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  2. Trading stamp - Wikipedia

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    An example of the value of trading stamps would be during the 1970s and 1980s where the typical rate issued by a merchant was one stamp for each 10¢ of merchandise purchased. A typical book took approximately 1200 stamps to fill, or the equivalent of US $120.00 in purchases.

  3. S&H Green Stamps - Wikipedia

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    S&H Green Stamps. S&H Green Stamps was a line of trading stamps popular in the United States from 1896 until the late 1980s. They were distributed as part of a rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company (S&H), founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson.

  4. Blue Chip Stamps - Wikipedia

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    Blue Chip Stamps. Blue Chip Stamps started as a trading stamps company called "Blue Chip Stamp Company." They were a competitor of S&H Green Stamps. Blue Chip stamps were a loyalty program for customers, similar to discount cards issued by pharmacies and grocery stores in the digital era.

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

  6. Philatelic investment - Wikipedia

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    Sold in June 2014 at Sotheby's for $9.48 million. Philatelic investment is investment in collectible postage stamps for the purpose of realizing a profit. Philatelic investment was popular during the 1970s but then fell out of favour following a speculative bubble and prices of rare stamps took many years to recover. [1]

  7. Green Shield Stamps - Wikipedia

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    They were popular during the 1960s and 1970s. Competing trading stamp schemes included Pink Stamps (a UK operation of S&H Green Stamps), British consumer co-operatives' dividend stamps, Blue Chip and the short-lived UK operation of King Korn.

  8. Ancient Near Eastern seals and sealing practices - Wikipedia

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    Found in Telloh (ancient Girsu) Two main types of seals were used in the Ancient Near East, the stamp seal and the cylinder seal. Stamp seals first appeared in 'administrative' contexts in central and northern Mesopotamia in the seventh millennium and were used exclusively until the fifth millennium. Cylinder seals appeared first around 3600 BC ...

  9. Revenue stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first series of revenue stamps have two distinctive design types with each stamp designating the tax 'duty'. Designs for denominations 1-cent through 20-cents were simple, bearing a portrait of George Washington, while stamps with denominations 25-cents through 1-dollar are larger and have a more elaborate design and also designate the tax duty in a lower banner.

  10. International trading tax stamp - Wikipedia

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    International trading tax stamp. First RSFSR stamp [ ru] of 1918 used with surcharge of 250 rubles by Posledgol as an international trading tax stamp in 1922. International trading tax stamp is kind of revenue stamps that were used in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s for taxation of the trade in stamps.

  11. Postage stamp - Wikipedia

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    Commemorative stamp – a stamp which is issued for a limited time to commemorate a person or event Anniversaries of birthdays and historical events are among the most common examples. Computer vended postage – advanced secure postage that uses information-based indicia (IBI) technology.