APPROVED stamp for PDF, free to design

Mark a document as approved in seconds. Add a clean APPROVED stamp, with an optional date and serial number, to any PDF or download it as a transparent PNG.

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Approved stamp templates, ready to edit

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Every preview on this page carries a faint Estamplab watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.

When to use Approved stamp

How to make Approved stamp

  1. Open the stamp maker and pick the Approved template, or type your own wording.
  2. Choose the shape and ink colour, size it like a real stamp, and add a logo, a date or a number.
  3. Export a PNG or JPG for $1.50, or every format zipped for $3.00 including the editable Word file.

How to put an approved stamp on a PDF

In Bluebeam, Markup then Image places the approved stamp, and the result behaves like any other markup until you flatten it. Flattening matters on anything going to a client or a reviewer: before it, the stamp is an object anybody can select and drag off the page.

What size should an approved stamp be?

Text is the limit, not the shape. Every line you add to a approved stamp makes the rest smaller, and letters below roughly 6pt at true size stop surviving a scan or a fax. Three to five lines is the practical ceiling on a 40 mm mark.

What an approved stamp does not prove

The organisation receiving the document decides whether a approved stamp is acceptable, and practice varies more than people expect. For invoices, internal approvals and routine correspondence an image is widely accepted. For deeds, filings and anything going to a court or a registry, confirm before you rely on it.

Frequently asked questions

Is the approved stamp free?

Free until you want the file. The approved stamp previews at full quality with nothing over it, and only the download is charged: $1.50 for one image format, $3.00 for all of them zipped.

Can I add a date to the approved stamp?

Add a date line anywhere on the approved stamp. If you type a date it stays put; if you leave it empty it becomes today's date each time the file is generated, which is usually what a dated stamp is for.

What format do I get?

A transparent PNG is the one most people want, and it is available on its own. SVG, PDF, EPS and Word are pack-only, because a vector that rescales forever is not the same product as a flat image.

Do I get a template or something I can edit?

Neither a static approved stamp template nor a stock image: a approved stamp generator you drive, and a approved stamp maker in the sense that matters, which is that nothing is fixed. Choose a approved stamp sample layout, rework the approved stamp design, build the approved stamp online and download when it looks right. The approved stamp price is $1.50 for a single approved stamp png or $3.00 for every format zipped.

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