Stamp

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A stamp is a distinctive mark or impression made upon an object, or a device used to make it, or a distinctive sticker applied to an object. It may also include other vouchers or records with similar purposes. Types of stamps, and related subjects, include

• Postage stamps, used to indicate prepayment of fees for mail
• Revenue stamps, used on documents to indicate payment of tax
  • Philately is the study of postage and revenue stamps
  • Stamp collecting is the hobby of collecting postage stamps.
• Ration stamps, indicating the right to rationed goods
• Food stamps, indicating the right to benefits
• Rubber stamps, devices used to apply inked markings to objects
• Seal (device), used by a notary public or other authorities for identification purposes

People called Stamp or Stamps:

• Stamps family, American surname
• Stamp (surname), English surname
• Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British banker
• Laurence Dudley Stamp, British geographer
• Terence Stamp, English actor
• Stamps Quartet, gospel singers
• Fred Stamps, football player with the Edmonton Eskimos

Stamp or Stamps can also refer to:

• BASIC Stamp, a microcontroller
• Stomp (strike), a downwards kick using the heel that is sometimes called a stamp
• Stamping (metalworking), a process where metal is formed by being pressed with an embossed pattern
• Leather stamping, a leatherworking process
• Progressive stamping, a manufacturing process
• Stamps, Arkansas
• Stamps, a nickname for the Calgary Stampeders football team

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