Regummed

Regummed stamp
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Regummed: A stamp bearing adhesive from an unauthorized source.
Reissue: An official reprinting of a stamp from an obsolete or discontinued issue. Reissues are valid for postage. See also Reprint.

- Regummed, a stamp whose adhesive was reapplied; this is usually done by some stamp dealers in order to make it appear complete.
- Unhinged, a regummed stamp that has not been affixed to a hinge or a stamp mount.

Nachgummiert: (Ger.) regummed.
Nachicevan: labels from part of Azerbaijan, political statement by then president Alier Chaw.
Nachläufer: (Ger.) stamp postally used after it ceased to be valid.

This is a perforation that the hole was not punched out and the paper is covering the perforation.
Regummed (RG). A mint stamp that had no gum, but was regummed.
Straight Edge (SE).

To know if a stamp is never hinged or has been regummed or had a cancel removed.
To know if a stamp has been repaired or has hidden flaws
To know if an item has been reperforated or perfs have been trimmed to resemble a coil or imperforate stamp.

Not to mention the APS's Preservation and Care of Philatelic Materials Committee work called, oddly enough: Preservation and Care of Philatelic Materials The Hall of Shame - 'Regummed" stamps Now we turn our attention to the underside of the issue -- ...

Fake: A stamp, cover or cancel that has been altered or concocted to appeal to a collector. In a broad sense, fakes include repairs, reperforations and regummed stamps, as well as painted-in cancels, bogus cancels or counterfeit markings.

Moreover, when I compared it with a cheaper bluish paper that I was sure of, I could see this one was regummed. Nonetheless, a couple of dealers I showed it to pronounced it genuine.

is just the way collectors of the past decided they wanted to collect their stamps, thereby launching any number of businesses selling not stamps, but mounts and holders to keep them in. (It also spawned a number of disreputable sellers who regummed ...

See also: Stamp, Used, Hinge, Perforation, Mint