Blue Chip stamps

[RobertN]

Are Blue Chip stamps and stores still around anywhere?

I was helping my Grandma(94 a month ago) around the house; we came across a stack of books full of them.

Years ago, I remember my parents getting the stamps; there was a place in Sacramento, a store I guess. They "bought" stuff there, although what I do not remember.

Are they still around in other parts of the country, or are they gone completely?

Grandma was funny; she said list them on Ebay

 

[HomeBrew2]

WHAT!? No green stamps!?

 

[dbdartman]

WHAT!? No green stamps!?

That's S&H green stamps!

Now, for 5 bonus points, who remembers what S&H stand for?

I remember dialing those thing out for customers when I was pumping gas at the Sunoco station in high school back int eh early 70's.

 

[ronjhall]

That's S&H green stamps!

Now, for 5 bonus points, who remembers what S&H stand for?

Sperry & Hutchinson.
I would not know this because I cannot remember that far back.
But a quick search on Wikipedia should give me the 5 bonus points.

 

[Jim_Fisher]

That's S&H green stamps!

Now, for 5 bonus points, who remembers what S&H stand for?

I remember dialing those thing out for customers when I was pumping gas at the Sunoco station in high school back int eh early 70's.

Sperry & Hutchinson, if memory serves.

 

[Phils]

Grandma was funny; she said list them on Ebay

A quick search in eBay shows that she's probably right and the books would fetch more than the items she could've gotten with them.

Phil

 

[3RRL]

I got my first Rawlings baseball mitt with my Mom's S&H Green stamps.
Man, those were the days. Everybody collected them. Bluechip stamps came after that in my area, and we used them a lot too.

 

[tallyho8]

In 1973 the Winn Dixie stores in our area gave out Yellow Top Value stamps. The Tenneco gas stations that sold regular for $ 27.9 a gallon gave out S&H Green stamps and a free drinking glass with each fill-up. All this ended in 1974 when OPEC discovered they could raise prices at will.

 

[Dusty]

Does anyone remember Scotch stamps? I believe that they were a reddish orange stamp. Back in the hay day of premium stamps, there were a lot of them out there. They banked on the fact that most of them wouldn't get redeemed, and they would keep the profits from those that remained in the drawer.
Dusty

 

[RobertN]

They banked on the fact that most of them wouldn't get redeemed, and they would keep the profits from those that remained in the drawer. Dusty

Hence, my Grandmother

But, what happened to these stamp places? Are they totally gone? I did a Google on blue chip stamp; it looked liked Blue Chip bought Sees Candy, but no mention of the demise of these stamps and stores.