over·print
ˌō-vər-ˈprint 
overprinted; overprinting; overprints
: to print over with something additional
over·print
ˈō-vər-ˌprint
: something added by or as if by overprinting
especially
: a printed marking added to a postage or revenue stamp especially to alter the original or to commemorate a special event
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023
The other subjects include a few near-abstract nature scenes and an owl rendered in bold black lines overprinted with areas of arboreal brown and tan.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
With only pocket change to spend in the 1950s, collector Charles Hack focused on acquiring stamps that few wanted: overprints churned out in Eastern Europe during World War I.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
But the biological overprint on this geological conundrum was a revelation.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2016
For more Ukrainian history at the Smithsonian, visit the National Postal Museum’s display of Ukrainian trident overprint stamps from 1918.
—Ellen Feingold, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022
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Verb
The Argentine economy has dealt with chronic structural issues for decades: economic stagnation; a governmental tendency to overprint money for social programs; and, recently, rapidly dwindling foreign reserves amid a historic drought that has slowed agricultural exports.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023
The other subjects include a few near-abstract nature scenes and an owl rendered in bold black lines overprinted with areas of arboreal brown and tan.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
Noun
The hardwood featured the L.A. logo with the two basketballs — now alongside a large colorful flower, surrounded by what appears up close to be wavy lines of lacquer, but was actually the overprint of wood grain on top of wood grain.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
With only pocket change to spend in the 1950s, collector Charles Hack focused on acquiring stamps that few wanted: overprints churned out in Eastern Europe during World War I.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
But the biological overprint on this geological conundrum was a revelation.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2016
For more Ukrainian history at the Smithsonian, visit the National Postal Museum’s display of Ukrainian trident overprint stamps from 1918.
—Ellen Feingold, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022
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“Overprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overprint. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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