Usually means: Base layer in security printing.
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  1. underprint: Merriam-Webster
  2. underprint: Wiktionary

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  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (underprint)

adjective:  (printing) The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.
noun:  (philately) Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
noun:  (philately, considered incorrect usage) a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
noun:  (geology) A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.

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