Fugitive Colours Stamps with special ink to print some stamps so that they will change, fade or wash out if any attempt is made to tamper with the stamp, postmarks etc.
Fugitive inks: Printing inks used in stamp production that easily fade or break up in water or chemicals. To counter attempts at forgery or the removal of cancellations, many governments have used fugitive inks to print stamps.
Fugitive Ink - soluble ink that tends to dissolve when placed in water or watermark fluid. See also Aniline Ink and Pink Backs.
Fugitive Inks: Inks that easily fade or break up in water or chemicals. To counter attempts at forgery or the removal of cancellations, many governments have used fugitive inks to print stamps.
Fugitive Inks - Printing inks used to produce stamps that easily fade or dissolve. Such inks discourage forgery or stamp re-use.
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G - Auction term, "good" condition.
Fugitive Ink
Water-soluble ink, which was used to discourage fakes, forgeries, and the chemical cleaning of stamps for illegal reuse. Such inks run when moistened and are easily damaged by rubbing.
Fugitive ink
Granite paper
A paper embodying very small coloured fibres ...
Fugitive. An ink intended to prevent cleaning of stamp cancels, which runs when in contact with water or other fluid.
Georgian Stamps. Adhesives issued by Britain during the reigns of King George V and King George VI.
Indelebile: (Fr.) indelible, non-fugitive (ink).
Indemnity claim: USPS term for request for reimbursement filed for loss or damage to an item mailed by insured mail, collect of delivery, registered or Express Mail.
In Great Britain, the 1880s saw the use of fugitive inks, which were water-soluble, thus preventing washing altogether.
Fugitive inks, however, will run in water, and chalky-surfaced papers will lose their designs entirely, so some knowledge of stamps is a necessity. Colored envelope paper should be soaked separately.
Row - One row of postage stamps running horizontally across the sheet. See also column.
Rub - Surface damage due to abrasion, erasure of a cancel, or other unwanted mark.
Run - Faded colour due to fugitive ink becoming damp.
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Burlage - A postage stamps security background: a pattern of fine wavy lines, often fugitive, printed on front or back of some postage stamps.
 See also: Cover, Perforation, Stamp, Catalog, Philatelic
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