diff --git a/contracts/signatures/PostageStampSig.sol b/contracts/signatures/PostageStampSig.sol
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity ^0.8.0;
+
+import "./Signature.sol";
+
+contract PostageStampSig is Signature {
+      /** Hash of the message to sign */
+    function getMessageHash(
+        bytes32 _chunkAddr,
+        bytes32 _batchId,
+        uint64 _index,
+        uint64 _timeStamp
+    ) public pure returns (bytes32) {
+        return keccak256(abi.encodePacked(_chunkAddr, _batchId, _index, _timeStamp));
+    }
+
+    function verify(
+        address _signer, // signer Ethereum address to check against
+        bytes memory _signature,
+        bytes32 _chunkAddr,
+        bytes32 _postageId,
+        uint64 _index,
+        uint64 _timeStamp
+    ) public pure returns (bool) {
+        bytes32 messageHash = getMessageHash(_chunkAddr, _postageId, _index, _timeStamp);
+        bytes32 ethMessageHash = Signature.getEthSignedMessageHash(messageHash); 
+
+        return Signature.recoverSigner(ethMessageHash, _signature) == _signer;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/contracts/signatures/Signature.sol b/contracts/signatures/Signature.sol
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity ^0.8.0;
+// based on: https://solidity-by-example.org/signature/
+
+/* Signature Verification
+
+How to Sign and Verify
+# Signing
+1. Create message to sign
+2. Hash the message
+3. Sign the hash (off chain, keep your private key secret)
+
+# Verify
+1. Recreate hash from the original message
+2. Recover signer from signature and hash
+3. Compare recovered signer to claimed signer
+*/
+
+contract Signature {
+    /** Appends Ethereum Signed Message prefix to the message hash */
+    function getEthSignedMessageHash(
+        bytes32 _messageHash
+    ) public pure returns (bytes32) {
+        /*
+        Signature is produced by signing a keccak256 hash with the following format:
+        "\x19Ethereum Signed Message\n" + len(msg) + msg
+        */
+        return
+            keccak256(
+                abi.encodePacked("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n32", _messageHash)
+            );
+    }
+
+    function recoverSigner(
+        bytes32 _ethSignedMessageHash, // it has to be prefixed message: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/19582/does-ecrecover-in-solidity-expects-the-x19ethereum-signed-message-n-prefix/21037
+        bytes memory _signature
+    ) public pure returns (address) {
+        (bytes32 r, bytes32 s, uint8 v) = splitSignature(_signature);
+
+        return ecrecover(_ethSignedMessageHash, v, r, s);
+    }
+
+    function splitSignature(
+        bytes memory sig
+    ) public pure returns (bytes32 r_, bytes32 s_, uint8 v_) {
+        require(sig.length == 65, "invalid signature length");
+
+        assembly {
+            /*
+            verbose explanation: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/135591/split-signature-function-in-solidity-by-example-docs
+            First 32 bytes stores the length of the signature
+
+            add(sig, 32) = pointer of sig + 32
+            effectively, skips first 32 bytes of signature
+
+            mload(p) loads next 32 bytes starting at the memory address p into memory
+            */
+
+            // first 32 bytes, after the length prefix
+            r_ := mload(add(sig, 32))
+            // second 32 bytes
+            s_ := mload(add(sig, 64))
+            // final byte (first byte of the next 32 bytes)
+            v_ := byte(0, mload(add(sig, 96)))
+        }
+
+        // implicitly return (r, s, v)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/contracts/signatures/SocSig.sol b/contracts/signatures/SocSig.sol
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity ^0.8.0;
+
+import "./Signature.sol";
+
+contract SocSig is Signature {
+    /** Hash of the message to sign */
+    function getMessageHash(
+        bytes32 _identifier,
+        bytes32 _chunkAddr
+    ) public pure returns (bytes32) {
+        return keccak256(abi.encodePacked(_identifier, _chunkAddr));
+    }
+
+    function verify(
+        address _signer, // signer Ethereum address to check against
+        bytes memory _signature,
+        bytes32 _identifier,
+        bytes32 _chunkAddr
+    ) public pure returns (bool) {
+        bytes32 messageHash = getMessageHash(_identifier, _chunkAddr);
+        bytes32 ethMessageHash = Signature.getEthSignedMessageHash(messageHash); 
+
+        return Signature.recoverSigner(ethMessageHash, _signature) == _signer;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Signatures.ts b/test/Signatures.ts
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+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { ethers } from 'hardhat'
+
+describe('Signatues', function () {
+  it('should recover postage stamp signature', async function () {
+    const accounts = await ethers.getSigners()
+
+    const PostageStampSig = await ethers.getContractFactory('PostageStampSig')
+    const postageStampSig = await PostageStampSig.deploy()
+    await postageStampSig.deployed()
+
+    const signer = accounts[0]
+    const chunkAddrHex = '0x98371fb1297da62c1355abd8f9a7e43dd20cd5ddb9db7ba7c2d99e35e7afb58f'
+    const batchIdHex = '0xba73d3e3dfe9bd95595c6fa67f682adf3fde207ab339cffd7cc24a1905389a9c'
+    const index = BigInt('1039382085632')
+    const ts = BigInt('1673624779490180673')
+
+    const hash = await postageStampSig.getMessageHash(chunkAddrHex, batchIdHex, index, ts)
+    const sig = await signer.signMessage(ethers.utils.arrayify(hash))
+
+    const ethHash = await postageStampSig.getEthSignedMessageHash(hash)
+
+    expect(signer.address).to.equal(await postageStampSig.recoverSigner(ethHash, sig))
+
+    // Correct signature and message returns true
+    expect(await postageStampSig.verify(signer.address, sig, chunkAddrHex, batchIdHex, index, ts)).to.equal(true)
+
+    // Incorrect message returns false
+    expect(await postageStampSig.verify(signer.address, sig, chunkAddrHex, batchIdHex, '0', ts)).to.equal(false)
+  })
+
+  it('should recover Single Owner Chunk signature', async function () {
+    const accounts = await ethers.getSigners()
+
+    const SocSig = await ethers.getContractFactory('SocSig')
+    const socSig = await SocSig.deploy()
+    await socSig.deployed()
+
+    const signer = accounts[0]
+    const topicHex = '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
+    const chunkAddrHex = '0x98371fb1297da62c1355abd8f9a7e43dd20cd5ddb9db7ba7c2d99e35e7afb58f'
+
+    const hash = await socSig.getMessageHash(topicHex, chunkAddrHex)
+    const sig = await signer.signMessage(ethers.utils.arrayify(hash))
+
+    const ethHash = await socSig.getEthSignedMessageHash(hash)
+
+    expect(signer.address).to.equal(await socSig.recoverSigner(ethHash, sig))
+
+    // Correct signature and message returns true
+    expect(await socSig.verify(signer.address, sig, topicHex, chunkAddrHex)).to.equal(true)
+
+    // Incorrect message returns false
+    expect(
+      await socSig.verify(
+        signer.address,
+        sig,
+        '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001',
+        chunkAddrHex,
+      ),
+    ).to.equal(false)
+  })
+})