tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854624738223119407.post4395601486041095805..comments2023-10-17T07:07:39.914-04:00Comments on Murphy's Craw: How green were our stamp booksMark Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463881222804863326noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854624738223119407.post-58881759920260932792008-05-17T11:22:00.000-04:002008-05-17T11:22:00.000-04:00When I was a child in Queens, I remember collectin...When I was a child in Queens, I remember collecting both green stamps and plaid stamps. On rainy afternoons, the books and loose stamps would come out, and we'd all sit at the kitchen table happily dreaming of what prize our efforts would win. When my family moved to Syracuse, we no longer shopped at places that distributed either stamp. I remember being disappointed at this loss, just another strike against this foreign place to which my parents had moved us. <BR/><BR/>The last I remember of green stamps was when I was living in Florida, 1984-1985. The southern chain of grocery stores, Publix, was still distributing the stamps. My guess is that the older population there were still busy pasting their stamps and redeeming them (by catalog only). I remember sending off my package of stamps, carefully collected and carefully pasted, for some trinket long forgotten.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the memory.Heidemarie Carlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401764615265322537noreply@blogger.com