ANSWER:
The two segments that CAN go blank without affecting one’s ability to distinguish the numbers are the bottom horizontal segment and the lower-right vertical segment. See the graphic below for details:
In the very bottom sample, you can see that if one KNOWS that both the bottom and lower-right segments are missing, it’s still possible to distinguish each number from the other.
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