overprint
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌpɹɪnt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɹɪnt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
overprint (plural overprints)
- (philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.
Translations[edit]
the addition of new text on a previously printed stamp
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Verb[edit]
overprint (third-person singular simple present overprints, present participle overprinting, simple 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.
- (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.
Translations[edit]
to add an overprint
to overlap different colours to avoid gaps