Tanto o método issue_label quanto o issue.label retornam a letra 'v' cravada quando nahead.
>>> articledata_xylose = Article(json.loads(client.get_article('S1414-32832016005011101', 'scl')))
>>>
>>> articledata_xylose.issue_label
u'vnahead'
>>> articledata_xylose.issue.label
u'vnahead'
>>>
Tanto o método issue_label quanto o issue.label retornam a letra 'v' cravada quando nahead.