overprint

[ verb oh-ver-print; noun oh-ver-print ]

verb (used with object)

1. Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.

noun

1. Printing. a quantity of printing in excess of that desired; overrun.
2. Philately.
   1. 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.
   2. a stamp so marked.

overprint

verb

1. tr to print (additional matter or another colour) on a sheet of paper

noun

1. additional matter or another colour printed onto a previously printed sheet
2. See provisional, surcharge
   additional matter, other than a change in face value, applied to a finished postage stamp by printing, stamping, etc See also surcharge provisional

Word History and Origins

Origin of overprint¹

First recorded in 1850–55; over- + print

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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