Book Of Green Shield Stamps

There were 40 stamps to a page and about 32 pages to a book.

Book of green shield stamps. Try to sell them on ebay or give them to charity. This is a well looked after product. A few green shield stamps as seen i they dont look used ie not stuck in a book.

I couldn t track down anyone who will cash in your stamps. The scheme was administered from a tall newly built building in edgware london known as the green shield tower. Although everyone says they weren t founded until 1958 they were around then certainly before 1953.

Green shield stamps and co op stamps dividend one book of new green shield stamps. When the book was full it could be redeemed at a green shield shop for all manner of household goods chosen from their catalogue. The 21st century version is called greenpoints and registration is free.

But it suffered when tesco ceased to use it as part of a price cutting policy th. 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.

Steve meddle rex the catalogue giant has reinvented itself over the years with new names new owners new business models. For just a few years the scheme was so widely adopted that it was referenced in rock songs. The scheme was introduced in 1958 by richard tompkins who had noticed the success of the long established sperry hutchinson green stamps in america.

Green shield stamps were available around 1950 in southend on sea. Green shield stamps and co op stamps dividend savi. As of june 2014 you can only trade old s h green stamps for the digital version if you have at least 26 complete books.