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Double Stamp Day

On It — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:05:39 GMT

We always bought groceries on Wednesday. It was double stamp day. Stamps were given based on the total of the grocery bill. On Wednesdays, the number of stamps were doubled. Those were put into books and redeemed for all kinds of merchandise.

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dancingwoman — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:31:04 GMT

@On It I still have an oak quilt stand and a small night stand table I got with redeemed green stamp books. DW

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meallen616 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:46:22 GMT

@On It,

Oh what memories... thanks for posting,

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beckyb1012 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:08:01 GMT

I felt so grown up when my Mom thought I was old enough to put the stamps into the little book. I loved filling them up and going to redeem them.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:24:06 GMT

I got my heating pad and bundt pan w/green stamps.

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ScrapHappy — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:41:40 GMT

So strange I should see this today. Yesterday I was thinking about these stamps and my Grandmother. I remember her putting these stamps into books. Haven't thought about it in many years,.

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Another new name Sue — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:44:06 GMT

And Blue Chip Stamps too. So much fun to glue them in. So much fun to decide what to get with the completed books. I remember once we got a laundry hamper.

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Boomernichols — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:07:06 GMT

@On It THANKS for the memories! It was always my job to put the stamps in the little books when we got home from the grocery store. Actually I still own a hand mixer that was purchased with the stamps whenever I got married and yes, it still works!

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EastCoastGal — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:06:42 GMT

@On It ... What a great memory! I put the green stamps in the books and I loved it! I used to love when my Dad came home from work and he put his keys and green stamps down on the kitchen table! I would squeal with delight when l saw the stamps!! That meant he was at the gas station! I wish l could remember what we got with them! It's fun reading what other people were able to get !!

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shoptilyadropagain — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:47:27 GMT

What a fun memory!!!

My parents used to get these. We'd collect them for awhile and then, as a family, would sit down one evening and fill in the books. Then, a few days later, we'd head to the S&H green stamp redemption center and get something for the house. If there were any books left, they would give them to me to get toys. I have no idea what I got with them though.

They had several books and stamps that hadn't been redeemed so when I was getting ready to move into my first apartment, they gave them to me and I remember buying some dishtowels and other things.

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Enufstuff — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:34:56 GMT

In the 60's we collected Green Stamps from the supermarket and gas station. We got so many things for our first apartment.

I got my first set of dishes and a foot stool. I still have my Revere Ware copper bottom stainless steel pans, Farberware skillet, set of Blue Cornflower Corning Ware pans, set of Echo utensils and Pyrex mixing bowls. Those all came from the Green Stamp Store.

When we had our first baby, we got a very well made Cosco stroller.

Other stores had Tru Value and Plaid Stamps. We only collected the Green Stamps.

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occasionalrain — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:45:50 GMT

I still have a book of green stamps and two books of plaid. Somewhere there's a person/persons who collects them. I wonder if I could sell them on Ebay.

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granddi — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:15:24 GMT

@On It I guess this was the original "customer rewards" program.

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MamaWick — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:09:28 GMT

I still remember where the redemption store was located in Clayton, MO (a St Louis suburb).

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beach-mom — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:25:32 GMT

@ScrapHappy wrote:
So strange I should see this today. Yesterday I was thinking about these stamps and my Grandmother. I remember her putting these stamps into books. Haven't thought about it in many years,.

@ScrapHappy - I remember watching my grandmother do this too. My mom, brother, and I lived with her for a while when we moved, so I went to the store with her a few times.

I remember where the store was. It's still there, by itself, and of course something else is there. I only get up there once in a while, because it's pretty far from us. We visit two cemeteries because I'm the only one of my generation left.

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ROMARY — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 02:49:00 GMT

'Isn't is something' that the smallest (pun intended) things used to delight us many, many years ago.

There were many small things that made our lives just a little bit brighter.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 03:17:49 GMT

My brother and I used to sit for hours scanning the S&H catalog picking out things we wanted! @On It thanks for a fun memory

and my mom always shopped on double green stamp days!

Oh the simpler days and things we enjoyed🙂

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Carolina925 — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:25:41 GMT

We did this all the time! Before we were so concerned about germs, we'd all sit around the table and lick those stamps to put into the books. Amazing that I made it to my 70s consuming all those germs. Our nearest store to redeem them was about an hour away, it was always exciting to have a bag full of filled books and then choose our "free" gifts. My mother got a metal & ceramic smoking stand that my brother still has in his house. No one smokes any longer but it's such a cute thing that we all enjoy it. It has space for two glasses, a big ashtray, then two metal shelves underneath for books and magazines. I've been on a search forever to find another.