South Russia

South Russia from the Crimean peninsula north to Ukraine and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia was an area occupied by several White (anti-Bolshevik) armies. The issues were for communication between armies.

Don government at Rostov
 File:Rostov 25ksurch.jpg|25k surcharge. File:Rostov money stamp 1919.jpg|20k usable as currency or a stamp. 
 * In 1918, various Russian stamps were surcharged "25" or "50" (kopecks).
 * Also in 1918, a 20k stamp also usable as currency was released inscribed ЕРМАКЪ. There is an imprint on the back.

Crimean government at Sebastopol
 File:Crimea 35k.jpg|1918 25k value. File:Crimea 50k.jpg|1918 50k value. 
 * In 1919, a Russian 1k stamp was overprinted 35 КОП..
 * Also in 1919, a 50k stamp was issued inscribed КРЪІМСКАГО КРАЕВОГО ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВЯ.

Kuban government at Yekaterinodar
In January 1918, the Kuban region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea declared independence as the Kuban Peoples Republic.  File:South Russia 25k.jpg|25k value. Note long dash. File:South Russia 50k.jpg|50k value. Note long dash. File:Siberia 1r II.jpg|1r. Note long dash. File:South Russia 1R.jpg|1 ruble. Note thick "1". File:Kuban postal sav surch.jpg|10r surcharge on postal savings stamp. 
 * Beginning in 1918, its first stamps were various surcharges on Russian stamps, on both the imperf Provisional Government issues and the earlier perfed Empire stamps. All of its stamps have been forged.
 * In 1919, Russian postal savings stamps were similarly surcharged.
 * The Kuban Peoples Republic was occupied by the Denikin Army in November 1919 and was annexed by the Bolshevik government in Spring 1920.

Mariupol issue

 * In 1919, 35k and 70k surcharges on Ukrainian stamps were issued.



Denikin Army
 File:Russia Deniken army.jpg|10k value. File:Denikin A.jpg|10r value. File:Deniken 10r essay.jpg|10r essay. Note rosettes flanking the main oval. 
 * Lt. General Anton Denikin helped assemble an anti-Bolshevik army in the Rostov region. Becoming commander after the death of Gen. Lavr Kornilev, by November 1918, his army controlled much of the region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. In 1919, stamps were issued inscribed ЕДИНАЯ РОССІЯ. Forgeries exist.
 * In October 1919, A Red Army counteroffensive defeated the army attempting to take Moscow. The army retreated to the Crimea, Denikin retiring in April 1920 with the remaining forces joining the Wrangel Army.

Wrangel Army
The Army was an anti-Bolshevik force led by Gen. Pyotr Wrangel in control of the Crimea.  File:Wrangel C.jpg|1920 5r value. File:Wrangel Army B.jpg|100r imperf value. 
 * It issued Russian stamps in 1920 surcharged 5 / цять / рчблей.
 * A 35k Kolchak Army stamp was also surcharged the same way.
 * Also in 1920, Russian 1k perf and imperf stamps were surcharged ЮГЪ / РОССІИ / 100 / РУБЛЕЙ..
 * After the army's defeat in the Ukraine, it was evacuated from the Crimea to Allied-occupied Turkey. There it was interned in refugee camps in Gallipoli. Two series were printed but never used.
 * The first were surcharges inscribed ПОЧТА / РОССКОЙ / 1000 / РУБЛЕЙ. on several values of Russian, South Russian and Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire stamps.
 * The second were surcharges with a foliate decoration inscribed РУССКАЯ / ПОЧТА. These were on several values of Russia, Ukraine and Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire stamps.

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