Comparing Rubber Stamps Brands Guide

This guide offered by us at Stamps Plus is a genuine attempt to offer some guidance in choosing the right kind of rubber stamp as well as a quick overview of the supply chain. With proprietary brands and model numbers on existing rubber stamps, it can often be very confusing when the shopper wishes to find exactly the same model or at least the closest equivalent to what they already have. Invariably, when such a shopper types in the model number or proprietary brand through an internet search, it leads them on a virtual ‘wild goose chase’! What is even more confusing is when one is able to successfully determine what one particular size of stamp is in terms of model numbers right across the board from the major stamp housing manufacturers, only to find that price discrepancies can be perplexingly wide and disparate.

When shopping for a custom rubber stamp, it pays to understand terminology and the actual ‘anatomy’ of a self-inking rubber stamp. The self-inking stamp comprises of the ‘stamp housing’ (denoted usually by a brand name and model number), a built-in ink pad and then the all-important ‘rubber die text plate’. One of the global stationery retailers typically has on their website a price for the stamp housing where they show the brand and model number just on its own; when one wants to go on to ordering the customised stamp, they then slap on a further price for the ‘custom rubber die text plate only’ and sometimes even a ‘set-up’ or ‘proofing ‘fee. In the end, one would need to compare the total price paid for (say) a customised stamp measuring 58mm x 2mm versus what Stamps Plus would supply in the corresponding model of ‘S-824’. The difference in pricing will astound you!

Stamps Plus supplies the entire stamp, including stamp housing, custom rubber die and even the cost of set-up all in one competitive price for a customised rubber stamp!

A quick word on describing the supply chain of the biggest brands of rubber stamps here in New Zealand is as follows; the primary brands of stamp housings sold over the last few decades are ‘Trodat’, ‘Colop’ and ‘Shiny’. There are of course several other smaller brands such as ‘Brother’, ‘XStamp’ as well as a plethora of mass produced, cheap and nasty replicas, but in the main the primary three brands are as described above. The brands Trodat and Colop are manufactured both in Austria as well as in China and India; the brand Shiny is manufactured in Taiwan. The interesting bit is in shining the light on the actual distribution chain: Trodat and Colop brands are brought into the country by importer/distributor company ‘Acme Supplies Limited’ who then sell the stamp housings to rubber stamp makers and retailers alike. The Shiny brand follows two paths; some of their product is brought in and distributed by company ‘Staedtler’ and some are purchased directly from the manufacturer in Taiwan by us at Stamps Plus. In understanding the supply chain componentry, one can easily determine why prices can often be so vastly disparate.

It is hoped that the guide given will at least help to make sense of it all. Hope it helps you!

Text & / Or Logo Stamps
Size	Shiny Model	Trodat Equivalent	Colop Equivalent
26 X 10 mm rectangle	S821/S1821 – View Here	T4910 – View Here	Printer 10
38 x 14 mm rectangle	S822/S1822 – View Here	T4911 – View Here	Printer 20
47 x 18 mm rectangle	S823/S1823 – View Here	T4912	Printer 30
58 x 22 mm rectangle	S824/S1824 – View Here	T4913	Printer 40
70 x 25 mm rectangle	S825/S1825 – View Here	T4915	Printer 50
41 x 24 mm rectangle	S826 – View Here	T5200	N/A
50 x 30 mm rectangle	S827 – View Here	T4929	N/A
56 x 33 mm rectangle	S828 – View Here	N/A	N/A
64 x 40 mm rectangle	S829 – View Here	T4927	Printer 55
75 x 38 mm rectangle	S830 – View Here	T4926 – View Here	Printer 60
70 x 10 mm rectangle	S831 – View Here	T4916 – View Here	Printer 15
75 x 15 mm rectangle	S832 – View Here	T4918 – View Here	Printer 25
85 x 25 mm rectangle	S833 – View Here	T4925	Printer 45
12 x 12 mm square or diameter	S510 – View Here	T4921	N/A
20 x 20 mm square or diameter	S520 – View Here	T4922	N/A
32 x 32 mm square or diameter	S530 – View Here	T4923	N/A
42 x 42 mm square or diameter	S542 – View Here	T4924	N/A
38 x 14 mm Lipstick Stamp	S722 – View Here	N/A	N/A
26 X 10 mm Keyring	N/A	T4910KR – View Here	N/A

Daters With Custom Text
Size	Shiny Model	Trodat Equivalent	Colop Equivalent
41 x 24 mm rectangle	S826D – View Here	T4750	S260
50 x 30 mm rectangle	S827D	T4729	N/A
56 x 33 mm rectangle	S828D – View Here	N/A	N/A
64 x 40 mm rectangle	S829D – View Here	T4727	N/A
75 x 38 mm rectangle	S830D	T4726	60H
32 x 32 mm square or diameter	S530D – View Here	N/A	N/A

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3MM Character Dater	300BK – View Here	T4800	N/A
4MM Character Dater	400BK – View Here	T4820	S120

Heavy Duty Daters With Custom Text
Size	Shiny Model	Trodat Equivalent	Colop Equivalent
41 x 24 mm rectangle	SH6100 – View Here	T5431	2160
50 x 30 mm rectangle	SH6103 – View Here	T5440 – View Here	2360
56 x 33 mm rectangle	SH6105 – View Here	T5460 – View Here	2660
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