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overprint
[ verb oh-ver-print; noun oh-ver-print ]
verb (used with object)
noun
- Printing. a quantity of printing in excess of that desired; overrun.
- Philately.
- any word, inscription, or device written or printed on the face of a stamp that alters, limits, or describes its use, place of issue, or character.
- a stamp so marked.
overprint
verb
- tr to print (additional matter or another colour) on a sheet of paper
noun
- additional matter or another colour printed onto a previously printed sheet
- additional matter, other than a change in face value, applied to a finished postage stamp by printing, stamping, etc See also surcharge provisional
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Word History and Origins
Origin of overprint1
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Example Sentences
The copies referred to in the paragraph just quoted probably had been treated with chemicals to remove the red ink overprint.
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The overprint in each case is in shiny black ink, the figure being 13 mm.
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In cases where a real stamp is given an unauthorized overprint (which see), the stamp constitutes a forgery.
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