A hand stamp has a stamp plate which has a static clich and has an adjustable type assembly which has different printing characters, the static clich of the stamp plate having a two-dimensional stamp code, and the type assembly having a bridge with a supporting face, which supporting face is provided to support a printing character, set for a stamp impression, of an adjustable type strip of the type assembly, and the extent of the width of which in the adjustment direction of the type strip is greater than the extent of the printing character in the same direction.