Editing Overprint (section)

=== Transitional government overprints ===
New states or states in transition have sometimes found it necessary to recirculate stocks of stamps printed by a previous government. Some historical perspective may be gleaned from the study of such stamps: some transitional government overprints blend neatly with their predecessors' designs, while others attempt to totally obscure or even deface the older markings. In several European nations in 1944–45, Nazi occupational stamps were overprinted for the provisional governments, and those which depicted Adolf Hitler were most heavily overprinted, obliterating his face.
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File:Danzig75pf1920.jpg|[[Postage stamps and postal history of Danzig|Danzig]], 1920: [[Postage stamps and postal history of Germany#Imperial Germany, 1871-1918|German Empire]] stamp overprinted for [[Free City of Danzig]]
File:KievIIee7rub.jpg|[[Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine|Ukraine]], 1918–1923: Kyiv<ref>{{cite book |first=Dr. R.J. |last=Ceresa |author-link=w:Ray J. Ceresa |date=May 1986 |title=The Postage Stamps of Russia, 1917-23|volume=2. Ukraine. Part 9/13. The Trident Issues of Kyiv Types I, II and II|page=170|publisher=Russian Philatelic Desk Top Publications, Felpham, Great Britain|asin= B0007BFS90}}</ref> [[Coat of arms of Ukraine|trident]] overprint on 7 rouble [[Russian Empire|Russian Imperial]] stamp for the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]]
File:Armenia 1920 149TE5.jpg|[[Postage stamps and postal history of Armenia|Armenia]] 1920: Framed HP monogram on 10 rouble [[Russian Empire|Russian Imperial]] stamp. This overprint type was introduced at Erivan (now [[Yerevan]]).<ref>{{cite book |first=Dr. R.J. |last=Ceresa |author-link=w:Ray J. Ceresa |date=August 1978 |title=The Postage Stamps of Russia, 1917-23|volume=1. Armenia. Part 3. The Large sized Framed HP Monogram Overprints|pages=62–63|publisher=Russian Philatelic Desk Top Publications, Felpham, Great Britain|asin= B0007BFS90}}</ref>
File:Lithuanian postage stamps with overprints of Central Lithuania (Litwa Srodkowa), 1920.jpg|[[Lithuania]]n postage stamps with overprints of [[Republic of Central Lithuania|Central Lithuania]] (''Środkowa Litwa''), 1920
File:Irish Stamp 2 Two Pence Overprint.jpg|[[Postage stamps of Ireland|Ireland]], 1922: British stamp overprinted for [[Provisional Government of the Irish Free State]]
File:19930226 100rub Latvia Postage Stamp.jpg|[[Postage stamps and postal history of Latvia|Latvia]], 1993: Soviet stamp overprinted for independent Latvia
File:Sharjah1963-65nosheikh.jpg|The first definitive issue of postage stamps of [[Sharjah]] (UAE), 1 riyal, 1963 and 1965, with [[Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi]] obscured following the coup
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