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For you label lovers out there, the bars go in groups of 54841511122142, which I know will mean much to you.
Meanwhile, I may be able to save the stamps and the MS with some judicious soaking, but I doubt I can save the cover itself.
(As always, ignore the purple-grey shadows on the scan, a feature of my HP Deskjet 1514 which abhors covers, labels and stamps alike.)
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Have you tried removing it? The ones used in the U.S. seem to peel right off without doing any damage.
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Ian, if it were mine, I'd try a gentle hair dryer treatment just to soften the gum and then ease it orff.
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And here it is without the unpleasantness!
Many thanks, Clive, for the hairdryer tip, a method I'd not used before. 
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Ahhhh much better without the label! Congrats on being able to salvage the cover.
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You need to do this while the gum on the label is still "fresh". Like many adhesives once the thing starts to "cure" all is lost ( like the sticky labels on plastic plant pots which go all brittle and sticky at the same time and cover your fingers when you try to peel them off).
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Received from Denmark today, this lovely example of a 12 x 3.5cm label with subtle orange barcoding - I expect it has a proper name among barcode lovers - affixed probably by a British PO clerk who must have guessed I adore destroying pleasantly cancelled stamps and even a colourful mini-sheet for the sake of my label-collecting hobby. Wrong guess.
For you label lovers out there, the bars go in groups of 54841511122142, which I know will mean much to you.
Meanwhile, I may be able to save the stamps and the MS with some judicious soaking, but I doubt I can save the cover itself.
(As always, ignore the purple-grey shadows on the scan, a feature of my HP Deskjet 1514 which abhors covers, labels and stamps alike.)
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Have you tried removing it? The ones used in the U.S. seem to peel right off without doing any damage.
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Ian, if it were mine, I'd try a gentle hair dryer treatment just to soften the gum and then ease it orff.
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And here it is without the unpleasantness!
Many thanks, Clive, for the hairdryer tip, a method I'd not used before.
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Ahhhh much better without the label! Congrats on being able to salvage the cover.
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re: Here's One for Label Collectors.
You need to do this while the gum on the label is still "fresh". Like many adhesives once the thing starts to "cure" all is lost ( like the sticky labels on plastic plant pots which go all brittle and sticky at the same time and cover your fingers when you try to peel them off).
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