South Africa Official Overprint

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Is this SA stamp a oddity,error or normal. The overprint is normally printed fom down to upwards but this overprint is from up to downward. Appreciate any opinions and help. Thanks

At various times, these officials were issued with overprints reading both upwards and downwards and using different fonts. They were issued on several different, similar-looking definitive series.

In your case, the hyphenated "Suid-Afrika" would indicate that the stamp is from the 1933 definitive series.

I don't have a catalogue in front of me, but the overprints are listed in the Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and Empire catalogue.
Forged overprints are also known.
Clive

SG O23 (1939, blue and violet), with type O2 overprint, as per the explanation of CLIVEL. the overprint should have a gap of ca. 20 mm.

An upward reading 2d was released in 1941 on a grey and dull purple stamp, ca. 18 mm gap.

Thanking all for your help.