Collecting tagged stamps requires knowing a few basis words: luminescent, fluorescent and phosphorescent.
Untagged
A stamp printed without tagging, either purposely or in error. Most modern stamps with a value of 10¢ and under are intentionally untagged.
USPS ...
tagged
Stamp or postal stationery which has had the postage area treated with a material sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light, so that the cover can be mechanically oriented for cancelling. Also luminescent. [Back to top]
thematic ...
Untagged: a stamp printed without tagging.
UNTAET: United Nations Transitional Administration, East Timor, 2000.
What does it mean for a stamp to be tagged? How do I determine this?
Tagging is coating applied on or in the paper or ink of postage stamps to help machines detect and cancel the stamp. Most U.S.
LOOK Coil - phosphor tagged version of the 3-cent Statue of Liberty coil in the 1954 Liberty Series, issued without advance notice in October 1966 for use on LOOK Magazine promotional mailings.
Tagged since October 2008.
Its introduction provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. Tagged since October 2008.
It may be confusing or unclear for some readers. Tagged since October 2008.
Two stamps, the 88c and 90c Fruit Trees definitives appeared with 3-bar tagging (an experiment for international mail). It is now the norm to have stamps tagged on all 4 sides.
8¢ Jet over Capitol booklet pane of 5, tagged, "Always Use Zip Code" (1964)
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15¢ Montgomery Blair (5/3/63) ...
This may be lines, bars, letters, part of the design area or the entire stamp surface. The tagging may also permeate the stamp paper. Some stamps are issued both with and without tagging. Catalogues describe them as tagged or untagged.
Phosphor coating on stamps used to activate automatic mail-handling equipment. This may be lines, bars, letters, part of the design area or the entire stamp surface. Some stamps are issued both with and without tagging. Catalogs call them tagged or ...
What does interest me is the fact that half of them have a shiny gum and the other half a dull gum, or that some are tagged, while the rest are not.
When my husband went to the stamp store, I of course tagged along. While he was talking to the dealer, I was busy going through the penny box. I had so much fun that he had to drag me away when it was time to go home.
 See also: Used, Stamp, Cancel, Catalog, Trans
  
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