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What is a Corporate Seal – Company Seal?

A corporate seal is a device made to either emboss or imprint company information onto documents having legal effect. The purpose of a corporate seal is to attest in a formal manner to the execution of a document. This information contained on corporate seals includes the company's legal name, year and state of formation.

Corporate seals are still used for many purposes by corporations and limited liability companies today:

• Documents which need to be executed as deeds (as opposed to simple contracts), may be executed under the company's common seal.
• Certain corporate documents, for example share certificates are often issued under the company seal (and some countries required that share certificates be issued under the common seal).
• In several states, a corporate seal is a prerequisite to opening a bank account.

History of Corporate Seals

Impression from the first common seal of Monmouth Borough, 13th century until 1675.

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This item comes from: National Museums & Galleries of Wales (Item reference: 31.78/6).

The establishment of boroughs during the middle ages led to the need for seals to mark official documents, such as the example shown here from Monmouth. This seal shows a single-masted vessel with an animal figure head at either end. This style of vessel was in use as a trading vessel along the north European coast, although today it is best known for its association with the Vikings. It was a potent symbol for many coastal towns which had aspirations to become trading centers.

The modern corporate seal has evolved from the days of ancient English law, when a barrister would mark a document by simply pouring hot wax on a document and pressing his ring into the wax to make an impression, although modern seals will usually only leave an indentation or impression on the paper

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the corporate seal or stamp was widely used by companies and organizations to validate business contracts. Each company had its own personal seal. These seals might include the company name, copy write, date and patent number. The company seal was what made the document an enforceable obligation.

Corporate Seals Today

Today, corporate seals come in a variety of styles that range from Corporate Seal Rubber Stamps and steel embossers, to self seal envelopes and tamper seals.

Through the years, the shape and form of corporate seals have diverged from the more traditional forms. Currently, you have a wide variety of customized designs from which to choose.

The standard seals include rubber stamps and steel embossers. Rubber stamps are basically embossers made of rubber material, whereas steel embossers are dry metal impression seals. Both have the same effect of imprinting your corporate name and date of incorporation into your official documents.

An increasingly popular alternative to these forms are the self seal envelop and the tamper seals. The self seal envelop is a professional-looking envelop pre-printed with your return address and, if you prefer, your corporate logo. Meanwhile, tamper seals, or tamper resistant seals, are designed to break if attempts are made to remove it.

In contrast, electric embossers offer a modern twist to corporate seals, offering convenience and ease of use.

For a unique custom imprint, several non-standard formats are also available as special orders. Call 1-888-814-SEAL or email  custom_orders@corporateseal.com

Corporate Hand Seal                                     Self Inking Corporate Seals

Corporate Desk Seal                                     Corporate Seal Rubber Stamp

Electric Corporate Seal                                 Decorative Corporate Seal

Instructions On How To Order A Custom Seal Or Stamp

Send an email of a JPG, PDF, TIF or GIF file of the artwork to custom_orders@corporateseal.com
You can also fax the artwork to: 516-813-1081

The image must be 600 DPI, black and white (NO gray tones or color), camera-ready line art.

Anything in black will be raised on the embosser, white will be flat.
Line art refers to the outlines of the images.

Excessive black area cannot be engraved, as it will create holes in the paper when embossed.

Once we receive the artwork, on average it will take 3-5 business days to complete your quote.

If there are any problems with the artwork or the format, we will contact you with recommendations on what will work best.