Mellow Yellow Monday--Gold Bond Stamps

I saw this Gold Bond stamps sign sitting next to the metal canisters with yellow lids at the antique market I visited a couple of weeks ago and thought it would make a good mellow yellow post.

Gold Bond stamps were part of a trading stamp incentive program similar to S&H Green stamps. Trading stamps are small paper coupons given to customers by merchants. These stamps have no value individually, but when a customer saves up a certain number of them, they can be exchanged with the trading stamp company for other merchandise.

According to Wikipedia, "The Carlson Companies were founded in 1938 as the Gold Bond Stamp Company by Curt Carlson, who used a $55 loan to start his venture.[3] Founded during the Great Depression, Carlson used "Gold Bond Stamps", a consumer loyalty program based on trading stamps, to provided consumer incentive for grocery stores."

Although I don't remember anything about Gold Bond stamps, I do remember my mother saving the S&H Green stamps and pasting them into books when I was very young. Trading stamps remind me of a simpler, mellower time.

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