Hermès Bag Stamp Guide
by HULA on Oct 16, 2020
Did you know that all Hermès bags and wallets come with a thing called "blind stamp"? This little and barely visible stamp can help you authenticate an Hermès bag. The stamps usually consist of small letters and numbers, which are not to be confused with serial numbers. Scroll on to see what we mean!
The "blind stamp" is essentially a tool help identify the date of manufacture. Although not a guarantee of authenticity, it's one of the telltale signs of a genuine Hermès bags -- we've seem some fakes without the stamps before! Hermès uses letters in alphabetical order to date the bags, often surrounded by a shape. From 1997 to 2014, a square shape was used to encase the letter. From 2019, there seem to be no shape surrounding the letter.
No Shape
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Circle
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Square
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| 1945 A | 1971 A | 1997 A |
| 1946 B | 1972 B | 1998 B |
| 1947 C | 1973 C | 1999 C |
| 1948 D | 1974 D | 2000 D |
| 1949 E | 1975 E | 2001 E |
| 1950 F | 1976 F | 2002 F |
| 1951 G | 1977 G | 2003 G |
| 1952 H | 1978 H | 2004 H |
| 1953 I | 1979 I | 2005 I |
| 1954 J | 1980 J | 2006 J |
| 1955 K | 1981 K | 2007 K |
| 1956 L | 1982 L | 2008 L |
| 1957 M | 1983 M | 2009 M |
| 1958 N | 1984 N | 2010 N |
| 1959 O | 1985 O | 2011 O |
| 1960 P | 1986 P | 2012 P |
| 1961 Q | 1987 Q | 2013 Q |
| 1962 R | 1988 R | 2014 R |
| 1963 S | 1989 S | 2015 T (no surrounding shape) |
| 1964 T | 1990 T | 2016 X (no surrounding shape) |
| 1965 U | 1991 U | 2017 A (no surrounding shape) |
| 1966 V | 1992 V | 2018 C (no surrounding shape) |
| 1967 W | 1993 W | 2019 D (no surrounding shape) |
| 1968 X | 1994 X | |
| 1969 Y | 1995 Y | |
| 1970 Z | 1996 Z |
