The overstamping only says "silver in pedigree".
The reason for the overstamping is that silver can be rather difficult to identify in certain colours (dilutes or red) and may not be picked up - you could then get silver/smoke appearing generations further down from an apparently impossible combination of parents.
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Originally Posted by Saikou
I think that overstamping is on a lot of oris, if I remember rightly they used chinnies to introduce the silver, but that could be wrong. One of my ori queens is overstamped for longhair, and its never worried me.
I have a couple of neuters overstamped for longhair and silver, but the silver is silly, seeing as its a dominant gene and can not be carried.
As long as the kittens appear on the CSSR register then it really makes no difference as far as I can see. If you research the ped back you may find it. Behind my girl the first OLH I can find is back in 70s, yet she is still overstamped.
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