Stamp
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A stamp is a distinctive mark or impression made upon an object, 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
- Food stamps, indicating the right to benefits
- 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
- Rubber stamps, devices used to apply inked markings to objects
- Seal (emblem), used by a notary public or other authorities for identification purposes
People called Stamp or Stamps:
- Stamp (surname)
- Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British banker
- Laurence Dudley Stamp, British geographer
- Terence Stamp, English actor
- Stamps family, American surname
- 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 in which metal is formed with a press
- Leather stamping, a leatherworking process
- Progressive stamping, a manufacturing process
- Stamps, Arkansas
- The heavy weights used to crush ore in a stamp mill
- Stamp sand, a by-product of stamp mills.
- Stamps, a nickname for the Calgary Stampeders football team
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