diff --git a/app/letters/utils.py b/app/letters/utils.py
index c7e558244..786edbc57 100644
--- a/app/letters/utils.py
+++ b/app/letters/utils.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ def get_letter_pdf(notification):
 
     s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
     bucket = s3.Bucket(bucket_name)
-
     item = next(x for x in bucket.objects.filter(Prefix=prefix))
 
     obj = s3.Object(
diff --git a/app/template/rest.py b/app/template/rest.py
index ac4bc9a64..7c44ec405 100644
--- a/app/template/rest.py
+++ b/app/template/rest.py
@@ -235,13 +235,22 @@ def preview_letter_template_by_notification_id(service_id, notification_id, file
             )
 
         content = base64.b64encode(pdf_file).decode('utf-8')
+        overlay = request.args.get('overlay')
+        page_number = page if page else "1"
+
+        if overlay:
+            path = '/precompiled/overlay.{}'.format(file_type)
+            content = pdf_file
+        elif file_type == 'png':
+            query_string = '?hide_notify=true' if page_number == '1' else ''
+            path = '/precompiled-preview.png' + query_string
+        else:
+            path = None
 
         if file_type == 'png':
             try:
-                page_number = page if page else "1"
-
                 pdf_page = extract_page_from_pdf(BytesIO(pdf_file), int(page_number) - 1)
-                content = base64.b64encode(pdf_page).decode('utf-8')
+                content = pdf_page if overlay else base64.b64encode(pdf_page).decode('utf-8')
             except PdfReadError as e:
                 raise InvalidRequest(
                     'Error extracting requested page from PDF file for notification_id {} type {} {}'.format(
@@ -249,12 +258,11 @@ def preview_letter_template_by_notification_id(service_id, notification_id, file
                     status_code=500
                 )
 
-            url = '{}/precompiled-preview.png{}'.format(
-                current_app.config['TEMPLATE_PREVIEW_API_HOST'],
-                '?hide_notify=true' if page_number == '1' else ''
-            )
-
-            content = _get_png_preview(url, content, notification.id, json=False)
+        if path:
+            url = current_app.config['TEMPLATE_PREVIEW_API_HOST'] + path
+            response_content = _get_png_preview_or_overlaid_pdf(url, content, notification.id, json=False)
+        else:
+            response_content = content
     else:
 
         template_for_letter_print = {
@@ -279,12 +287,12 @@ def preview_letter_template_by_notification_id(service_id, notification_id, file
             file_type,
             '?page={}'.format(page) if page else ''
         )
-        content = _get_png_preview(url, data, notification.id, json=True)
+        response_content = _get_png_preview_or_overlaid_pdf(url, data, notification.id, json=True)
 
-    return jsonify({"content": content})
+    return jsonify({"content": response_content})
 
 
-def _get_png_preview(url, data, notification_id, json=True):
+def _get_png_preview_or_overlaid_pdf(url, data, notification_id, json=True):
     if json:
         resp = requests_post(
             url,
diff --git a/tests/app/template/test_rest.py b/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
index 2963bd3ec..e2d5caeb3 100644
--- a/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/template/test_rest.py
@@ -1098,12 +1098,23 @@ def test_preview_letter_template_precompiled_s3_error(
                                          "when calling the GetObject operation: Unauthorized".format(notification.id)
 
 
-def test_preview_letter_template_precompiled_png_file_type(
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "filetype, post_url, overlay",
+    [
+        ('png', 'precompiled-preview.png', None),
+        ('png', 'precompiled/overlay.png', 1),
+        ('pdf', 'precompiled/overlay.pdf', 1)
+    ]
+)
+def test_preview_letter_template_precompiled_png_file_type_or_pdf_with_overlay(
         notify_api,
         client,
         admin_request,
         sample_service,
-        mocker
+        mocker,
+        filetype,
+        post_url,
+        overlay
 ):
 
     template = create_template(sample_service,
@@ -1121,15 +1132,15 @@ def test_preview_letter_template_precompiled_png_file_type(
         with requests_mock.Mocker() as request_mock:
 
             pdf_content = b'\x00\x01'
-            png_content = b'\x00\x02'
+            expected_returned_content = b'\x00\x02'
 
             mock_get_letter_pdf = mocker.patch('app.template.rest.get_letter_pdf', return_value=pdf_content)
 
             mocker.patch('app.template.rest.extract_page_from_pdf', return_value=pdf_content)
 
             mock_post = request_mock.post(
-                'http://localhost/notifications-template-preview/precompiled-preview.png',
-                content=png_content,
+                'http://localhost/notifications-template-preview/{}'.format(post_url),
+                content=expected_returned_content,
                 headers={'X-pdf-page-count': '1'},
                 status_code=200
             )
@@ -1138,13 +1149,14 @@ def test_preview_letter_template_precompiled_png_file_type(
                 'template.preview_letter_template_by_notification_id',
                 service_id=notification.service_id,
                 notification_id=notification.id,
-                file_type='png'
+                file_type=filetype,
+                overlay=overlay,
             )
 
             with pytest.raises(ValueError):
                 mock_post.last_request.json()
             assert mock_get_letter_pdf.called_once_with(notification)
-            assert base64.b64decode(resp['content']) == png_content
+            assert base64.b64decode(resp['content']) == expected_returned_content
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('page_number,expect_preview_url', [
@@ -1180,7 +1192,7 @@ def test_preview_letter_template_precompiled_png_file_type_hide_notify_tag_only_
 
         mocker.patch('app.template.rest.get_letter_pdf', return_value=pdf_content)
         mocker.patch('app.template.rest.extract_page_from_pdf', return_value=png_content)
-        mock_get_png_preview = mocker.patch('app.template.rest._get_png_preview', return_value=encoded)
+        mock_get_png_preview = mocker.patch('app.template.rest._get_png_preview_or_overlaid_pdf', return_value=encoded)
 
         admin_request.get(
             'template.preview_letter_template_by_notification_id',