Seal of the Historical Accuracy Enforcement Bureau
Historical Accuracy Enforcement Bureau The past is final. We make sure of it.
Current Approved Past
Revision 12.4

Office of the Administrator

Seal and Symbols

The HAEB seal. A double ring bearing the words HISTORICAL ACCURACY above and ENFORCEMENT BUREAU below, enclosing an open ruled ledger whose spine forms a classical column. A single backward pointing arrow is pressed flat across the open page and terminates in a small checked approval box. Laurel fragments flank the emblem. The letters HAEB appear beneath.
Primary institutional seal. Approved for reproduction at any size at which the inscription remains legible.

Inscription

Serving the Republic Since 1789, Effective Retroactively

The inscription records continuous service from 1789. The Bureau's published founding is 1908. The Bureau has determined that the two figures describe the same period of service under different conventions, and that the difference is a matter of formatting.

Elements

  1. The ledger. A ruled record book, open. The Bureau's work is filing, and the emblem says so.
  2. The column. The ledger's spine is a classical civic column. Authority and stationery are the same object.
  3. The reverse arrow. A single arrow pressed flat into the open page, pointing backward, terminating in an approval mark. The past is being brought into agreement with the box that has already been checked.
  4. The laurel. Fragments only. A complete laurel would imply a concluded achievement, and the Bureau's achievement is ongoing by design.
  5. The double ring. The outer ring carries the name. The inner ring carries nothing, and is retained.

Colours

ElementColourUse
FieldDeep midnight navyAuthority, and the majority of the impression.
Rule and letteringMuted antique brassInscription, borders, and the approval mark.
PageWarm ivoryThe record itself. Never inverted.

The page is ivory in every reproduction, including reproductions in which the surrounding material is dark. A record is read on paper. This is a publication standard rather than a preference.

Reproduction

  1. Reproduce the seal in full. The emblem may not be used without the ring.
  2. Do not rotate, distress, or place the seal on a background that reduces the legibility of the inscription.
  3. Do not use the seal to indicate that a document is approved. Approval is indicated by a stamp, not a seal.
  4. Do not apply the seal to material intended to be mistaken for a record of a real government. See the fictional records policy.

Stamps

The Bureau maintains numbered stamps. Stamp 12 reads THIS MATTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLOSED. The earliest known impression of Stamp 12 predates the vulcanisation of rubber. The Office of Field Support has confirmed the stamp was procured in 1974.

This matter has always been closed

The event continues to have occurred.