A rubber stamp is a sheet of rubber which has a design, logo or picture carved into it. This stamp can then be coated in ink and transferred onto other mediums such as fabric or paper.

There are three major types of rubber stamp: rubber stamps for the office; children’s rubber stamps; rubber stamps used for decorating.

Business Rubber Stamps
Business rubber stamps are custom-made, usually showing a corporate logo along with contact details. They sometimes have moving parts to allow for dates to be stamped too. They are often used in stamping incoming mail and memos.

In Europe, sometimes signatures can be officiated with a rubber stamp. If these stamps are lost or stolen, they can be used in forgery or fraud.

Decorative (art) rubber stamps & Children’s rubber stamps
There is a larger market in the US than Europe for rubber stamps. Art rubber stamps have intricate patterns or pictures on them and are used for things such as decorating paper for letters, greetings card and other similar things. Some artists also use rubber stamps in their artwork.

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