PostallyUsedMachins.jpg

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Description	Postally used Machins postage stamps on a piece. Used to mail a Christmas card from the UK to the US. Image is used to illustrate the semi-oval cuts which, combined with gum which is not water-soluble, renders reuse of lightly or uncancelled used stamps difficult. Attempts to remove the stamp from the paper will, unless great care in taken, separate the perforated ovals from the body of the stamp.
Source	I (User:Fred Bauder) created this work entirely by myself. However, this is an image of a copyrighted image which is also a trade mark of the Royal Mail.
Date	December 27, 2010
Author	Fred Bauder. The design on the stamps was created by Arnold Machin and is both copyright of and a trademark of the Royal Mail.
Permission (Reusing this file)	See below.

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Machin series
Description	Image of 4 postally used postage stamps of which the lower two are so lightly cancelled that they could possibly be reused despite being postally used. The stamps are on a piece cut from an envelope.
Source	Image by User:Fred Bauder, however the underlying Machin image is both copyright and a trade mark of the Royal Mail.
Article	Machin series
Portion used
Low resolution?	The iridescent background on the stamps is not visible on this scanned image.
Purpose of use	The image illustrates cut ovals which, combined with used of gum which is not water soluble, make separation of the stamps from the paper very difficult without the cut ovals becoming separated from the postage stamp creating holes in the stamp.
Replaceable?	No. The stamps themselves are the subject of critical commentary, and as all stamps of this design are copyrighted without free licenses, any replacements would violate both copyright law and counterfeiting law.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Machin series//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PostallyUsedMachins.jpgtrue

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