RUSSIAN EMPIRE. Reign of Czar Nicholas II 1894 - 1917 Financial and Money System.
General Issues. State Bank.
Postage Stamp Currency ND 1915 - 1975 Issues. Has circulation along with a copper coins.
P#21 & P22. Postage Stamp Currency Set 2 Blocks of 8 Pcs: 10 & 15 KOPEKS ND(1915-17). aUNC.
Blocks (8 not cut stamps) with Portraits of Emperors Nicholas II and Alexander I. Perforated.
Size 97 x 61 mm. Thin paper without watermarks. About Uncirculated condition: clean stamps without visible
defects, traces of time (see pictures).
PS: Please note that it is vintage stamps, which issued about 110 years ago, but not late re-issue or modern fake.
To avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary questions in the future, I've added this clarification:
These are original stamps printed between 1915 and 1917 (not copies or scans). These stamps were printed
in single sheets of 100 stamps per sheet.
These stamps were printed for circulation as small change, as currency depreciated during the World War I
and minting small-denomination coins became unprofitable.
To ensure these stamps could be used longer as small change, they were printed on thick paper (thin cardboard).
Therefore, all three denominations of these stamps have no watermark: on such thick paper, it would be invisible
even when held up to the light.
P# - number by "Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. General Issues 1368 - 1960". Krause Publication, USA.
NB! If you want to save on postage, buy several banknotes at once and pay for shipping as for one (2 - 5 pcs).