Currency Stamp - Emperor Alexander III

The circulation is unknown.
Catalog «Michel»: Emergency money, used as postal stamps.
Catalog «Scott»: Were issued for use as paper money, but contrary to regulations were often used for pos.. Read more »tal purposes.
Zagorsky Catalog: Currency stamps. Currency stamps were issued as subsidiary coinage due to a shortage of small coins. Currency stamps were distributed through financial institutions. Currency stamps were authorized for.
Obverse of the postage stamp: Overprint of the number "3". Reverse side of a postage stamp: Frame with a horizontal line in the center. Above the line is 3 kopeck. Below the line is the text: It is used on a par with a copper coin.
Emperor Alexander III (after a photo of S.G. Levitsky).

Country:	Russian Empire
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Romanov Dynasty Designs Used As Currency (1915-1917)
Nominal:	3 k
Year:	1917
Material:	Paper thin cardboard.
Size:	24 x 30 mm
Perforation:	comb 13½