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A stamp is a distinctive mark or impression made upon an object, for instance those made on a piece of paper
Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
 and used to indicate the prepayment of a fee or tax
Tax

To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon an individual or Legal person by a state or the functional equivalent of a state.Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entity....
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A stamp is a distinctive mark or impression made upon an object, for instance those made on a piece of paper
Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
 and used to indicate the prepayment of a fee or tax
Tax

To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon an individual or Legal person by a state or the functional equivalent of a state.Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entity....
. Types of stamps include:  

  • Postage stamp
    Postage stamp

    A postage stamp is adhesive paper evidence of a fee paid for Mail services. Usually a small rectangle attached to an envelope, the stamp signifies the person sending it has fully or partly paid for delivery....
    s, used on mail.
  • Revenue stamp
    Revenue stamp

    A revenue stamp, tax stamp or fiscal stamp is a type of adhesive label used to collect taxes or fees on various items. Many countries of the world have used them, for documents , tobacco products, liquor, medication, playing cards, hunting licenses and other kinds of things....
    s, often used on documents; they are superficially similar to postage stamps, but are used to pay tax rather than postage.
  • Philately
    Philately

    Philately is the study of revenue stamp and postage stamp stamps. This includes the design, production and uses of stamps after they are authorized for issue, usually by government officials such as Postal Authorities....
     is the study of postage and revenue stamps
  • Stamp collecting
    Stamp collecting

    Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects, such as Cover . It is one of the world's most popular hobby, with estimates of the number of collectors ranging up to 20 million in the United States alone....
     is the extremely popular hobby
    Hobby

    A hobby is a leisure recreational pursuit....
     of collecting postage stamps.
  • Rubber stamp
    Rubber stamp

    Rubber stamping, also called stamping, is a craft in which some type of ink made of dye or pigment is applied to an or pattern that has been carving, molded, laser engraved or Vulcanization, onto a sheet of rubber....
    s, devices used to apply inked markings to objects
  • Seal (device)
    Seal (device)

    A seal can mean a wax seal bearing an impressed figure, or an embossed figure in paper, with the purpose of authenticating a document, but the term can also mean any device for making such impressions or embossments, essentially being a Molding that has the mirror image of the figure in counter-relief, such as mounted on rings known a...
    , used by notary publics or other authorities for identification purposes
  • A coupon, voucher, or electronic record of the right to a benefit, for example, Ration stamp
    Ration stamp

    Ration stamps or ration card is a card issued by a government allowing the holder to obtain certain rations. They are frequently seen in wartime....
    s and food stamps
    Food Stamp Program

    The US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, historically and commonly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal assistance program that provides food to low and no income people living in the United States....


People called Stamp:
  • Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp
    Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp

    Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Baronet, Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, British Academy, was a United Kingdom civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker....
    , British banker
  • Laurence Dudley Stamp
    Laurence Dudley Stamp

    Sir Dudley Stamp CBE, DSc, Doctor of letters, LLD, Ekon D, DSc Nat , was professor of geography at Rangoon and London, and one of the internationally best known British geographers of the 20th century....
    , British geographer
  • Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp

    Terence Henry Stamp is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. He is best known for having played the character General Zod in the Superman movie franchise....
    , English actor


Stamp can also refer to:

  • BASIC Stamp
    BASIC Stamp

    The BASIC Stamp is a microcontroller with a small, specialized BASIC programming language interpreter built into read-only memory. It is made by Parallax, Inc....
    , a microcontroller
  • Stomp (strike)
    Stomp (strike)

    A stomp is a downwards strike with the heel of the foot from the stand-up fighting, and is usually directed at the head or body of a downed opponent....
    , a downwards kick using the heel that is sometimes called a stamp
  • Stamping (metalworking)
    Stamping (metalworking)

    Stamping is a manufacturing process by which sheets or strips of material are punching using a machine press or stamping press to form the sheet....
    , a process where metal is formed by being pressed with an embossed pattern
  • Leather stamping, a leatherworking process
  • Progressive stamping
    Progressive stamping

    Progressive stamping is a metalworking method that can encompass punching, coining , bending and several other ways of modifying metal raw material, combined with an automatic feeding system....
    , a manufacturing process


See also:
  • Stamps, Arkansas
    Stamps, Arkansas

    Stamps is a city in Lafayette County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,131 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Stamps Family
    Stamps family

    The Stamps Family was one of the First Families of Virginia during the early 17th century. Descendants, including many aristocrats from Southern states like Virginia and Georgia, have played important roles throughout American history, especially during armed conflicts....
  • Stamps Quartet
    Stamps Quartet

    Two Stamps and A BaxterA series of significant events in the 1920s launched a legendary name in United States in Gospel music. It all started in 1924 when Virgil Oliver Stamps formed the V....
  • Stamps, a nickname for the Calgary Stampeders
    Calgary Stampeders

    The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium. They have won the league's Grey Cup championship six times, most recently in 96th Grey Cup....
    , a CFL
    Canadian Football League

    The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
     team