Received stamp maker with the date and time of receipt
A received stamp maker where the date and time fill themselves in on use, so the stamp is evidence of when the document arrived rather than when the stamp was made.
A received stamp exists to answer one question later: when did this arrive? That answer is only worth anything if the date on the impression is the date of receipt. A stamp carrying the day it was designed answers the question wrongly, and confidently.
What you get
- RECEIVED with a date and time that resolve as you stamp.
- Room for a reference number or the receiving department.
- A serial sequence, if incoming items need to be numbered as well as dated.
- Rectangular or round, in whichever ink colour your office uses.
- A transparent PNG, so the text underneath still shows through.
How to make it
- Open the stamp maker and pick a shape, or start from a template.
- Type your wording, then set the colour, border and size.
- Add the date, time, serial number or logo, and position each one.
- Preview it live, then download. Designing and previewing are free.
Questions
Why does the time matter on a received stamp?
Because deadlines have hours. A tender closing at noon, a court filing cut-off, a notice period running from receipt: on all of those the day alone cannot show whether something was in time.
Can I add a reference number that goes up each time?
Yes. Save the stamp to a library and it gets its own counter, incremented under a row lock on that stamp’s record, so two people logging post at the same time cannot be given the same number.
What should a received stamp say?
At minimum RECEIVED and a date. Most also carry a time, and many carry the receiving office or a reference line. There is no legal form for it; what matters is that the date is the date of receipt.