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I hadn't thought of this one as possibly just being decorative, but now that I know that the clues are there (no denomination, etc) so nice learning moment for me.
It's obvious when you consider what a postage stamp actually is: a receipt for or proof of, the sender having paid to send the letter, and receipts have to have certain things to be receipts. The UPU (Universal Postal Union, founded 1874) formalized the requirements for postage stamps, which include the requirement to have both an indication of 1) value/denomination (whether number, letter, written description, QR code, etc), and 2) issuing authority (for most a country name, for the UK a profile of the reigning sovereign). If you come across something without both of those, it likely isn't a postage stamp.