Royal Posthumus

Royal Posthumus (Koninklijke Fabrieken Posthumus) is a Dutch manufacturer and online retailer of stamps, nameplates and marking solutions, operating from the Netherlands. Its web shop at royalposthumus.nl sells a broad assortment of stamps, nameplates and information signs, and lets customers design and personalise their own products online. The company states that Koninklijke Fabrieken Posthumus has 150 years of experience in this field and offers marking solutions for both businesses and private individuals. The product range is unusually wide for a stamp specialist. It includes brandstempels (branding stamps), lakstempels (wax seal stamps), slagstempels (impact/marking stamps), preegstempels (embossing stamps), kantoorstempels (office stamps), handstempels (hand stamps) and messing stempels (brass stamps), alongside naamplaten (nameplates), sjablonen (stencils), verzegeltangen (seal presses), scheepsklokken (ship's bells) and naambadges (name badges). Customers can choose a stamp model and then specify shape, number, letters or motif, or order a professional stamp carrying their company logo. The company also offers personalised door and name plates, custom stationery and other personalised items. A distinctive part of the catalogue is branding and pyrography equipment. Royal Posthumus sells electric branding stamps, hand branding stamps, gas branding stamps, loose branding plates for electric branding stamps, built-in steel branding plates and accessories, as well as pyrography (wood-burning) tools and materials. Its gas branding stamps are marketed as propane-powered units that work without a mains electricity supply and can reach higher temperatures than electric branding stamps, up to around 1400 °C. The site also carries hobby pyrography sets, brand pens and stations from brands such as Pebaro and Hobbyring, together with consumables such as fuses, wood varnish and interchangeable branding tips. The brand positions itself around durable, personalised marking: a branding stamp is presented as a permanent signature that cannot peel off or fade, helping craftspeople and companies build brand recognition both physically and in photographs on social media. Royal Posthumus serves both professional and private customers, combining a traditional manufacturing heritage with a modern e-commerce storefront. The available evidence does not specify the exact founding year, ownership structure or executive team, so those details remain to be confirmed.

Royal Posthumus, formally Koninklijke Fabrieken Posthumus, is a Dutch stamp and marking-solutions business. According to its own website, the company has 150 years of experience in the field, which places its origins in the nineteenth century, although the available evidence does not give an exact founding year or founder. The 'Koninklijke' (Royal) designation in its name indicates that the firm has at some point been granted the right to use the royal predicate, a mark of long-standing Dutch businesses. Over its history the company has built a broad catalogue of marking products. Its modern web shop presents stamps of many types and materials — branding stamps, wax seal stamps, impact stamps, embossing stamps, office stamps, hand stamps and brass stamps — alongside nameplates, stencils, seal presses, ship's bells and name badges. Customers can design stamps online, choosing model, shape, number, letters or motif, or order a professional stamp carrying a company logo. In recent decades the business has expanded into branding and pyrography equipment, selling electric, hand and gas branding stamps, loose and built-in branding plates, and accessories, as well as hobby wood-burning tools and materials from brands such as Pebaro and Hobbyring. Its mobile propane gas branding stamps, including Sievert PSI models, are presented as usable without mains electricity and capable of reaching higher temperatures than electric branding stamps, up to around 1400 °C. The company today operates as an online-first retailer and manufacturer, serving both businesses and private individuals in the Netherlands and beyond. It markets its branding stamps as durable, permanent marks that help craftspeople and companies build brand recognition. Details of ownership, leadership and corporate structure are not provided in the available evidence.

• Company states it has 150 years of experience in stamp making, placing its origins in the 19th century.

• Operates as Koninklijke Fabrieken Posthumus, using the Dutch 'Royal' predicate.

• Launches online web shop at royalposthumus.nl for personalised stamps and nameplates.

• Expands catalogue into branding and pyrography equipment, including gas branding stamps.

Traditional Dutch stamp and marking specialist combining 150 years of manufacturing heritage with an online, personalisation-first web shop for both businesses and consumers.

• Branding stamps (brandstempels)

  Stamps for branding wood, leather and other materials, available as electric, hand and gas models.

• Wax seal stamps (lakstempels)

  Stamps for creating wax seals.

• Impact stamps (slagstempels)

  Stamps struck to mark metal and other hard materials.

• Embossing stamps (preegstempels)

  Stamps for embossing.

• Office stamps (kantoorstempels)

  Everyday office stamps.

• Hand stamps (handstempels)

  Handheld stamps.

• Brass stamps (messing stempels)

  Brass stamps.

• Nameplates (naamplaten)

  Personalised nameplates and door plates.

• Name badges (naambadges)

  Personalised name badges.

• Stencils (sjablonen)

  Stencils for marking.

• Seal presses (verzegeltangen)

  Seal presses.

• Ship's bells (scheepsklokken)

  Ship's bells.

• Gas branding stamps

  Mobile propane gas branding stamps, including Sievert PSI models, usable without mains electricity and reaching up to around 1400 °C.

• Electric branding stamps

  Electric branding stamps with loose or built-in steel branding plates.

• Pyrography tools

  Wood-burning tools and stations, including Pebaro and Hobbyring sets, brand pens and consumables.

1. 1Royalposthumus | Stempels bestellenroyalposthumus.nl
2. 2Brandstempel met logo – Voor hout, leer en meerroyalposthumus.nl
3. 3Pyrografie: de kunst van houtbranden en brandschilderenroyalposthumus.nl
4. 4Gasbrandstempels kopen | Voor hout en leer brandmerkenroyalposthumus.nl
5. 5Posthumuswikidata.org