The Seal should have been a 2007 seal, to go with the 2007 registrars date stamp. The year of birth is irrelevant, this things are produced on demand, and the stamp should be the one in use the year there are produced. The "long form" birth certificate, if a copy were provided tomorrow, would have a 2008 stamp, certifying that the copy made in 2008 was a true copy.
“The Seal should have been a 2007 seal, to go with the 2007 registrars date stamp.”
Who said they use a new mechanical seal every year? The seal has no date on it. It could have been in use since 1960 for all we know. Just because one 2008 BC has the same stamp pattern as the 2007 BO stamp does not prove the stamp was made in 2008 or the stamp wasn’t used in 2007 or earlier years. The HI health dept probably has dozens of embossed stamps they use, manufactured by different companies over the years, with slightly different features.
The rubber stamped name is not part of of the metal stamp. They are all applied by hand and may end up anywhere the employee decides to stamp them.
“The Seal should have been a 2007 seal, to go with the 2007 registrars date stamp. The year of birth is irrelevant, this things are produced on demand, and the stamp should be the one in use the year there are produced.”
Why should a different seal be used each year? Where is the evidence for that? The mechanical metal seal used for a 2008 BC could have been made in 1960 for all we know. The HI Health Dept has many embossing seals they use. None of them have the date on them, so they can be used for any year. They will differ slightly in seal design depending on what company made them over the years. You can’t claim there is a “new” 2008 seal ONLY used on 2008 BC, based on a single 2008 BC. But at least Polarik confirms that the seal on Obama’s BC is the same as one used by the Hawaiian Health Dept.