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uncommonpre-1900
Ostrogoshsky Uyezd Zemstvo Stamp
Russian Empire · 1883 · 5 Kopecks
The stamp features the coat of arms of Ostrogoshsky Uyezd, with the district name 'ОСТРОГОЖСКІЙ УѢЗДЪ' at the top and '5 КОП.' (5 Kopecks) at the bottom.
This is a Zemstvo stamp, issued by a local self-government in the Russian Empire to facilitate local postal services before a fully unified national system.
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