| Zemstvo Name given to the locals posts and stamps of towns and
districts in Russia beyond the scope of the Imperial postal services .They were
prevalent from about 1865 through to the Revolution in 1917, with the
most issues in the decade from 1890-99 (793 stamps). Indeed, during this
entire period from the start of modern stamp issues through to the 1917
revolution, the number of zemstvo issues were vastly greater than the
number of regular issues (probably because of the large number of
regional bodies all issuing zemstvo type stamps )
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