Green shield stamps book

Does anyone remember blue star, gift coupon, happy clubs, thrift stamp, uneedus. Shoppers could then use the stamps to buy products at green shield stamps catalogue stores across the country. Sir jack cohen, the founder of tesco, signed his grocery chain up to the green shield stamps scheme in the 1960s. Apparently the mention of the green shield stamps even made its way into pop culture. Green shield stamps was a british sales promotion scheme that rewarded shoppers with stamps that could be used to buy gifts from a catalogue or from any affiliated retailer. The books were a very dark green a cheap type of thick paper and the glue on the stamps was poor. There was a green shield catalogue, listing attractive consumer goods such as penandpencil sets, bath towels and cars. They were not the sort of loyalty stamps for specific shops or chains of shops which have become common in various forms. When you bought something at a participating store, you were rewarded with a certain number of the green stamps.

Vintage gold bond trading stamps book complete, great. We convert green stamps to greenpoints using a one to one ratio. Green shield stamps for sale in uk view 24 bargains. Green stamps were offered in certain regions beginning in 1896 but they were most widely distributed in the u. Green shield stamps catalogue 1987 green shield stamps. You used to get extra stamps on petrol when you used to have long shots of red x 4 shots per 4 gallons. Did they actually exist or were they just a plot device for this commercial. This group brought to you by the evening news is for everyone from norfolk who wants to share, or simply enjoy. For just a few years, the scheme was so widely adopted that it was referenced in rock songs. Holiday baubles remounted block of 4 mint stamps scotts 4575 to 4578. Once you had collected enough you exchanged the books for gifts. Green shield stamps in book from 1970s used to collect points from purchases in petrol stations and shops uk coop stamp saver book from the nineteen seventies.

Just clearing out old rubbish found an old green shield stamp book which brought back memories. Just been reading a book and they have just been to the green shield shop and cashed there stamps in for a gift i remember this happening so well when i was a girl showing my age now i know. Who else has got the left over stamps from the 60,s. Transactional analysis was created by psychotherapist dr. The catalogue chain store argos began in july 1973 as the brainchild of richard tompkins, the uk founder of green shield stamps.

They came as single stamps all needing to be stuck in, came to around 20 books so we got if i remember correctly a bathroom heater, a bathroom cabinet, a. If you still have boxes of green stamps tucked away in your attic, heres good news. Genesis mentioned them in the song dancing with the moonlight knight from their 1973 album selling england by the pound. Green stamps were immensely popular during the 60s and 70s. Green shield stamps one full book plus more stamps ebay. Surehealth has you covered if your group plan is ending. Green shield canada a different kind of benefits company. Who has still got them, it was all the rage in the late 60,s and a previous pot finefare used the pink stamps as an alternitive to the green shield stamp. His most famous book and phrase was games people play 1964. Greep shield stamp saver book world news mirror online.

I imagine a lot of you reading this dont even know what a green stamp is so, consider this a lesson in 1970s history. I couldnt track down anyone who will cash in your stamps. Heimess products meet all the european and international safety standards. Green shield stamps were a sales promotion or incentive loyalty scheme using trading stamps, designed and deployed in the united kingdom and ireland to encourage or reward shopping, by being able to buy gifts. This is a genuine key ring from the 1960s green i dont know if you could still use it for tea however if it was for display and was on a shelf with the handle to the left you wouldnt see it. Historic health remedies and other items in a small shedmuseum at toddington railway station. The books could later be exchanged for a range of household goods such as toasters, garden furniture and toys at the green shield stamp shop. I remember me parents collecting them and faithfully sticking them in a book. Old green shield stamps saver book found during house. Maybe theres an electric frying pan in your future check out this story on. Green us back of book stamp booklets for sale ebay.

Although everyone says they werent founded until 1958 they were around then, certainly before 1953. A pen and pencil set would be priced at 6 pages of stamps, a bath towel at three books of stamps, a car at 2 million books of stamps, etc. Green shield stamps were almost everywhere in the britain of the 60s and 70s. Most people can remember green shield stamps, but there were other schemes. They were loyalty stamps for any and every shop or. Anyway, ive got an old green stamp catalog from 1975 and thought id share it with you for posteritys sake. Green shield trading stamp company was founded in 1958 by entrepreneur richard tompkins, and the stamps were withdrawn in 1991. The 21st century version is called greenpoints, and registration is free. Green shield stamps were available around 1950 in southend on sea. Puts you in the right direction for all your insurance needs. Green shield stamps were loyalty stamps which were given away by retailers nationally. Check out our support centre with the answers to some of the questions we hear most often. Larger stamps with the same value as 10 and then 40 standard stamps eventually came along, but spring chicken facebook followers can remember the taste of them to this day. Green shield stamps i remember travelling to the green shield stamp shop in glasgow with my mum, to redeem her full books for whatever.

The most common green stamps books material is metal. Green shield stamps originated in the uk but did have an irish operation which had its own irish catalogue and a handful of stores in dublin, cork, limerick and waterford. I still have 3 books of green shield stamps and 1 and a half of pink stamps. See todays green shield stamps for sale, best offer and auction. So, if you have 50 total green stamps, they will be converted to 50 greenpoints. Green shield stamps puts you in the right direction for. Connect with doctors for medical care from your phone, tablet or computer any time, 247 with maple now available for gsc plan members at a discounted rate. The idea was to paste them in special green stamp books, which could be redeemed for merchandise at the companys redemption centers. If you bought your groceries at certain shops the retailer gave you stamps to stick in a book. But it suffered when tesco ceased to use it, as part of a pricecutting policy th. Green shield stamps in ireland 1960s70s brand new retro.