Evidently the inscription was specially engraved and from it a plate was constructed so that a sheet of one hundred stamps could be overprinted at one operation.
Germany has overprinted its own labels with the word "Belgien," and these are of some rarity when in a used condition.
Many of the surcharged issues have been forged; the overprinted words being imitations.
Adhesive stamps are generally used on correspondence, the ordinary Indian issues, overprinted with the letters I.
Lastly, may be mentioned the adhesives bearing the familiar effigy of "Germania," overprinted for use in Belgium.
Many of the German colonial issues have been overprinted with words suggesting British or French occupation.
Then came the first British Occupation, when the remainders of the stamps of the first South African Republic were overprinted "V.
In 1881 the country was given back to the Boers, when they in turn overprinted our Queen's Head series in Boer currency, to indicate the restoration of Boer domination.
The postage stamps were therefore overprinted with the letters "C.
The first supply was overprinted in India pending the arrival of the stamps ordered from England.
The occupied territory in Mesopotamia is known as Iraq, and Turkish postage stamps overprinted with the words "Iraq under British Occupation" were introduced in 1918.
Illustration: Fives] In 1883 a large quantity of stamps were stolen in Cuba and to prevent their being used the remaining stock were overprinted with the devices shown here.
The stamps overprinted to provide these emergency supplies were the 2s.
Here also in June, 1900, a number of Boer stamps wereoverprinted "V.
Mexican stamps commandeered and overprinted by the rebels.
Illustration: 98] The stamps of the Orange Free State were successively overprinted "V.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overprinted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
