Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop. 10 Oct 2019 05:41:22pm
Sorry for this sudden burst of ID requests. Someone brought in an unsorted box of stamps to our club meeting, including a glassine full of obscure pieces, most of which I've been able to figure out.
I'm wondering how to catalog this one, Scott Latvia design A5. The front certainly matches #94, with its surcharge and its "Desmit rubti" overprint in a sort of cursive script.
But it is on thick, currency paper, as described in the listing for unsurcharged #63. I see no mention of a currency paper version on the #94 listing.
(No luck uploading the images. Same scanner, both JPEGs. I hope my info is enough.)
I think Latvia is fascinating because of how they printed their early stamps using military maps and unfinished bank notes due to paper shortages.
The #94 is printed on unfinished bank notes as it comes from the primary unsurcharged stamp #63, then the surcharged #83 and finally #94 with additional surcharge.
These are not "currency stamps". They were merely printed on the backs on unfinished bank notes. I mention this, because Russia did issue currency stamps that could also be used as money due to metal shortages during World War I and the revolution.