1890 and 1891, the 1 kopek orange and 2 kopek green were used. Four different wrappers can be distinguished although some catalogues subdivide each 2 kopek wrapper into two types with differences in size, making a total of six different wrappers. Collecting stamps and postal stationery of the Republic of the Far East Several of the above stamps were produced in large numbers, and are readily available today, while others are very rare. Genuine usages on cover are seldom seen for some issues, and are somewhat scarce for most. Some alleged stamp issues of the Far Eastern Republic should be treated with caution, as there is no evidence they were ever postally used. These include the so-called Nikolaevsk-on-Amur issue and the 1923 Vladivostok Airmail issue. Fantasy issues also exist, such as the "Pribaikal" overprints. The stamps and postal stationery of the Russian civil war period are a complex topic giving an advanced collector a great philatelic challenge. Stamp societies ArGe Russland/UdSSR Arbeitsgemeinschaft Russland/UdSSR e.V. is a German-based Russian philatelic society BSRP British Society of Russian Philately is a British-based Russian philatelic society The Rossica Society of Russian Philately is a US-based Russian philatelic society See also Russian Civil War Provisional Priamurye Government Siberian Intervention White movement Russian Civil War Postage stamps and postal history Postage stamps and postal history of Russia Compendium of postage stamp issuers, Russian Civil War Catalogues Michel catalog Scott Stanley Gibbons Yvert References Further reading Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969 Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986. External links AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms Encyclopaedia of Postal History Forum of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately History of the Russian Far East Far Eastern Republic Far Eastern Republic Far Eastern Republic