Postal Stationery
In 1920 the Coalition Government had Postal stationery produced by overprinting Tsarist Russian postal cards and newspaper wrappers which already had different designs of impressed stamp applied to show that postage had been pre-paid. Similar to the stamps the overprint consisted of Russian initials 'DBP' meaning Far Eastern Republic (Dalne-Vostochnaya Respublica), and was placed horizontally on the impressed stamp.
Four different postal cards were used. Postal cards of 3 kopeks (1909), 4 kopeks (Romanov card of 1913) 5 kopeks brown (Kerensky card of 1917) and 5 kopeks reply card (Kerensky card of 1917) were overprinted.
Tsarist wrappers of 1890 and 1891, 1 kopek orange and 2 kopek green were used. Four different wrappers can be distinguished although some catalogues subdivide each 2 kopek wrapper in two types with differences in size, making a total of six different wrappers.
Read more about this topic: Postage Stamps And Postal History Of The Far Eastern Republic
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