backprint

plural backprints

1. The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.

   The season lasted about as long as it took McNeely to leave his backprint on the canvas.

   Apr. 1997, "World Cup I", WaterSki, page 80

2. Printing on the reverse side of a poster, postage stamp, or other printed material, usually for purposes of identification.

   The numbers in this column indicate which backprint appears on that card.

   2000, Eric King, The Collector's Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, Postcards, and Handbills 1965-1973, Volume 1, page 637

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   Needless to say, the machine applying the backprint did not always function well and - there you go — there exist strips of five coil stamps without the backprint.

   1999, American Philatelic Research Library, Philatelic Literature Review - Volumes 48-49, page 180

present singular third person backprints · participle present backprinting · participle past backprinted · past backprinted

1. transitiveTo print something onto the back of an object or document.