The first embossed stamp to showcase is the blue embossed duty stamp. This stamp is the central theme in the book by Rob Chernish on blue embossed stamps and royal cyphers.

Front side of stamp

This stamp is reserved to be given away as part of a contest to the book`s reviewers, whereupon, for every review of the book, participants will receive one entry into a draw for this embossed revenue stamp. The contest period closes August 31, 2025, with the winner being announced here, as well as Stampboards, where the contest will be announced July 22. Only those who purchase the book on Amazon and leave a review will be eligible to win the stamp.

Now here is the back with the Royal Cypher and some text from the indenture.

You can see the royal cypher stamp attached to the back of the indenture document as part of the completion of the blue embossed stamp. It is some of these words on the indenture that guide the research and discussion of the book.