Auto-peel label with projecting edge

A label comprising:

• adhesively coupled top and bottom label plies, each of which includes top and bottom faces and an outer ply edge, with the bottom face of the top label ply and the top face of the bottom label ply being opposed when the label plies are adhesively coupled,
• said top label ply operable to be adhesively applied to a substrate,
• said bottom label ply including an interior ply edge spaced at least in part from the outer ply edge such that a central window is defined in the bottom label ply,
• said top label ply including an outer portion that projects outwardly beyond the interior ply edge of the bottom label ply,
• said bottom label ply further including an outer removable border portion defined between the interior and outer ply edges, with the border portion being removable relative to the top label ply in a removal direction, and with removal of the border portion exposing the bottom face of the top label ply along the outer portion,
• said interior ply edge including a pair of spaced apart side edges that extend along the removal direction to define a pair of spaced apart side sections of the removable border portion,
• said interior ply edge including a generally transverse end edge extending between the side edges to define an end section of the removable portion,
• at least part of said end section of the removable border portion being removably adhered to the top label ply, with the end section interconnecting the side sections and being removed generally after the side sections when the removable portion is removed,
• said side edges defining a window width adjacent the end edge,
• said end edge presenting a straight segment that is at least substantially perpendicular to the removal direction, with the straight segment presenting a length dimension that is less than about forty percent of the window width.