The qualitative and quantitative influence of initial (residual) stresses on the law of distribution of contact characteristics at interaction of elastic finished overlays (stringers), at their placement, with two prestressed strips which are clamped by one edge. In general, the research was carried out for the theory of great initial (ultimate) and two variants of the theory of small initial deformations within the framework of linearized theory of elasticity with the elastic potential having arbitrary structure for compressible and incompressible bodies. Fourier integral methods, methods for solving harmonic differential equations, singular integral-differential equations and numerical methods were used too. It is assumed that in the contact area the initial stress state, with a certain degree of accuracy, is considered homogeneous. We make