Finally there weren't enough of the old high-valued stamps in stock to meet the Tuvan postal needs.  So some stamps designs were carved and stamps printed at the newspaper office in Tuva in 1942

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Cherrystone has a cover with these issues currently for sale.  See lot 1355 of the February 23, 2000 auction.  Estimate is $7500

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and again in 1943 stamps had to be printed in Tuva itself

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