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Postage stamp second overprint issue occasion: summary of the different postage stamp second overprint occasion reasons

Exhaustion postage stamp second overprint: postage stamp with seldom needed face value second overprinted for exhaustion with often needed face value

Occupation postage stamp second overprint: postage stamp second overprinted after a military occupation

Validation extension postage stamp second overprint: postage stamp second overprinted to extend the validation (e.g. Ottoman Empire 1915 - 1916)

Category change postage stamp sec-ond overprint: postage stamp second over-printed to change the stamp category (e.g. definitive postage stamp -> official postage stamp)

Face value postage stamp second overprint: postage stamp second over-printed with a new face value

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