I'm Guessing ? China

I'm printing off the thread as we speak and off to work I go.

And the winner... SCF and US! - the local Chinese consulted, concur with TonyMac AND took twice the time to do so. :) My one dissenting voice was going for the literal translation of each character... or whatever the correct terminology is called.

Thanks again Tony. Oh... and Happy New Year to all our friends. Year of the Rabbit, officially.
Barb

Is it a laundry ticket ??

Just a personal seal, rather after the manner of the old wax seals used long ago in the West.

Trying to translate names literally is a common mistake by non-translators. You could render that Chinese seal as (four possibilities for the first character: 1. Name of a powerful feudal state which existed 740-330 BC, 2. Chinese family name, 3. Clear, neat, 4. Distress, suffering) - Eternal - Righteousness - Seal. This would be about as useful as translating my family name into 'Son of the man under the protection of Saint Mochuda'. Wouldn't help the postman deliver my letters, unless Australia Post had a world-class expert in Irish genealogy on the staff.

It was all over your last discription. And Only makes sense from your perspective. Thanks so much.:)