increased consumer awareness paired with developments in technology will result in a strong future for adhesive labels. The concept has since been extended into a variety of areas: On mail:airmail etiquettes, charity labels, address labels, return address labels, postage meter labels, certain types of postal labels On other kinds of paper objects:revenue stamps, savings stamps, general markers, notices, or warnings Retail products: decorations, stickers, barcodes, price labels, car decals, bumper stickers, and collectible items Industrial appliances: direction labels, warning labels On food: Nutritional information, allergy warnings, expiration dates On medical devices: prescription drug bottles, warning labels, brand information Almost every imaginable combination of paper products and adhesives have been used at some point to create adhesive labels; see postage stamp paper and postage stamp gum for a more detailed discussion. See postage stamp separation. See also Gutter (philately) Label (philately) Notes External links The history of self adhesive labels, WorldLabel.com THE HISTORY OF SELF ADHESIVE LABELS, Etiquette.co.uk Stationery Philatelic terminology