What And When Was The First Ever Over Printed Postage Stamp?

Just an idle thought....
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Gavin

If Wikipedia is to be belived it's the Hong Kong Jubilee of 1891. Anyone got an image of it?

I just found reference to Mexican over prints from 1856 for some regions as an anti theft measure....
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Gavin

I think this question may be subjective depending on what one considers an overprint (i.e. type, etc.). I just thumbed through the back of my Scott US Specialized and see that the Danish West Indies #14 had a surcharge overprint that dates back to 1887. I'm sure there are others around that time frame also.

Stamps of Mexico have been overprinted since 1856 with what is referred as the Districts Overprints!

Mexico - Postal District, the area around Mexico City was issued with "Mexico" overprint on Aug. 1, 1956.

1856 cover from Mexico.... overprint "PACHUCA"
Is their anything before that?
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Gavin

and just a used stamp...

Despatch Post, New York, NY Scott 6LB7 2 cent on 3 cent. EDU Feb 13Jan 9, 1846. Issued July 1, 1845.



Edit Corrected EDU and added issue date.

Very cool Russ!
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Gavin

Legend; "Local" is used when the overprint is the name or abbreviation of the postal entity.
"Surcharge" overprint changing the value of the original stamp.
"Commemorative" overprint honoring an event in history.
"Precancel" overprint cancel before actual use.
"Occupation" a provisional overprint used by an occupying power.
"Provisional" any overprint not fitting into the above listed types.
"Manuscript" an overprint done by hand.
"Commercial" overprint of a private co. unto a stamp.
"UPU" overprint used in Peru when it joined the UPU.


Liberia 1893, surcharge;
Lourenco Marques 1895, Commemorative;
Luxembourg 1873, surcharge;
Macao 1885, surcharge;
Madagascar 1889, surcharge;
Madeira 1868, local;
Mariana Islands 1899, local;
Marshall Islands 1897, local;
Martinique 1886, local, surcharge;
Montenegro 1893, commemorative;
Mozambique 1893, surcharge;
Mexico 1856, local;
Mozambique Co. 1892, local/Commercial;
Netherland Antilles 1891, surcharge;
New Caledonia 1881, surcharge;
Nicaragua 1890, official;
Norway 1888, surcharge;
Nossi-Be 1889, surcharge;
Nyassa 1898, local;
Obock 1892, local;
Panama 1892, surcharge;
Paraguay 1878, surcharge;
Peru 1876?, rebellion;
Peru 1880, UPU;
Peru-Lima 1881, UPU;
Peru-Lima & Callao 1881, Chile Occ.;
Ancachs 1884, provisional;
Apurimac 1885, prov., local;
Arequipa 1881, prov.;
Ayacucho 1881, prov., local;
Chachapoyas 1884, prov.;
Chala 1884, prov., local;
Chiclayo 1884, prov.;
Cuzco 1881, prov.;
Huacho 1884, prov,;
Moquegua 1881, prov., local;
Paita 1884, prov., local;
Pasco 1884, prov., local;
Pisco 1884, prov., local;
Piura 1884, prov., local;
Puno 1882, prov., local;
Yca 1884, prov., local;
Phillppines 1868, commemorative;
Portugal 1892, prov.;
Portuguese Guinea 1881, local;
Portuguese India 1881, surcharge;
Puerto Rico 1873, prov.;

USA 1847, precancel Wheeling, VA.

I was trying to omit locals.

So if the US ones are "locals" as such, would that make the Mexican ones staring in 1956 the first overprints issued by a Country?
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Gavin

Cuba 1855, Havana surcharge;
Angola 1894, surcharge;
Argentina 1877, surcharge;
Austrian Offices in Turkey 1888, surcharge;
Azores 1868, local;
Belgian Congo 1886, surcharge;
Belgium 1894, precancel
Benin 1892, local;
Bolivia 1899, prov.;
Brazil 1898, prov.;
Bulgaria 1884, surcharge;
Caroline Islands 1899, Local;
China 1897, surcharge;
Cochin China 1886, surcharge;
Costa Rica 1881, surcharge;
Guanacaste 1885, Local;

The Mexican government required overprints on all stamps issued in Mexico with the name of postal district the includes the overprints of the invoice # & year of issue. As usual the overprints were not always consistence rules were not always followed.

The City Despatch Post was acquired by the U.S. Post Office Department in August 1842 and was re-organized as a government carrier department. The POD held the service until November 1846. The surcharged stamp was issued by the POD for use in New York making it the first government issued overprinted stamp in the world.

Makes sence, very cool! How rare and valuable is the overprint City Despatch Post stamp??
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Gavin