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How stamps and seals actually work: what has to appear on each kind, when one is legally required and when it is only expected, and where the answer changes depending on which country you are in.

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Stamps and seals, one at a time

The kinds people actually search for. Each one opens its own article: what goes on that mark, who presses it, whether the trade calls it a stamp or a seal, and the templates for it, ready to open in the editor.

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Estamplab is a design tool. These articles describe common commercial practice rather than giving legal, medical, tax or financial advice, and practice changes. What a notarial, professional or medical mark must carry is set by the authority that issued the commission, registration or licence, so check the requirement with them. Only produce a mark you or your organisation are entitled to use.