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ORIGINAL GUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
CONT

Original gum - This term is used, philatelically, to designate the layer of adhesive matter placed on the paper before the stamp was issued, and to distinguish such gum from adhesive matter subsequently ... applied to simulate the original gum ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
CONT

La plupart des collectionneurs attachent une grande importance à ce que les timbres neufs aient encore au verso la gomme d'origine, c'est-à-dire soient encore gommés comme ils l'étaient au moment où ils ont été émis.

Spanish

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