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An overprint changing a stamp's face value.
Also known as: Value overprint, Revalued stamp overprint
In philately a surcharge is an overprint altering a stamp's stated value, applied where a rate changed or a denomination ran short.
A new figure and often a bar cancelling the original value, printed across the face of an existing stamp.