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S AND H Green Stamps

I REMEMBER THESE STORES

Remember S and H GREEN STAMPS?BOY this takes us back a while ago.Back as early as the 1930's thru the 1980's S AND H GREEN STAMPS were quite popular with the general population.The stamps were a rewards program and were redeemed for many household items.The SPERRY AND HUTCHINSON COMPANY started this idea and it worked well for numerous years.The company was founded by THOMAS SPERRY AND SHELLEY BYRON HUTCHINSON.THE company came about in 1896.

This was a big company BACK IN THE DAY.CONSUMERS received stamps from different retailers,gas stations and local markets.The consumer put stamps in booklets then redeemed them for nice items from a catalog.The stamps date back to 1896.Each stamp had a point value.A lot of my family were savers of these stamps and it was fun redeeming them as well.Today this is just another memory of our past and it joins so much more in our history.\

AUTHOR RICH SATTANNI/AUTHOR OF 17 BOOKS/CONTACT RICH AT rsauthor00@gmail.com

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