S&H Green Stamps, a long-running rewards program, was founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson. Retailers would purchase the stamps and distribute them to shoppers, who could then redeem them for merchandise in catalogs or at S&H redemption centers. The program peaked in the 1960s, with S&H issuing more stamps annually than the U.S. Postal Service. By the 1960s, Green Stamps were incredibly popular, with an estimated 80% of American households collecting them. I remember my

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