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CS052 - Edition 2,000
1:43 Scale
Green Shield Stamps
Green Shield stamps were very popular in the UK during the sixties. Who
can’t remember receiving them at the tills in all of the larger
supermarkets? My mother would always be sure to keep them safe and
they’d build up over a few months, before it became time to stick them
into the special books. That was my job and I took immense pride in
ensuring that they fitted into the correct positions. The books could
later be exchanged for a range of household goods such as toasters,
garden furniture and toys. It did become crazy as retailers fought for
business, offering double stamps then triple stamps, eventually we all
began to realise that, although the stamps were accumulating, grocery
prices were having to rise to cover the costs of the scheme. So, when
Tesco abandoned the stamps in favour of a simple value for money
approach, other retailers were forced to follow suit.
