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Label (philately)

In philately, label or coupon or tab is a part of sheet of stamps separated from them with perforations (or a narrow margin in imperforate stamps). It cannot be used for postage because it does not have face value and any indication of a postal administration that issued such stamps with labels. The notion of label should not be confused with the term "gutter" or with a margin of a stamp sheet.

Also recorded as coupon · tab

Label (philately)

Купон к почтовой марке СССР (?), 1981. 20-летие первого полета человека в космос. Юрий Гагарин

Post of Soviet Union · This image was scanned or photoreproduced by Andrew Butko. Contact infоrmation - e-mail: [email protected]. Other scans see here. · Public domain

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