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Knowledge / Mistakes / Gums

Gum Mistake: printers term for a deviation caused by a gum mistake

Gum Colour Error: deviation from the intended gum colour caused by a mistake

Design Print on Reverse: postage stamp with design print on reverse instead on front

Missing Gum: postage stamp without gum caused by a mistake

Vertical Instead of Horizontal Ribbed Gum: postage stamp with 90 degrees rotated ribbed gum

Horizontal Instead of Vertical Ribbed Gum: postage stamp with 90 degrees rotated ribbed gum

Bark Gum: unregular thick and grazed gum

Streak Gum: uneven put on gum with stripes or small gum-free areas

Gum With Alien Element: during the production mistaken included alien element

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