Fasten the wire with gummed label, to keep it from unwinding.

His name and the building's address were written on the gummed label in a spiky backhand script that seemed familiar.

It was as Indiman said; each of the canvas stretchers carried a small gummed label, the address of a Fulton Street art-supply shop.

[Note 1: The ends of the colored paper used as an aid to accurate readings may be fastened together by means of a gummed label.