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Old 11-16-2011, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by villages07 View Post
Yellow Top Value or green S&H stamps. Got stamps for your purchases, pasted them into a book, and once you accumulate so many you could trade them in for a prize. Maybe even had to send away for the prize?.......
I remember going to local Top Value and/or S&H stores - actual brick-and-mortar stores! - with my mom when she'd redeem her full stamp books. She got TONS of stuff!!!

I think you might be right - after a while, the stores went away and I believe you then had to send away for things.

Bill