For the recovery of public money see Surcharge (sanction on public servant) An overprint is the addition of text (and sometimes graphics) to the face of a postage stamp after it has been printed (although some overprints are solely in the selvedge area of souvenir sheets).[1] Overprints have been used for many purposes over the years. They have been used as surcharges, commemorations, and control marks.
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Noun 1. something added by overprinting (synonym) surprint (hypernym) print (derivation) print over Verb 1. print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper (synonym) print over (hypernym) print, impress (hyponym) surcharge (derivation) surprint