countersign vs sign on the back

countersign

noun
  • A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person. 

  • The response to a sign or signal. 

verb
  • To sign on the opposite side of (a document). 

  • To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person. 

sign on the back

How often have the words countersign and sign on the back occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )