Blue chip stamp savings book

The stamps were distributed when customers bought products, primarily at grocery stores, gasoline stations and department and other retail stores. Blue chip superten savings book with 12 pages full of stamps. Jul 16, 2015 are blue chip stamps redeemable today. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. This led to blue chip shares becoming publicly traded. Gb qeii national savings bank illustrated first da. Blue chip stamps started as a trading stamps company called blue chip stamp co. Oct 14, 2012 1968 blue chip stamp catalog i remember this exact catalog. Vintage blue chip stamp savings book full of stamps. My mom was the manager of the blue chip stamp redemtion center in ventura for years. There were many different merchants who offered their merchandise for blue chip stamps. This saver book is in excellent condition on interior pages, while the front and back. After a legal tussle, the founders of blue chip were forced to offer these merchants an ownership stake in the company based on their stamp volume in the past.

Sendpro online has helped businesses simplify their sending and postage. This saver book is in excellent condition, fresh, with no. Blue chip stamps were a loyalty program for customers, similar to discount cards issued by pharmacies and grocery stores in the digital era. Vintage blue chip savings book and stamps lot full. You are bidding on a gb qeii national savings 2 national savings stamp book used with stamps 2 in each book these are in really excellent condition any questions please ask. After a legal tussle, the founders of blue chip were forced to offer these merchants an ownership stake in the company based on their stamp volume in the past year. It was my job to lick em and stick em in the books. This saver book is in excellent condition, fresh, with no bad corners, no tears, or breaks. Original sales signs for blue chip are worth far more than the. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Aug 30, 2009 my mothers senior center gives out blue chip stamps when they play bingo. Your savings books will accumulate faster and you will get the things you want that much. As the stamps filled little gold books, customers could exchange them for free merchandise. Shoppers could then exchange filled books for premiums, including housewares and other items, from the local green stamps store or catalog.

Blue chip stamps could be collected and redeemed for merchandise at special redemption stores. The blue chip stamp catalog was used to redeem the popular trading stamps for toys if you were a kid and lots of other stuff if you were an adult. Two blue chip superten savings books with all pages filled. Blue chip stamps could be collected and redeemed for merchandise at special redemption stores until the 1980s. I got quite a few things with both green stamps and blue chip stamps. A customer making a purchase at a participating store typically grocery stores, gasoline stations, and pharmacy chains would be given stamps in proportion to the dollar amount of the purchase. In checking for a friend to find out if theyre still worth anything, i came across a section in the faqs of, the online version of the old green stamps program it says that if you mail your stamps in to them, they will convert them to points and you can either cash them in. If you have the catalogues and books they were put in, the value is slightly more. The books contained 24 pages and filling a page required 50 points, so each book contained 1,200 points. New regular mini size supertens stamps 1960 70s blue. Jul 19, 2017 naturally, the merchants that issued blue chip stamps wanted in on the profit stream. Vintage blue chip savings book for both regular and superten stamps. Tearing off rowscolumns of stamps from the big sheets or long strips given at a store based on denomination to match what was needed to fill a page in the redemption books. The gold bond stamp company started during the great depression as a way for grocery store owners to draw in customers by offering a special incentive.

For those people who lived farther than 25 miles from a blue chip redemption store, the savings book could be mailed in. Alongside other holdings he tried to sell the 371,400 shares 7. The books could then be taken to a redemption center and redeemed for merchandise, such as lawn furniture, dining tables, tableware, and many other. In checking for a friend to find out if theyre still worth anything, i came across a section in the faqs. Corporation group outside its savings and loan and steel service activities, plus iv in 1980 a net adjustment of blue.

Vintage blue chip stamp book full 1960s 1200 regular and super. Toward the end of 1969 the buffett partnership held a substantial stake in blue chip stamps worth about 6% of the fund. Maybe theres an electric frying pan in your future. Many of us remember saving blue chip trading stamps. Vintage 1956 top value stamps redemption store catalog. These earnings figures are a little higher than blue chip stamps share of sees earnings shown in the table above because blue chips share reflects i deduction of the approximately 1% share of sees earnings owned by minority stockholders of sees prior to june 6, 1978. The blue chip savings books could be taken to any of the blue chip redemption stores to be redeemed for merchandise. I imagine a lot of you reading this dont even know what a green stamp is so, consider this a lesson in 1970s history.

My parents use to bowl and they went to this special night where youd earn the blue chip stamps. Mar 12, 2016 toward the end of 1969 the buffett partnership held a substantial stake in blue chip stamps worth about 6% of the fund. It has to be done through the mail since there are no more redemption. New condition regular full size 1960s unused blue chip savings book no stamps. Ws8 war savings 25c dark blue green minute man plate block mh see photos j453. The catalog in most eloquent language, the inside cover states, the beautiful and useful merchandise in this catalog is available to you because of the many fine merchants who offer blue chip stamps. Savings stamp was reissued with a new design that incorporated a 48star u. Large collection vintage blue chip savings books with stamps 196070s. Originally ordinary postage stamps were affixed to a card up to the value of 156d and when completed exchanged for a war savings certificate paying 5% interest. Home stamps us stamps miscellaneous issues war savings stamps war savings stamps.

Whenever we needed new sheets and pillowcases, out would come the green stamps and we kids would have to lick them into the savings books. The national savings scheme was originally establish in march 1916 partly to fund the great war. The holdings of the majority shareholders of old blue chip were to be reduced, and new blue chip, one of the petitioners here, was required under the plan to offer a substantial number of its shares of common stock to retailers who had used the stamp service in the past but who were not shareholders in the old company. These took the place of the larger blue chip books with the many little single stamps. These earnings figures are a little higher than blue chip stamps share of sees earnings shown in the table above because blue chip s share reflects i deduction of the approximately 1% share of sees earnings owned by minority stockholders of sees prior to june 6, 1978. It was a treat for us kids to be allowed to paste them in the book. Vintage blue chip stamp savings book full books ebay. Each premium was assigned a value expressed by the number of filled stamp books required to obtain it. Nov 25, 2014 anyway, ive got an old green stamp catalog from 1975 and thought id share it with you for posteritys sake. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about blue chip stamps. Always shop where you see the blue chip stamp sign. These are vintage, original, and in fairly good shape.

At best you might be able to sell them to someone who collects ephemera or cinderella stamps. For that wild collector who loves to find a truly classic find from the 60s and 70s. Postal service and its reward catalog was the largest publication in the country. Anyway, ive got an old green stamp catalog from 1975 and thought id share it with you for posteritys sake. Vintage blue chip savings book for both regular and superten stamps, mint. I so remember these and youd put them in a coupon book. The blue chip stamp sign used to be hung at stores that participated. My mothers senior center gives out blue chip stamps when they play bingo. National savings stamps for sale in uk view 58 bargains. I have 21 of them and they all are filled with the stamps. Hey i was wondering if anybody that knows about stamps can help me out and tell me how much is a blue chip stamp worth nowadays it says cash value 1mill. Blue chip stamps was a loyalty program for customers, similar to discount cards issued by pharmacies and grocery stores in the digital era.

Original sales signs for blue chip are worth far more than the stamps and booklets. Vintage blue chip savings book and stamps lot full partial and empty books. Blue chip superten savings book with 12 pages full of. Your question may be answered by sellers, manufacturers, or customers who purchased this item, who are all part of the amazon community. These earnings figures are a little higher than blue chip stamps share of sees earnings shown in the table above because blue chips share reflects i deduction of the approximately 1% share of see s earnings owned by minority stockholders of see s, ii amortization of intangibles arising from purchase of sees stock at a large premium over book value and iii state income tax on sees. Vintage 1970s full blue chip savings book free shipping. Naturally, the merchants that issued blue chip stamps wanted in on the profit stream.