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Definition of Overprint
1. Verb. Print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper.
2. Noun. Something added by overprinting.
Definition of Overprint
1. Noun. (philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value. ¹
2. Verb. To add an overprint. ¹
3. Verb. (printing) To overlap different colours to avoid gaps. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overprint
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overprint
Literary usage of Overprint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Circulation Management for Newspapers by William Rufus Scott (1915)
"And'the cost of white paper makes the waste in returns and overprint ... Naturally,
if the overprint cannot be capitalized or sold, it will tend, ..."
2. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"Tip: overprint has no effect on lines that are written to a display. Tip: Use
overprint in combination with column pointer and line pointer controls to ..."
3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1904)
"For "soft" pictures from harsh negatives do not overprint, but use hot developer,
... For brilliant pictures from flat negatives overprint and weaken ..."
4. The Bibliophile (1908)
"-The half anna stamp has now been issued with the overprint on the new A'anna
... A anna black overprint on 4 anna green Indian, (postage and revenue type) ..."
5. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1919)
"Blue on white paper, die A.* overprinted on United Stales issue of 1899. PORTO RICO
21 MM. Ic. Green on manila paper, tureen overprint.* 2c. ..."
6. All about Hawaii (1893)
"These reprints were not ordered for postal purposes, but were intended to be
disposed of as fac-simile copies of the originals, without the overprint above ..."
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