overprint
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
overprint (plural overprints)
- (philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.
overprint (overprints, present participle overprinting; past and past participle overprinted)
- To print over what has already been printed.
- 1982, Steven Vickers, Robin Bradbeer, Sinclair ZX Spectrum: BASIC Programming
- This is the way overprinting works on the ZX Spectrum: two papers or two inks give a paper, one of each gives an ink. This has the interesting property that if you overprint with the same thing twice you get back what you started off with.
- 1982, Steven Vickers, Robin Bradbeer, Sinclair ZX Spectrum: BASIC Programming
- (transitive, philately) To add an overprint to (a stamp).
- (transitive) To print too many copies of.
- The unpopular comic book was overprinted, leaving many retailers with dozens of unsaleable copies.
- (printing) To overlap different colours to avoid gaps.
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