Zemstvo

Zemstvo Name given to the locals posts and stamps of towns and districts in Russia beyond the scope of the Imperial postal services .

Zemstvo: A local stamp issued by Russian municipal governments or zemstvos, in accordance with an imperial edict of 1870.

Zemstvo issues - Russian local posts and stamps, 1870 to 1890.
Zeppelins: The stamps issued for, or in honor of, zeppelin flights. Cacheted covers carried on such flights are Zeppelin covers.
ZIP block: U.S.

In rural Russia Zemstvo Post handled local mail independently of the central government; some of these lasted until the 1917 revolution.
[edit] Private local posts
Private local postage stamp of Hamburg, issued 1862 ...

Tambof: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1870-76, see Zemstvo.
Tamburi: first posting boxes, Florence, Italy, 16th century.
TAMcG: Thomas A. McGaffin, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.

See also: Stamp, Local, Official, Label, Used