Some say they want to stamp their marriage notification forms with personal seals to make them keepsakes. The Justice Ministry plans to end the mandatory requirement for hanko in procedures ...

On ancient cylinders, 6000 years old, researchers believed that they found a link between these ancient seals used in very ...

"Ancient Chinese seals are our cultural treasures. Chinese researchers were not able to see and use these original materials ...

A jade stamp and seal, with two characters xiang liao (a person's name), from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). [Photo provided to China Daily] Specifically, the seal refers to the original seal ...

A turquoise seal and its stamp from the pre-Qin period (before 221 BC), with two characters zhong xin ("loyalty" and "trustworthiness"). [Photo provided to China Daily] Cultural icon used to mark ...

Stamp duty will increase for those buying a second home from tomorrow. Stamp Duty is a tax applied to home purchases above a certain threshold. There are separate systems in place for England ...

Researchers discover that ancient cylinder seals may hold the key to decoding undeciphered proto-cuneiform signs.

The motifs we discuss showcase the common interest of seal-bearing administrators and scribes in documenting the movement of textiles and vessels within or between cities. Stamp seals were used on ...

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.

Enter the price, location and purpose of the property you're buying and our stamp duty calculator will tell you how much tax you'll have to pay on it. This calculator has been updated to reflect the ...

In the Autumn Budget, stamp duty for buy-to-let properties and second homes increased by two percentage points. The table shows the current buy-to-let stamp duty rates in England and Northern Ireland.