Dynamic stamp rotates after creation, why?

Afternoon,
Acrobat X Pro
Windows 7 Pro
I've been finagling with a dynamic stamp with user-populated fields/javascript and one version (which I hammered out a few months back) works great, the second version (which I've recently picked up) is not doing so well. I've got the stamp page size/background/javascript/form text fields all worked out but after I've created the stamp I notice that it's rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise... Any ideas as to why? I'm still working with it and will report back if I find a solution.
Any/all help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
Ted

Best solution I've found is to simply rotate the stamp page in it's PDF but it doesn't explain why this particular stamp's orientation at creation is incorrect. When placing the stamp on a document the incorrect 90 degree counterclockwise orientation dimensions are still visible (2.75" H x 1.8" W) and the preview stamp image is stretched/distorted; but on placement the stamp is correct (1.8" H x 2.75" W).
I could have also just left it with the incorrect orientation and had the field users rotate it themselves after populating the fields but I don't want to hear 'but why isn't it this way or that way' any more often than I need to.
I still welcome any/all assistance to more permanently correct this problem.
Thanks again,
Ted

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