Rubber Stamps & Self-Inking Stamps

100 Best Places To Work In Oregon

2009-04-02T09:38:00.001-07:00

Stamp-Connection ranks 17th in the "2009 100 Best Companies to work for in Oregon".

"Stamp-Connection is proud to have made the list in 2009 and hopes that this is the first of many years to come." says John Clark, founder and President of the company. "Our employees play the biggest part in our success story. They will always come first."

Each year since 1994, Oregon Business magazine has been proud to present the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon. The aim of the project is to recognize and celebrate Oregon companies for their commitment to creating great places for their employees to work.

What is interesting is that Stamp-Connection is one of the very few manufacturing companies on the list, made up largely of professional services, with a strong showing from law and staffing firms, finance, construction, technology and marketing/communications.

Maybe just a little proof that our industry has a bright future.

Manufacturers of the Year Converge on Grays Harbor

2009-03-24T09:04:00.000-07:00

Three past and present winners of the manufacturer of the year award met in Aberdeen, Washington for a trip through the past and discussion of the future.

Ron, Dave & Ken Windell of Grays Harbor Stamp Works, in its 93rd year, invited John Clark and Derek Persons of Stamp-Connection along with Tony Pezze of United Marking to tour their facilities and show them that the same craftsmanship that brought success to past generations of stamp makers is still viable in today's high tech world.

"Meeting another company that takes pride in their work such as Grays Harbor inspires us to do better." says John Clark of Stamp-Connection. "And the success that all of our companies have shown during these tough economic times proves that a quality product and exceptional customer service still matters above all else."

The night started with a tour of the manufacturing process that Grays Harbor uses to turn out high quality rubber stamps and engraved products.

The equipment, some well over 50 years, is still going strong and is used on a daily basis.

"You can't help but to feel proud working on the same benches and using the same equipment that our father and grandfather used to build the business." says Ken Windell. "The rubber stamp industry has been good to our family."

#2 8 Band Number Stamp

2009-03-11T09:16:00.000-07:00

The United UN#2 8 Number Stamp is an excellent choice for your high volume stamping needs.

The United UN#2 8 Number Stamp is ergonomically designed to fit comfortably in your hand for effortless stamping.

Use your favorite ink pad to create sharp impressions, and make easy adjustments to the number bands with over-sized band adjustment wheels that include a blank space on every band.

UD#0 Date Stamp

2009-03-10T09:22:00.000-07:00

The UD Series Date Stamps are an excellent choice for your high volume stamping needs.

The UD#0 Flat Band Date Stamp is ergonomically designed to fit comfortably in your hand for effortless stamping. Use your favorite ink pad to create sharp impressions, and make easy adjustments to the date bands with over-sized band adjustment wheels that include a blank space on every band.

ClassiX Replacement Ink Pads

2009-03-02T09:35:00.000-08:00

We are happy to offer ClassiX replacement ink pads for the following ClassiX rubber stamps:

ClassiX self-inking replacement ink pads
ClassiX P series replacement ink pads

Trodat Replacement Ink Pads

2009-02-27T09:46:00.000-08:00

We are happy to offer Trodat replacement ink pads for the following Trodat rubber stamps:

Trodat self-inking replacement ink pads
Trodat Professional series replacement ink pads
Trodat Printy series replacement ink pads

Trodat 4810 Self Inking Date Stamp

2009-02-20T09:26:00.000-08:00

We've added the Trodat line of custom self inking rubber stamps to our product line.

Trodat date stamps are an excellent choice for your high volume stamping needs.

The Trodat 4810 Self Inking Date Stamp uses patented precision components to create a smooth, quiet stamping experience.

ClassiX Self Inking Rubber Stamps

2009-02-17T09:36:00.000-08:00

Stamp-Connection is excited about our newest product line, the ClassiX self inking rubber stamps.

ClassiX rubber stamps are from the makers of Xstamper, which is world renown for their high quality pre-inked stamps.

The difference with ClassiX, is that ClassiX are self-inking stamps. ClassiX stamps come in eight different colors, and feature a stamp action that is more quiet than anything else on the market.

Try ClassiX today!

Automatic Numbering Machines

2009-02-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

Dater rubber stamps are extremely popular at the beginning of the year, as many companies update outdated date stamps. But what about your number rubber stamping tasks?

Well there is a stamp for that too!

Automatic number machines help register numbers on various forms of bills and documents, automatically advancing number sequences in 8 different actions: repeat, consecutive, duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate, quintuplicate, sextuplicate, and 12 times.

Not only that, but our line of Ideal automatic number machines feature a lustrous chrome finish and metal parts that will ensure that your automatic number machine will function well and will look great for years.

Make A Big Impression!

2009-01-29T09:38:00.000-08:00

Most people just need a small rubber stamp for their stamping needs. However, sometimes that little model and it's impression size is simply not enough for those special imprints.

Luckily, there is iStamp IS-80 Pre-Inked Flash Stamp!

The IS-80 Pre-Inked Flash Stamp provides all the brilliant stamp quality that you come to expect from iStamp, a photographic quality die plate ready to make sharp impressions, and oil based dyestuff ink that comes in eleven colors.

Add to these awesome features a die plate that is nearly three and a half inches by four and three quarters of inches.

That's right, with a die plate measuring 3.375" x 4.75" you are only limited by your imagination to what you can stamp!

Trodat 4750 Self Inking Date Stamp

2009-01-22T09:29:00.000-08:00

Trodat date stamps are an excellent choice for your high volume rubber stamping needs.

The Trodat 4750 Self Inking Date Stamp uses patented precision components to create a smooth, quiet stamping experience.

The Trodat 4750 Self Inking Date Stamp is a great replacement for the Ideal 5830, considering the Ideal mount is discontinued in the United States.

New Site for a New Year!

2009-01-14T09:46:00.000-08:00

We just wanted to tell everyone that we have some changes coming to our website design. Please look forward to these changes over the next few weeks. We'll still offer great rubber stamps at exceptional prices, yet now will do it a bit more dynamically!

RECYCLE Stock Message Stamp

2008-12-18T10:34:00.000-08:00

Help the environment as you help your office stay organized. The RECYCLE Stock Message Stamp is perfect for marking on documents that are slated for the compost pile.

Recycling is a great way to help the planet, and the fantastic pricing by Stamp-Connection will definitely help save your wallet.

Order your RECYCLE Stock Message Stamp today!

California Notary Seal Stamps

2008-12-11T09:56:00.000-08:00

Our website is going through lots of exciting changes, one of which is our new selection of Notary Public Seals organized by state.

Take for example the California Notary Public Seal Stamp. As an authorized vendor to manufacture California Notary Seals, Stamp-Connection is well versed in the requirements to create a California notary stamp.

The State of California allows each Notary Public the use of either a rubber stamp or an embosser that is photographically reproducible as their official notary seal.

The notary seal must contain the State Seal of California, the words “Notary Public”, the name of the Notary Public as shown on their commission, the name of the county where their oath of office and Notary Public bond are on file, the expiration date of the Notary Public’s commission, the sequential identification number (commission number) assigned to the Notary Public, and the identification number assigned to the seal manufacturer.

Rectangle notary seals must be no larger than one inch in width by two and one-half inches in length with a serrated or milled edge border.

Call us toll free at 1-866-667-1133 to order your custom California Notary Seal.

Acrylic 1 Line Where's George Stamp

2008-12-05T09:39:00.000-08:00

Mark your bills with ease with the Acrylic 1 Line Where's George Rubber Stamp.

Durable acrylic construction makes alignment easy, and ensures years of trouble free use.

Choose from 4 popular one line phrases, or design your own phrase! One line phrases easily fit along the border of any bill.

Have fun marking your bills with our new Palette hybrid ink pads. Palette hybrid ink pads are waterproof, non-fading, non-bleeding and fast drying, making them a winning combination for your Where's George hobby.

Holiday Address Stamps

2008-12-03T09:52:00.000-08:00

Christmas is right around the corner, and with this joyous time of year, many of us send out Holiday Cards to our beloved friends and family. You've taken the time to take the perfect picture, write the perfect humorous card, and addressed the outgoing envelope to the correct person.

Don't forget to personalize the return address portion of the envelope!

Luckily, Stamp-Connection offers the perfect solution. How about a Holiday Return Address Stamp? Similar to our popular monogram address stamp, the Holiday Return Address Stamp will give your outgoing mail the holiday spirit!

New Rubber Stamp For Writers

2008-12-02T13:22:00.000-08:00

Writers do not have to fear the red pen any longer! With the new "ROUGH DRAFT" stock message stamp from Stamp-Connection, writers can easily indentify that a manuscript is going through the crucial rough draft.

Remember, Stamp-Connection is available for all your rubber stamping needs.

New PAID Stock Message Stamp

2008-12-01T09:34:00.001-08:00

We have expanded our selection of Stock Message Rubber Stamps, including the PAID stock message stamp!

Stock message stamps are perfect for all your office document needs, and the PAID stock message stamp will ensure that important invoices are routed to the appropriate pile.

Don't get your important paperwork lost in the office shuffle. Stock up on your stock message rubber stamps today!

Wood Compact Endorsement Stamp

2008-11-24T09:40:00.000-08:00

A variant on our top selling custom wood rubber stamps, the custom wood compact endorsement stamp can be personalized to meet your bank endorsement needs.

The deep molded die plates of our wood stamps offer the cleanest, sharpest, and most precise impressions available. Our custom compact endorsement rubber wood stamps provide an endless number of impressions that will last a lifetime.

These rubber stamps require the use of an independent stamp pad, are perfect for stamping your endorsment information on the back of checks.

Wood stamps are great for office, home, school, clubs and more!

Return Address Rubber Stamps For The Holidays!

2008-11-10T09:35:00.000-08:00

Halloween has gone and went. Thanksgiving is coming up, and Christmas right behind it. Are you read to send out your holiday cards and holiday invitations? Are you intimidated by all that scribbling of addresses, over and over again?

A return address stamp might be just what you need!

Return address rubber stamps take the fright of sending out 50 invitations to your family friends for Thanksgiving a snap. Simply stamp your return address in the top portion of your envelope and it is ready to be slipped in the mail!

Holidays are a joyous time of year. A time to appreciate the warmth of family and friends. Don't let the simple tasks stand in your way!

Stamp-Connection even offers a 2 color return address stamp that can easily handle your specific holiday graphic!

Gold Embossing Labels

2008-11-05T09:58:00.000-08:00

Gold embossing labels are perfect for adding style when you use your embosser, especially for Notary Publics when a little extra flash is needed when using a notary seal press or notary embossing seal.

Where's George Band Stamp

2008-11-03T09:32:00.000-08:00

The Where's George? band stamp features 12 of the most popular phrases available while offering savings of up to 80% over purchasing each stamp individually.

Each phrase fits neatly into the top and side margin's of all denominations of U.S. currency. Use your Where's George? Band Stamp with our new Palette hybrid ink pads.

Palette hybrid ink pads are waterproof, non-fading, non-bleeding and fast drying, making them a winning combination for your Where's George hobby.

Includes 12 popular Where's George phrases
"www.WHERESGEORGE.com"
"ENTER SERIES & SERIAL # AT"
"TRACK THIS BILL ONLINE AT"
"CURRENCY TRACKING PROJECT"
"SEE WHERE I HAVE BEEN"
"TRACK WHERE I GO NEXT"
"FOLLOW MY JOURNEY AT"
"IT'S FUN, FREE AND LEGAL"
"THIS IS A REGISTERED BILL"
"HOW FAR DOES YOUR $$ GO"
"YOU HAVE FOUND A WILD BILL"
"UPDATE MY LOCATION ONLINE"

Featured Rubber Stamp Shop - the Small Object

2008-10-31T09:46:00.000-07:00

Here at Stamp-Connection, we believe in spreading the love. Hundreds of rubber stamps shops purchase custom rubber stamps in both self-inking and pre-inked mounts, and for all the love they give us, we would like to give some love back to them.

Take for instance the Small Object. Owned and operated by Sarah Neuburger, the Small Object features fantastic home made products, craft ideas, and cute whimsical creations that transform the ordinary and mundane into something wonderful.

Her blog, called the steno pad, is a running conversation of craft ideas that you should try for yourself.

Check out her product catalog of home made products, or view some of our favorites:

Check out the Small Object today!

iStamp Custom Signature Rubber Stamp

2008-10-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

Everyone needs a signature rubber stamp. The history of rubber stamps is filled with many examples where a rubber stamp can save it's user time, mess, and money. Yet there is no doubt that the signature rubber stamp is a great example of how a rubber stamp can take a bit of grief out of daily chores.

The iStamp pre-inked signature rubber stamp is a signature stamp that is hugely popular, as it is created using the latest in light burst stamp technology.

Unlike other systems that require laser engraving, light burst technology produces near photographic quality stamps. This is why the iStamp pre-inked signature rubber stamp is a perfect choice for any document requiring a signature.

The iStamp pre-inked signature rubber stamp is environmentally safe and offers a user friendly and durable experience for your day-to-day signature stamping needs. All iStamp stamps represent a superior value and come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee, with no questions asked!

Extra Long Reach Embosser

2008-10-28T09:39:00.000-07:00

Emboss into the center of an 8 and a half inch sheet of paper with an Extra Long Reach Embosser.

The Extra Long Reach Embosser embosses up to 2 inch diameter impressions, and has a reach of 4 and a half inches with an adjustable paper guide to ensure an impression exactly where you need one.

Just one impression and you'll appreciate the heavy-duty construction, ergonomic design, and patented precision components used to create a smooth, quiet embossing experience.

Ideal embossers are the biggest selling brand of seal presses in America, and come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee, with no questions asked!

2" round impression area, and a 4 1/2" reach
This embosser will not emboss onto heavy card stock
Precision crafted for crisp impressions on envelopes, stationery, greeting cards, foil labels

Ideal 100 Replacement Ink Pad

2008-10-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

Use the Ideal 100 Replacement Ink Pad for all Ideal 100 self-inking stamps. The Ideal 100 Replacement Ink Pad is perfect for changing colors when different colors of print are desired, and when your ink pad color no longer fits your specific needs.

Ideal stamp ink is formulated for clean, crisp, fast drying impressions without bleeding or fading on most paper stocks. Ideal rubber stamp ink is the biggest selling brand of rubber stamp ink in America.

Fine textured cotton surface
Water based ink in 8 popular colors
Use your favorite water based ink with a dry ink pad*
Make your old rubber stamp feel brand new

*The use of a non-water based ink will damage your Ideal Stamp die plate

Xstamper Eco N40 Pre-Inked Pocket Stamp

2008-10-24T09:46:00.000-07:00

The Xstamper Eco N40 Pocket Stamp is the future of rubber stamping! Not only does the Xstamper Eco N40 Pocket Stamp save you time, mess, and money, it helps save the planet.

Stamp-Connection believes strongly about helping the environment, and offers Xstamper Eco N40 Pocket Stamp at a lower price than the regular Xstamper N40 Pre-Inked Pocket Stamp .

The Xstamper Eco N40 Pocket Stamp is earth friendly, made 100% from post consumer recycled plastic and 78% recycled components. All Xstamper Eco pre-inked rubber stamps represent a superior value and come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee, with no questions asked!

Made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic
Components are made from 78% recycled parts
Fits conveniently in your pocket, purse, or briefcase
Pre-inked with a special formulated dyestuff oil based ink that lasts 50,000 impressions
Easy to re-ink reservoir for cost and time efficiency

Ideal Water Based Refill Ink

2008-10-23T10:00:00.000-07:00

Use genuine Ideal refill ink for all Ideal self-inking stamps. Ideal refill ink ensures that your Ideal self-inking stamp continues to stamp sharp impressions.

Water based ink in 8 popular colors
Formulated for clean, crisp, fast-drying impressions
Ideal refill ink will not bleed or fade on most paper stock
Easy to re-ink ink pads on all Ideal rubber stamps saves time and mess

4 Hardboard Coasters with Coaster Holder

2008-10-22T10:16:00.000-07:00

Every home needs coasters to protect fine furniture from moisture stains. Featuring a solid cork bottom, these hardboard coasters establish a new level of functionality and refinement to both your home and office.

Everyone needs a coaster, be it as a house warming gift or just for use around the office, coasters are always a great gift. With the popularity of full color dye sublimation, there is no better time to personalize your own coasters.

Protect and hold your cork-back coasters with the included mahogany slotted wood coaster holder, a convenient way to display and store coasters when they are not in use.

Solid cork bottom provides non-slip performance
Protects fine furniture from moisture stains
Full color technology captures photo memories in vibrant colors
Glossy photo-quality printing like you've never seen before
Coaster holder rich mahogany finish will look handsome in any home or office

Ideal 310R Round Self Inking Rubber Stamp

2008-10-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

The Ideal 310R Rubber Stamp works and feels as great as they look. Just one impression and you’ll appreciate the heavy-duty construction, ergonomic design, and patented precision components used to create a smooth, quiet stamping experience.

These round rubber stamps are perfect for inspector stamping at the factory or for verifying the bills crossing your desk. The Ideal 310R Rubber Stamp makes thousands of impressions with Ideal stamp ink that is formulated for clean, crisp, fast drying impressions without bleeding or fading on most paper stocks.

Accurate re-inking of the Ideal 310R Rubber Stamp is a snap with the Ideal re-inking system. Ideal self-inking stamps are the biggest selling brand of self-inking rubber stamps in America, and are perfect for home and business use.

Acrylic Nerdy Beaver Where's George Rubber Stamp

2008-10-20T10:38:00.000-07:00

Designed by fellow Georger Nerdy Beaver, the Acrylic Nerdy Beaver Stamp outlines the series and serial number on one dollar bills. Acrylic mount rubber stamps are hugely popular for their durable, see through construction that makes alignment for all stamping projects a breeze. Use your Acrylic Nerdy Beaver Stamp with our new Palette hybrid ink pads. Palette hybrid ink pads are waterproof, non-fading, non-bleeding and fast drying, making them a winning combination for your Where's George hobby.

This stamp outlines the series and serial number on one dollar bills
Durable, clear construction for precision stamping
See through acrylic mount makes alignment easy every time
No alignment guide needed!
Use with your favorite water based ink pad

Use an Acrylic Cleaning Kit to keep your stamps free of debris and ink residue.

Xstamper PAST DUE Stock Message Stamp

2008-10-20T10:26:00.000-07:00

Xstamper offers a full line of stock message rubber stamps that are specifically engineered saves you time, mess, and money.

The Xstamper PAST DUE Stock Message Stamp is environmentally safe and offers a user friendly and enriching experience for your day-to-day stamping needs. All stock message rubber stamp impressions are laser engraved to provide a perfect impression time after time.

All Xstamper stock message rubber stamps represent a superior value, yielding a low cost per impression, and come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee, with no questions asked!

10 Great Reasons To Love Xstamper Rubber Stamps

2008-09-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

1. Xstamper is the premier brand name in pre-inked stamps and is recognized in over 80 countries for unsurpassed quality and innovation. You expect the best from your rubber stamp, and Xstamper delivers.

2. Pre-inked stamps require no stamp pads. That's right, no more messy accidents from stamping our fists into an ink pad rather than our rubber stamp. Plus there is no ink pad to dry out if left open.

3. Xstamper rubber stamps are available in 18 different mounts to fit the needs of every stamper who might need a small pocket stamp, an inspector stamp, a date stamp, or a large stamp plate.

4. State of the art formulated dyestuff oil based ink is the Xstamper standard in every one of their rubber stamps. This oil based ink is water resistant and dries quickly.

5. Environmentally friendly. Xstamper rubber stamps have a built in ink reservoir that is easily refillable with the same color ink they were originally shipped with, ensuring that your Xstamper lasts a lifetime and remains out of the landfill.

6. Xstamper rubber stamp die plates are laser engraved and custom made to your order specifications. Show off your custom logo, or favorite artwork along with the custom text.

7. Xstamper rubber stamps feature an ABS plastic construction and an ergonomic handle that is both stylish and comfortable

8. Xstamper stamps represent a superior value because they yield over 50,000 impressions before needing a re-inking, giving Xstamper rubber stamps a lower cost per impression than their competitors.

9. Xstamper rubber stamps come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee.

10. One impression is all it takes. Just make an impression with an Xstamper and you will immediately notice the difference. Xstamper rubber stamps are just made better, and create much better results than other pre-inked and self-inking rubber stamps.

If you need another reason, consider this. Stamp-Connection offers Free Shipping on all Xstamper products. Now that is a perfect combination of quality and value!

Xstamper Pre-Inked Bank Endorsement Stamp

2008-09-05T09:47:00.000-07:00

A perennial best seller, the Xstamper Bank Endorsement Stamp is a stamp to truly love as it saves you time, mess, and money. The Xstamper Bank Endorsement Stamp requires no stamp pad, which means no re-inking hassle. Xstamper manufacturing utilizes advanced laser technology to engrave any design into a rubber die plate to yield sharp clear imprints for a lifetime. The Xstamper Bank Endorsement Stamp is environmentally safe and offers a user friendly and enriching experience for your day-to-day stamping needs. All Xstamper stamps come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee, with no questions asked!

Xstamper N40 Pre-Inked Pocket Stamp

2008-03-05T10:04:00.000-08:00

A perennial best seller, the Xstamper N-40 is a stamp to truly love as it saves you time, mess, and money. The Xstamper N-40 requires no stamp pad because Xstamper manufacturing utilizes advanced laser technology to engrave any design into a rubber die plate to yield sharp clear imprints for a lifetime.

The Xstamper N-40 is environmentally safe and the handle becomes a handy carrying case that will not leak; take it with you in your pocket, purse or backpack.

Press Release - For Immediate Release

2007-12-10T09:22:00.000-08:00

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN GRESHAM BUSINESS EXCEEDS $1 MILLION IN SALES

Gresham, OR – Stamp-Connection announces that they have passed $1 million in year-to-date sales for 2007. The company had sales of $757,000 in 2006, an increase of 33% with still one month left in the year. In August of 2007, the company had their first $100,000 month, followed with their second and third $100,000 month in October and November. The increase in sales is directly related to Stamp-Connection’s expanded offering of premium pre-inked rubber stamps, including the Xstamper line, which is the most recognized pre-inked stamp worldwide.

“Ever since we started selling Xstamper products back in February, we have seen a sharp increase in all of our rubber stamp categories,” said owner John Clark. “We expected to drive pre-inked rubber stamp business with the Xstamper, but the pull through of iStamp and Ideal stamps have been a terrific surprise.”

The company has established a Pre-Ink Stamp Department to keep up with the growth in business, which will begin order fulfillment of Xstamper orders in the Pacific Northwest from the Shachihata Corporation in January 2008. The company ships to customers in all fifty states and most western countries from its 3,600 square foot shop in Historic Downtown Gresham, and are extremely popular with bill marking enthusiasts on the website WheresGeorge.com. Likewise, the company expects to expand their custom laser-engraving department in 2008, to keep pace with the growing demand for nameplates, awards, and embossers.

About Stamp-Connection:
Stamp-Connection manufactures premium self-inking rubber stamps and marking systems for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Located in Historic Downtown Gresham Oregon since 2001, the company reaches customers worldwide through their website that offers a convenient shopping experience and quality customer service. The company has given back more than $15,000 to the community through sponsorships and donations in 2007, with total sponsorship and donations reaching over $50,000 since its inception in 2001.

iStamp Pre-Inked Address Stamp

2007-11-26T11:57:00.000-08:00

Ergonomic handle and precise components create a smooth and quiet stamp action
Dust cover protects impression surface against dirt and debris accumulation
Light burst technology produces near photographic quality impressions
Pre-inked for up to 50,000 impressions without re-inking
Advance re-inking system is simple and mess free

The iStamp Pre-Inked Address Stamp is created using the latest in light burst stamp technology. Unlike other systems that require laser engraving, light burst technology produces near photographic quality stamps. This is why the iStamp Pre-Inked Address Stamp is a perfect choice for any custom signature, address, bank endorsement, or name stamp.

The iStamp Pre-Inked Address Stamp is environmentally safe and offers a user friendly and durable experience for your day-to-day stamping needs.

All iStamp stamps represent a superior value, yielding 50,000 impressions before needing ink, and come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee, with no questions asked!

Xstamper N80 "VersaDater" Text and Date Stamp

2007-11-19T12:05:00.000-08:00

It’s the only date stamp you’ll ever need.

Snap-on impression frame can be removed or changed to meet your needs
ABS plastic construction ensures a lifetime of trouble free stamping
Laser engraved die plate custom made to your order specifications
Pre-inked with a special formulated dyestuff oil based ink that lasts 50,000 impressions
Easy to re-ink reservoir for cost and time efficiency

On it’s own, the Xstamper N-80 VersaDater is an 8 year pre-inked line dater. Change the date easily with a turn of the dial. Xstamper manufacturing utilizes advanced laser technology to engrave any design into a rubber die plate to yield sharp clear imprints for a lifetime.

The Xstamper N-80 VersaDater is environmentally safe and offers a user friendly and enriching experience for your day-to-day stamping needs.

All Xstamper stamps represent a superior value, yielding a low cost per impression, and come standard with a 100% lifetime guarantee, with no questions asked!

Custom Knob Handled Wood Stamp

2007-11-13T09:27:00.000-08:00

A Custom Knob Handled Wood Stamp is one of the highest quality rubber stamps available and this rubber stamp comes in a variety of sizes and styles.

A Custom Knob Handled Wood Stamp offers the sharpest, most precise impression available because of the deep molded polymer used for the stamp image.

A Custom Knob Handled Wood Stamp provides an endless number of impressions as well as a long and useful operating life. These types of rubber stamps require the use of an independent stamp pad.

A Custom Knob Handled Wood Stamp is perfect for stamping your company name, address, paperwork routing, follow-up messages or any custom message you need. Great for office, home, school, clubs and more!

At Stamp-Connection, our traditional wood handle stamps are assembled by hand. Unlike some stamp manufacturers, who just keep a few stock sizes of pre-assembled handles, our stamp handles are custom cut to match the size of your rubber die. That way there are no excess margins to catch ink. That also means you get a clean, clear impression every time.

Ideal Self-Inking Address Stamp

2007-11-07T15:09:00.001-08:00

Improve your image with a cost effective Ideal Self-Inking Address Stamp for your return address. Use on envelopes, packages or create your own self-addressed envelopes.

The Ideal Self-Inking Address Stamp works and feels as great as they look. Just one impression and you’ll appreciate the heavy duty construction, ergonomic design, and patented precision components used to create a smooth, quiet stamping experience.

Make thousands of impressions with Ideal stamp ink that is formulated for clean, crisp, fast drying impressions without bleeding or fading on most paper stocks.

Accurate re-inking of the Ideal Self-Inking Address Stamp is a snap with the Ideal re-inking system. Ideal self-inking stamps are the biggest selling brand of self-inking rubber stamps in America, and are perfect for home and business use.

Official Seals of the U.S. States

2007-11-02T11:22:00.000-07:00

State stamp seals are a great tradition in our country. These state seals represent images and ideas that are essential to the formation of each state. Each state seal contains symbolism intrinsic to that state. Explore all the U.S state seals here.

The Oregon State Seal consists of an outer ring with the text "State of Oregon", "1859". The inner circle contains an American eagle atop a shield. The shield contains mountains, an elk, a wagon, the Pacific Ocean, on which there are a British man-of-war departing and an American steamer arriving. The second quartering with a sheaf, a plow, and a pickax. The banner is inscribed "The Union". Thirty-three stars surrounding the shield represent the number of states upon Oregon's entry into the union in 1859.

Now-a-days, a Notary Public utilizes state seals when they notarize a document with a notary embosser. A Notary Public is a public official who notarizes legal documents and who can also administer and take oaths, and affirmations among other tasks. Each state has different notary rules of conduct, and anyone interested in becoming a Notary Public should learn the requirements for their state.

Stamp-Connection carries an entire line of quality Notary stamps, Notary embossers, and Notary accessories, including Notary Journals that are required to record all notary activities.

Palette Hybrid Stamp Pad

2007-10-31T10:02:00.000-07:00

Not all ink pads are created equal! That is why Stamp-Connection carries a range of ink pads for all your rubber stamping needs!

The Palette™ Hybrid stamp pad features new HYBRID INK, the first all-purpose craft ink. This ink pad blends the best of both pigment and dye inks into one ink pad. Fine art colors that look like pigment but dry like dye.

The Palette™ Hybrid stamp pad is acid-free, archival and non-fading, and creates crisp, bright and non-bleeding impressions. The ink is fast drying and waterproof. The raised felt pad makes a versatile platform for many different size rubber stamps.

Use the Palette™ Hybrid stamp pad to print on all paper surfaces. Be sure to use heat set on glass, wood, plastic, metal and clay.

Use the Acrylic Cleaning Kit to keep your stamps free of debris and ink residue. The kit can easily be added to any order!

Where's George Rainbow Wood Stamp Kit

2007-10-29T10:19:00.000-07:00

Do you ever wonder where that paper money in your pocket has been, or where it will go next? Well, Where'sGeorge.com is a site devoted to this art, called bill tracking.

Participants of Where'sGeorge.com, log the serial numbers of bills at Where'sGeorge.com, and use a rubber stamp to stamp their favorite bill tracking phrase on the bill, and spend the bill; sending the bill out into the world.

Hopefully, whoever comes across this bill will go to Where'sGeorge.com, and log the bill, and not only find out where the bill has been, but allow the original owner to see where the bill is currently, and where its been. Having a specially designed rubber stamp makes tracking bills more fun! Stamp-connection has tons of Where's George stamps to choose from, like the Rainbow Wood Stamp Kit.

This is a must have for every Georger!

This Rainbow Wood stamp kit includes One (1) Palette hybrid ink pad in your choice of color, 8 knob handle wood stamps and a stamp rack to hold them all.

Wood stamp phrases include:
• NEW!Dave Anderson 2 with curved text
• NEW!Rectangle stamp with border
• Classic Where's George Phrase
• Round Stamp for printing around the FRB seal
• "Currency Tracking Project"
• "Track this bill at www.WheresGeorge.com"
• "Enter series & serial # at www.WheresGeorge.com"
• "www.WheresGeorge.com"

A Brief History of Rubber Stamps

2007-10-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

The following excerpt is taken from "The Rubber Stamp Album" by Joni K. Miller & Lowry Thompson, 1978, Workman Publishing, New York

Charles Marie de la Condamine, French scientist and explorer of the scenic Amazon River, had no idea there would ever be such a thing as a rubber stamp when he sent a sample of "India" rubber to the Institute de France in Paris in 1736.

Prior to de la Condamine, Spanish explorers had noted that certain South American Indian tribes had a light-hearted time playing ball with a substance that was sticky and bounced, but it failed to rouse their scientific curiosity.

Some tribes had found rubber handy as an adhesive when attaching feathers to their person; and the so-called "head-hunting" Antipas, who were fond of tattooing, used the soot from rubber that had been set on fire. They punctured skin with thorns and rubbed in the soot to achieve the desired cosmetic effect. The June 1918 issue of Stamp Trade News indicates that "rubber stamps were made hundreds of years ago...by South American Indians for printing on the body the patterns which they wished to tattoo," but we have been unable to verify this was actually the case. In New Zealand today, a version of such tattooing is making a hit in the form of rubber stamp "skin markers" which bear intricate figures of birds, snakes, flowers, tribal symbols, etc.

It wasn't until some thirty-four years after de la Condamine sent his rubber care package home that Sir Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen, noted: "I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the mark of black lead pencil." In 1770 it was a novel idea to rub out (hence the name rubber) pencil marks with the small cubes of rubber, called "peaux de negres" by the French. Alas, the cubes were both expensive and scarce, so most folks continued to rub out their errors with bread crumbs. Rubber limped along since attempts to put the substance to practical use were thwarted by its natural tendency to become a rotten, evil-smelling mess the instant the temperature changed.

Enter Charles Goodyear. Upon hearing of the unsolvable rubber dilemma (from the Roxbury Rubber Company), Goodyear became obsessed with solving the whole sticky question once and for all. During his lifetime, Goodyear was judged to be a crackpot of epic proportions. Leaving his hardware business, he began working on the problem in his wife's kitchen, spending hours mixing up bizarre brews of rubber and castor oil, rubber and pepper, rubber and salt, rubber and heaven knows what. Daily life intruded on his experiments in the form of recurring bankruptcy and sporadic imprisonment for failure to pay his debts. At one point, Goodyear actually sold his children's' school books for the cash required to embark on the next experiment. Goodyear's persistence and single-mindedness were legion.

In 1839 while fooling around in a kitchen, Goodyear accidentally dropped some rubber mixed with sulphur on top of a hot stove. Instead of turning into a gooey mess, the rubber "cured." It was still flexible the next day. The process, involving a mixture of gum elastic, sulphur, and heat was dubbed vulcanization, after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. Vulcanized, rubber lost its susceptibility to changes in temperature. The discovery paved the way for hundreds of practical applications of rubber. In June 1844, Goodyear patented for his process. Never one to rest on his laurels, Goodyear turned his formidable energies to developing a multiplicity of uses for rubber. These continuing experiments were costly and, bless his soul, in 1860 Goodyear died two hundred thousand dollars in debt. His last words reflected the pattern of his life: "I die happy, others can get rich."

Prelude to the Invention of the Rubber Stamp

The word "stamp," as used in historical documents, is not particularly explanatory. Neither is its cousin phrase "hand stamp." Early historical references to either can easily be mistaken for references to rubber stamps and this is not always correct. A basic assumption must be made that if the word "stamp" is used to refer to a marking device prior to 1864, it does not refer to a rubber one.

Some background on this somewhat hair-splitting problem: Metal printing-stamps, also called hand stamps or mechanical hand stamps, preceded rubber ones by six to eight years. One of the first of these was the Chamberlain Brass Wheel Ribbon Dating Stamp, which came out in the early 1860s, and another was B.B. Hill's Brass Wheel Ribbon Ticket Dater. A prolific inventor, Hill is considered to be "the father of the mechanical hand stamp." Prior to 1860, hand stamps enjoyed limited use. Their heyday commences with the Civil War. The union financed the war by issuing revenue stamps which were required on virtually all business papers of any kind -- notes, drafts, bills, checks, etc. The government required that the revenue stamps be "canceled" with a notation of the date and the name of the person canceling them. Clearly this procedure was a real pain. It was tedious and slow and begged for some type of technology to come to the rescue. It isn't difficult to imagine the instant popularity with which the first mechanical hand stamps were met.

The early days of rubber stamps and their creation are inextricably entwined with those of early dentistry. Around the same time that Goodyear received his patent on vulcanizing, anesthesia was patented by a fellow named Wells. Relatively speaking, Wells's discovery made getting your teeth pulled a moderately painless experience, so teeth were being pulled left and right. This meant, of course, that the demand for false teeth was rising proportionately. Before vulcanization, denture bases had been made primarily of gold and were both costly and difficult to make. After vulcanization, denture bases could be made of vulcanized rubber set in plaster molds. This process did not demand a great deal of skill, and soon scores of dentists had small, round vulcanizers with which to ply their trade. These were called "dental pot" vulcanizers and would be used eventually to manufacture the first rubber stamps.

Multiple Choice for the Inventor of the Rubber Stamp

The actual source of the first rubber stamp is still mired in mystery. It's a game of multiple choice for the inventor.

Candidate number one, L.F. Witherell of Knoxville, Illinois, caused quite a stir in June 1916, at the stamp men's convention in Chicago, by reading a paper entitled "How I Came to Discover the Rubber Stamp."

Witherell, noting that "nearly all great and marvelous inventions or discoveries have sprung into the world as a result of an accident," claimed his accidental discovery of the rubber stamp took place in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1866 while he was foreman for a manufacturer of wooden pumps. At that time virtually all identification marking was made with brass or copper stencils and paint. The pump company was experiencing problems with paint running under stencils and creating blotches on the pumps. Witherell decided to try cutting stencils out of thin sheets of rubber packing. It was while cutting letters out of a sheet of rubber, and watching the letters fall at his feet, that his brainstorm hit. He promptly cut more letters out of thicker rubber, glued them to a piece of old bedpost, inked the creation on a leather ink pad, rolled the bedpost over a pump and made a good impression of his own initials.

Unfortunately, Witherell could not whip out his bedpost stamp for an historic show-and-tell. Two years earlier, in 1914, Witherell had claimed to have the bedpost stamp still in his possession as a "potato masher," but at the convention he told the curious audience that the "sacred treasure" had been stolen from him "some years ago."

Continuing with his saga, Witherell said he next came up with the idea of vulcanized-rubber stamps and went to a dental office in Chicago where he claimed to have vulcanized "the first genuine rubber stamp in the world." Witherell's claims also extended to "the creation of the first stamp ever sold for money," which he said was made in Knoxville with the assistance of printer's apprentice O.L. Campbell, who set the type for the stamp. It was used to print on tin ware.

Witherell then began to pursue his stamp career in earnest, having G.D. Colton & Co. make him a vulcanizer. He produced stamps with a series of partners, the first being B.W. Merritt, "a jolly old bachelor Yankee who sold gate latches." Finally he set up his own factory with his brother and a fellow named D.A. Dudley.

Shortly after he established the factory, the Dental Rubber Syndicate demanded that Witherell pay a ten-dollars-per-pound royalty, in addition to the three-dollars-per-pound he was already paying for the flesh-colored dental rubber. Even at three dollars a pound the rubber was considered an expensive material, and Witherell found the economics of the whole thing too much to cope with. He sold the factory to Austin Wiswall of Princeton, Illinois, "who said he had friends who could make him cheap rubber that would not infringe on the dental patents."

Witherell devoted his later years to a variety of mining enterprises and his "scientific collection of pre-historic mammals." He never relented on his numerous claims and, while in his hearty seventies, continued to remind anyone who would listen that he was still making perfect impressions with stamps he had made almost fifty years earlier... and that he had sold over four-thousand-dollars worth of vulcanized stamps long before anyone else made a single one.

Candidate number two is James Orton Woodruff of Auburn, New York, whose historical honors were zealously and frequently defended in stamp-trade periodicals for years by his cousin Alonzo Woodruff, who was himself to play a pivotal role in rubber-stamp history.

Perhaps as early as 1864, and no later than early 1866, James O. Woodruff visited a shop that manufactured patent washtubs where he observed the names and other identifying information being printed on the tubs with a curved wooded block which had rubber letters mounted on it. The letters had been carved from a flat piece of rubber by a man named Palmer. The lettering is said to have covered a surface four by six inches. When used with printer's ink, it left a decent, legible impression on the curved tub surfaces. While watching the tub marking, Woodruff speculated that if impressions of letters where made in vulcanizer molds, one could produce vulcanized-rubber letters.

Woodruff began playing around unsuccessfully with a vulcanizer, trying to set up a letter mold. Help was just around the corner in the person of his uncle Urial Woodruff. A dentist, Uncle Urial was very familiar with rubber, vulcanizers, and the practicalities of dealing with both. Additional experiments with a regular dental vulcanizer and uncle Urial's advice and cooperation netted some good-quality stamps. James Orton proceeded to outfit a factory with modified versions of the dental vulcanizer, which Alonzo Woodruff described in 1908 as follows: "...made of boiler iron that was about 18 inches in diameter by 24 inches high, which was placed upon a stove. From the ceiling above the vulcanizer was suspended a tackle which was used to place and remove the heavy top and flasks."

With the new equipment set up, James Orton ordered in a supply of fresh, new type and prepared to set his plant in motion. The mounts for his stamps were made of black walnut in nearby Seneca Falls, New York. He personally went to pick up the first batch. Alonzo Woodruff described the outing like this: "With a bag well filled, he started up a steep hill from the shop when he soon overtook an Irish woman pushing a heavy wheelbarrow, who, with an eye to business, asked if he did not want to put his bag in the barrow and wheel it up the hill, which proposition, after some bantering, was accepted to their mutual benefit."

Woodruff, now ready for action, ran a rubber-stamp advertisement in the Northern Christian Advocate, a Methodist weekly published out of Auburn, New York. Orders poured in, and it looked like the first rubber-stamp killing was about to be made when disaster struck. The stamps were ruined by the only available inks. These inks contained oil as a solvent, and the action of the oil on the vulcanized rubber was calamitous. The stamps were useless, and Woodruff faced an endless line of customer complaints. Nonetheless, during this uproar, a local optimist named Rolland Dennis bought a share of the business for fifteen hundred dollars and shortly afterwards replaced Woodruff as sole owner.

Two historical artifacts of James Orton Woodruff's pioneer stamp-making days were reported to be in the care of Alonzo in 1908: one of the original black walnut mounts and "an old stool, upon the bottom of which is a print of one of the first rubber stamps." The impression on the stool was probably that of an American Express Company C.O.D. stamp, which had been made in Uncle Urial's dental office during the early experiments.

The least likely candidate appears to be Henry C. Leland of Lee, Massachusetts, whose cause was championed in the June 1910 issue of Stamp Trade News by rubber stamp manufacturer George W. Burch of Hartford, Connecticut, in an article entitled "The Invention of the Rubber Stamp." Burch had originally met Leland in Hartford in 1883. The article was the result of an interview conducted with Leland, who was then eighty-two and living in Hartford with his wife and unmarried son. The claim seems nebulous at best, but Mr. Leland has enjoyed his moment in the sun thanks to Mr. Burch's efforts. The saga:

In 1863, while on the road selling what were probably early metal-dating and cancellation hand stamps, a broom manufacturer suggested that "if he could supply a stamp that could be rolled around a broom handle to print a label, it would be a good thing."

Shortly after the suggestion, Leland moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, took a job in a print shop, and began toying with the idea. In his initial experiments, he set up a type form, made a plaster-of-Paris cast of it, put soft rubber bands from an old printing press on the cast, set the cast on a kitchen stove, and made a primitive but successful attempt at vulcanizing with a flatiron. Encouraged, he moved to New York, took another job as a printer, and continued experimenting, this time with a dental vulcanizer. Leland worked in secret on his "invention," struggling to learn the mysteries of mold-making and the correct temperatures for vulcanizing rubber, without benefit of assistance.

Burch relates that "during the year 1864 he had got it into some shape when a near relative who lived with him and was in his confidence, gathered together what information he could...went to some novelty people and for a petty sum gave away all of Leland's secrets so far as he knew them. These people then came to Leland, offered to finance the patent, and induced him to accept a small sum of money for an interest in it." Leland fell for the offer, then presumably realized he'd been gulled and "in disgust threw up his claims for a patent and refused to go on with it." Shortly afterward, Leland left New York on a long trip, supporting himself by making and selling rubber initial stamps.

Who really invented the rubber stamp? As with so many inventions, the possibility exists that a number of men hit on the same idea at essentially the same time. Our vote goes to James Orton Woodruff.

Early Days in the Rubber Stamp Industry

Rubber stamps are considered a marking device. Today Thomas H. Brinkmann, Executive Secretary of the Marking Device Association, defines marking devices as "the tools with which people...add marks of identification or instruction to their work or product." The earliest roots of the marking-device industry lie with early stencil makers. Many of the first rubber stamps were made by itinerant stencil makers. Since both were marking devices it was a compatible combination. The years from 1866 onward were peppered with the establishment of new stamp companies. Some were stencil makers adding stamps to their repertoire while others focused entirely on making rubber stamps.

J.F.W. Dorman is said to have been the first to actually commercialize the making of rubber stamps. He started as a sixteen-year-old traveling stencil salesman in St. Louis and opened his first business in Baltimore in 1865. In 1866 Dorman, who had enjoyed a brief career on the stage before the Civil War, learned the technique of manufacturing rubber stamps from an inventor. Dorman made his first stamps under cover of night with his wife's assistance in an effort to keep the process a secret. Dorman was quite an inventor, and his contributions to the industry were numerous. His eventual specialty was the manufacture of the basic tool of the trade -- the vulcanizer. His company continues in business today.

The first stamp-making outfit ever exported from the U.S. to a foreign country was shipped by R.H. Smith Manufacturing Company to Peru in 1873. Back on the home front, companies continued to spring up. In 1880 there were fewer than four hundred stamp men, but by 1892 their ranks had expanded to include at least four thousand dealers and manufacturers. An amazing number of these first companies are still in business today, frequently under their original names or merged with others whose roots lie in the mid- and late 1880s.

It was a small, tight-knit industry, characteristics it retains today. The longevity of the companies is no more astonishing than the attitude of stamp men themselves. Once in the business, people tended to stay loyal to it. During our research, we were amazed at the number of people who had spent forty or fifty or more happy years in the industry.

Early stamp makers tended to be colorful, and many frontier like exploits dot the landscape. Louis K. Scotford and his companion Will Day set off across Indian Territory to the settlements in Texas carrying their stamp-making equipment in an old lumber wagon. The country was wild and rugged in 1876, frequented by bandits and Indians. L.K. and Will solicited orders during the day, made the stamps at night, and delivered the following day in time for the intrepid pair to harness up and head out once again. It was a romantic adventure and not unprofitable. At the end of their three thousand-mile trek, the two returned to St. Louis with two twenty-five-pound shot bags filled with silver dollars.

Charles Klinkner, who established his West Coast stamp house in 1873, would have been the pride of any modern-day publicity agent. Kinkner was prone to calling attention to his wares in startling, unorthodox ways. He rode around San Francisco and Oakland in a little red cart drawn by a donkey rakishly dyed a rainbow of colors. To make his stamps sound like something extra special, he advertised them as "Red Rubber Stamps," and people were convinced it meant something. At the time, almost all stamps were made from red-colored rubber. Ah, the power of suggestion.

After years of talk and numerous attempts to organize, the industry formed a national trade organization in 1911. M.L. Willard and Charles F. Safford, who had labored long and hard toward organizing the stamp men, saw their work bear fruit when the first marking-device trade convention took place at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago on June 20, 1911. It was the beginning of a new era and even pioneer stamp personage B.B. Hill (the "father of the mechanical hand stamp"), then eighty years old with fifty years in the business behind him, was on hand to hear the International Stamp Trade Manufacturers Association voted into existence. Today the organization is known as the Marking Device Association and is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois.

A number of trade journals served the industry: Stamp Manufacturer's Journal, Stamp Trade News, Marking Devices Journal, and now Marking Industry Magazine, which is published under the efficient guidance of Albert Hachmeister, who acts as both publisher and editor.

Since 1907, the trade publications have reflected serious industry discussions about trade ethics, price controls, planning by scientific management, and marketing, mixed with folksy anecdotes about who was playing which sport for charity and tidbits about who caught a 175-pound swordfish off the California coast. Pricing information was colorful on occasion as witnessed by this quote from the February 1909 Stamp Trade News: "No blood flows from a turnip nor does wealth flow from rubber made into Rubber Stamps at 10 cents per line." The same issue proffered a real gem from a column called "Pen Points" -- "'Rubber stamps made while you wait' is not a good sign to hang out. It looks too easy."

Ideal Model M Hand Held Embosser

2007-10-24T10:38:00.000-07:00

The Ideal Model M hand held embosser is the world's most popular seal press, offering unprecedented quality and durability, and an impressive impression that is a step beyond your usual rubber stamp or self-inking stamp. The Ideal Model M hand held embosser seal press is a favorite with notaries, corporations, engineers and government officials around the world.

Stamp-Connection knows the value of saving your time and money, that is why Stamp-Connection makes purchasing your embosser simple. Simply fill out our Ideal Model M Hand Held Embosser Order Form.

Please note that embossers can be manufactured with custom logos for an additional $25.00. All artwork must be high resolution line art for your artwork to work. Please do not send low resolution or color images, these will no produce a good impression. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Xstamper N24 Custom Pre-Inked Stamp

2007-10-22T12:40:00.001-07:00

The Xstamper N24 is a best seller custom pre-inked stamp, that comes with a generous 3.125 by 1.1875 inches of imprint area. Xstampers state of the art laser engraved die plates provide the cleanest, sharpest impressions available on the market today.

A durable ABS plastic construction body ensures that your Xstamper will provide years of trouble free stamping. Likewise, it's hard to beat the cost effectiveness of your Xstamper, which provides 50,000 impressions without re-inking. Xstamper ink is easily refilled for 100,000's of additional impressions.

As always, your Xstamper is guaranteed for life!