A stamp is a tool, which is provided with raised or deepened figures, letters and such a thing on the surface, in order to force by means of laid on color the figure away or to press it by means of a pressure into a softer mass, as for example the stamps for producing the coins and medals.

Also with such tools pushed open indication, which serves the established quality of a commodity, its origin or a paid delivery as characteristic, stamp or also as stamp mark one calls.

Primarily the stamp serves for the simplification of clerical work. Thus texts can be brought on paper with it with a hand movement, for which one handwritten substantially longer (e.g. the address of an enterprise, in addition, simply only the current date or the price of the too bestempelnden article) would need.

In the exchange the stamp becomes (actually: marking) as means used, in order comfortably and economically drawn in repays, fees and taxes to acknowledge (stamp fee, steering wheel temple). Such stamp fees are to have come first in the busy Holland (since 1624) used. They are everywhere applicable, where the debtor presents or receives a document over the payments. In these cases know both stamp paper (marked paper) and stamps which can be glued on to be used. In other cases one avails oneself of envelopes also marked (tax stamps, e.g. with tobacco packing), which are torn up before use, while the stamp paper by describing, which stamp by crossing out or expressing an indication of further uses uselessly made (nullifiziert, taken the money) become. In addition also an article can (e.g. Precious metal, newspaper, pack of cards) directly through prints of the stamp to be marked and thus the proof of the tax or fee payment be supplied. An example of a use of stamps in the exchange is cancelling stamps by postmarks.

From stamp falsifications one protects by artificial production of the stamp characters (drawn paper, water-mark etc.), from evasions serves itself control and punishment. The punishment can be intensified by the fact that the made legal transaction for futile is explained. Since thereby however also easily innocent one is met, the stamp act giving is usually content with fines, while the validity of the legal transaction is not continued to contest.

A further, wide-spread application of the stamp the marking of people, which already paid their entrance with chargeable meetings like the attendance of discotheques, is. For this the persons receive a stamp after payment of the entrance on the hand, which also only under UV light of visible special color can exist. This stamp justified as a rule for repeated entering of the meeting without renewed payment of the admission fee and is controlled by the at the cash.

See also

• Stamp-taxes
• Stamp cut art

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