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Adding stamps Adding to your collection Album Area Catalog value Catalogue numbers Color Currency Date Denomination Description Design Design type Emboss Function Image Issue Issuer Item Joint issue Looking at the catalogue Note Object Occupation On Original issuer Overprint Overprint color Owner Paper Paper color Sheet Sorting Stamp Stamp page Thing Unissued Upload Value Variant Visibility Watermark |
The color of an overprint is simply the color of the ink used in applying the overprint. By far the most common color is black, with red in second place, it being useful when black would not have enough contrast on a dark-colored stamp. A small number of stamps (several hundred types) are overprinted in other colors. |