Remember, back in the day, when we received either S & H Green Stamps OR Blue Chip Stamps. Usually, if I remember correctly, you received on stamp for each dime you spent. Now, of course, this seems like a lot, but things were much, much less expensive in those days.
We grabbed those stamps from the clerk, ran home just as fast as we could and pasted them into our stamp books. (for you younger people, I'm not EVEN kidding about this) lol
And, then we got out the old catalog and started planning what we were going to trade our stamps in for. I think just about EVERYONE, at one time or another, got the big painting of the blacksmith's shop with the horse. I bet there are a lot of those on Ebay somewhere. Another item was a wall clock that was about a 15-inch circle with big wooden spikes all around. Looked like Sputnik.
It was always a family decision of what would be purchased with these stamps. But, somewhere, I'm gonna guess the late 1970's, they just went away. Hmmmm?
Wouldn't it be great if merchants brought these back? I think it would boost the economy. Who do I speak to about this?
Nerry Christmas Everyone!
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