской области. (Paper Stamp) Гербовая марки 5 рубля 5 (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 5 roubles 5 (Ink stamp) Chita Branch of the State Bank) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, without any printed text, vignette, or ornamental design. |
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In the chaotic months following the Bolshevik seizure of power, regional branches of the State Bank across Siberia and the Far East improvised currency however they could. The Chita branch, operating under shifting political control as White and Red forces contested Transbaikalia, overprinted existing fiscal revenue stamps for use as emergency small-denomination notes. The logic was purely practical: the stamps were already official, already numbered, already printed on durable paper.
Type 1 distinguishes this from at least one subsequent overprint variant, suggesting the branch issued more than one run as the situation evolved through 1918.