a method for forming a securing label including affixing a security activating material to a substrate to form a sub - assembly label , attaching the sub - assembly label to a top label material , and cutting the top label material to form a top label where the sub - assembly label and the top label form the securing label . attaching of sub - assembly layer includes inserting the sub - assembly layer between a paper layer and a carrier layer of the top label material which have been separated from each other and then remarried after insertion .