a compact portable stamp device which can prevent the ink stains on an operator and his / her clothes and the occurrence of nonuniform printing and , further , simplifies the operation of changing the color of the ink . the stamp device comprises a heat sensitive stencil paper fed between first and second rollers . the heat sensitive stencil paper has a laminate structure including a thermoplastic film layer and a porous carrier layer . the stamp device has a stencil paper feeding unit for drawing the heat sensitive stencil paper from the first roller and winding the heat sensitive stencil paper around the second roller , and elastic ink impregnated member , provided in the feed path of the heat sensitive stencil paper between the first and second rollers , and a moving unit for moving the ink impregnated member between a first position where the ink impregnated member is separate from the heat sensitive stencil paper and a second position where the ink impregnating member is in close contact with the heat sensitive stencil paper . the ink impregnating member is brought into close contact witht the heat sensitive stencil paper to exude ink from the ink impregnated member through a perforated portion of the thermoplastic film thereby transferring an image onto a printing paper .