Address stamps are meant to display the postal address of the family. It is nothing more than that for all practical purposes. It however displays the name of the family at times and at times the initials of the person who owns the stamp. Thus an address stamp throws light on a lot of other aspects as well. In the earlier times the stamps were made out of rubber and the letters that were cut were not as neat as they are today. Secondly the address stamps of earlier times were not of self inking type as they are now. Most of these stamps had to be pressed on ink pads. Sometimes the ink did not touch every part of the lettering evenly and hence the output was not so good. The ink pads generally used monochrome inks which were either dark blue or sometimes black. The ink being wet in consistency smudged and had to be blotted to give a neater effect.
Personalized address stamps which are now being made are custom made products. These being customized according to the need of the customer need at least 2-3 weeks time for their production. Once the stamps are manufactured they are shipped to the customer. For orders which call for a quicker delivery the request of urgent delivery charges have to be paid by the customer.
Selection of personalized address stamps can be done on the gallery of designs that are available online. Most of these stamps are made of rubber and are of self-inking variety.