Far Eastern Republic From the collection of W. Michael Adkins 1920 - 1922 1920, April , DVR Overprint Issues Russian Stamps of 1909-17 overprinted “DVR” “D V R,” are the Russian initials of Dalni Vostochni Respoublika () unwatermarked, wove paper, perf 14, 14½ x14, 13½ , lozenges of varnish on face

2k green 3k red 3k on 35k 4k carmine 4k on 70k 7k on 15k red brown brown and red brown and green orange and blue

2 3 4 5 6 8

10k on 3½r 10k dark maroon and light 14k blue 15k red 20k blue blue green and rose brown and and blue carmine

9 11 12 13 10

20k on 14k 25k green 35k red 50k brown 1r pale brown, blue and and violet brown and and violet dark brown and rose green orange

14 15 16 17

18

Stamps of 1917, imperforate

3k red 1k orange 2k gray green

7k on 15k red brown and deep blue 7k on 15k 21 22 23 red brown and deep 1r pale brown, blue 10k on 3½r dark brown and maroon and light orange 24 green

24 – block of 4

26 27

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Vladivostok Issues overprinted “DVP” on stamps of

imperf imperf

35k on 2k 35k on 2k 70k on 1k green green orange

30 31 32

overprinted on postal savings stamps of

1k on 5k 2k on 10k green on brown on buff buff

35 36

1920, October Issues Post Horn Designs unwatermarked, imperf, litho the inscription reads “Amur Province Postage Stamps”

2r red 3r dark 5r dark blue 15r dark 30r dark green brown violet

42 43 44 45 46

Originally, the Blagoveshchensk set was designed and printed d in the Amur Region before it became part of the Far Eastern Republic in the summer of 1920. It is somewhat a mystery of why these stamps, featuring a pair of post horns were ever issued, but they became available in Oct. 1920.

Very few of the stamps were actually used, and a huge stock of remainders were cancelled with three diagonal bars, a diamond shaped pattern, or a bar made by colored pencils or crayons.

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1921, March Vladivostok Arms Issues Double Eagle Coat of Arms design, similar design of Imperial Russian stamps These stamps were also used by the Japanese backed rebels after the 26 May1921 coop in Vladivostok unwatermarked, typo, imperf

2k green 2k green 4k rose 4k rose 5k claret 10k blue

38 mint / postmarked 39 mint / postmarked 40 41

1921, November Chita Issues Coat of Arms Designs unwatermarked, imperf, litho

1k orange 3k dull red 4k deep 5k orange rose and brown buff

49 50 51 52

7k light blue 7k light blue 7k light blue

53 53a 53b Perf 11½ rouletted 9

10k dark 15k dull 20k blue 30k green 50k black blue and rose and red and red and red red orange orange

54 55 56 57 58

These stamps continued to be used after the FER joined the Russian state, and were used throughout Eastern Siberia until early 1924.

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1922 5 Year Anniversary Overprint Issues Vladivostok Arms issue overprinted unwatermarked, imperf, litho

After the recaptured Vladivostok, many of these stamps were overprinted “1917 // 7-XI // 1922” to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Russian revolution.

2k gray 4k rose 5k claret 10k blue green

62 63 64 65

1923 Vladivostok Issues Russian stamps surcharged in Gold Kopecks unwatermarked, imperf, litho

Technically these were not issued by the Far Eastern Republic, as the Republic ceased to exist on Nov, 1922. These stamps were issued in the Far Eastern Republic Territory because of the change in currency in Russia to the gold standard

perf 14 ½ x 15

1k on 100r 2k on 70r 5k on 10r 10k on 50r 1k on 100r red violet blue brown red

66 67 68 69 70

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