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 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 inks: an ink that dissolves or disintegrates in water; used in the production of some stamps to prevent forgery and make it impossible for re-use; some stamps or Netherlands Indies are printed entirely with water soluble fugitive inks.
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.
Affected stamps are placed on a shelf or platform above water, and then are sealed in a container. The resulting humidity eventually loosens the stamp for removal. This technique also is preferred for removing stamps with fugitive inks from paper.
 See also: Label, Fugitive, Fugitive ink, Catalog, Single
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