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snowy12
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13 Oct 2017
08:48:58pm

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Would any one have any idea as to the origin of this stamp?
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sheepshanks
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13 Oct 2017
09:56:59pm
re: This one has me stumped

Very faint memory of it being off some food stuff in Uk, possibly tea? Way back 50/60's. Although it looks like an old beehive with a scythe.

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13 Oct 2017
10:56:33pm
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Just thinking maybe it was a shops savings stamp, fill a card and get a discount, but what shop, David Gregg, Home and Colonial, CO-OP, feel sure it was from UK in my childhood days.

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vinman
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13 Oct 2017
11:23:09pm
re: This one has me stumped

There was a discussion recently on another board about beehive stamps. There is a poster on that site that also shows your stamp but it isn't identified. You might have luck over there.
https://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56483

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sheepshanks
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13 Oct 2017
11:40:02pm
re: This one has me stumped

Well the brain does still work, here is a picture of the stamp on a package of loose tea.
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Only took me about an hour!

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14 Oct 2017
05:39:18am
re: This one has me stumped

Nice work sheepshanks!

I well remember these packets but not the stamps.

I was a keen collector of the "picture cards" when I was young. Happy

These were issued in series just like cigarette cards.

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14 Oct 2017
08:54:50am
re: This one has me stumped

I still have and collect the cards, some of the early sets can fetch decent prices. I think Red Rose Tea in North America issued the same sets but I am unaware whether they were part of the same company.
Cannot remember how many stamps you had to collect to get the 5/-, memory says the collecting card was at least bi-fold, or even four sided, perhaps 25 stamps per side.

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Pogopossum

14 Oct 2017
10:38:15am
re: This one has me stumped

The scythe with the beehive is what I find different - could it be Masonic? I have no idea why it would be on a package of tea.


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14 Oct 2017
04:54:02pm
re: This one has me stumped

Just a bit more Brooke Bond history and yes they did own Red Rose tea in Canada.
http://letslookagain.com/tag/history-of-brooke-bond/

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sheepshanks
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14 Oct 2017
05:03:35pm
re: This one has me stumped

If you want a savers card here is one on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Brooke-Bond-Dividend-Card-and-stamps/202064589929?

There is also an original packet of tea with the stamp.


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14 Oct 2017
11:07:47pm

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re: This one has me stumped

What a great response ,thankyou all for your input. I was brought up in the UK and remember Brook Bond PG Tips ,but don't remember the stamps on the packets though.
One thing I do remember is a packet of cigarettes that had a picture card on the back of the packet ,I think they were called Turf ( probably that's what was in them)Rolling On The Floor Laughing
I recall collecting them, had to cut up the packet though.
Brian

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nlroberts1961

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20 Oct 2017
10:21:31am
re: This one has me stumped

Found this info as to what they were for :

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I remember the stamps on the tea packets very well. One needed 60 stamps to fill the book. The book was then taken to the local shop where one was given five shillings. There were always problems for my parents whenever we'd find that only two or three more stamps were needed to fill a book and get the money. We would try to remove the stamps from unopened packets of tea and often ended up tearing open the new packet which didn't please the older folks one bit. But back then, 5/- was a nice piece of change for school kids to have. In the years since, of course, I've come to realize that the tea company probably charged an extra penny on each packet to cover the money that was paid out. But so what? It was a great way to make some extra change

This is a pic of the book
http://cdn.ipernity.com/132/82/03/30238203.835b43e7.240.jpg?r2

My guess is the scythe and beehive are masonic symbols.

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20 Oct 2017
12:19:09pm
re: This one has me stumped

Fantastic information. It is amazing what our members in here know. We are quite a knowledgeable group. Applause Thanks all.

Chimo

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13 Oct 2017
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Would any one have any idea as to the origin of this stamp?
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Brian

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sheepshanks

13 Oct 2017
09:56:59pm

re: This one has me stumped

Very faint memory of it being off some food stuff in Uk, possibly tea? Way back 50/60's. Although it looks like an old beehive with a scythe.

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sheepshanks

13 Oct 2017
10:56:33pm

re: This one has me stumped

Just thinking maybe it was a shops savings stamp, fill a card and get a discount, but what shop, David Gregg, Home and Colonial, CO-OP, feel sure it was from UK in my childhood days.

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vinman

13 Oct 2017
11:23:09pm

re: This one has me stumped

There was a discussion recently on another board about beehive stamps. There is a poster on that site that also shows your stamp but it isn't identified. You might have luck over there.
https://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56483

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sheepshanks

13 Oct 2017
11:40:02pm

re: This one has me stumped

Well the brain does still work, here is a picture of the stamp on a package of loose tea.
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Only took me about an hour!

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nigelc

14 Oct 2017
05:39:18am

re: This one has me stumped

Nice work sheepshanks!

I well remember these packets but not the stamps.

I was a keen collector of the "picture cards" when I was young. Happy

These were issued in series just like cigarette cards.

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sheepshanks

14 Oct 2017
08:54:50am

re: This one has me stumped

I still have and collect the cards, some of the early sets can fetch decent prices. I think Red Rose Tea in North America issued the same sets but I am unaware whether they were part of the same company.
Cannot remember how many stamps you had to collect to get the 5/-, memory says the collecting card was at least bi-fold, or even four sided, perhaps 25 stamps per side.

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Pogopossum

14 Oct 2017
10:38:15am

re: This one has me stumped

The scythe with the beehive is what I find different - could it be Masonic? I have no idea why it would be on a package of tea.


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sheepshanks

14 Oct 2017
04:54:02pm

re: This one has me stumped

Just a bit more Brooke Bond history and yes they did own Red Rose tea in Canada.
http://letslookagain.com/tag/history-of-brooke-bond/

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sheepshanks

14 Oct 2017
05:03:35pm

re: This one has me stumped

If you want a savers card here is one on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Brooke-Bond-Dividend-Card-and-stamps/202064589929?

There is also an original packet of tea with the stamp.


Edited to shorten link.

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snowy12

14 Oct 2017
11:07:47pm

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re: This one has me stumped

What a great response ,thankyou all for your input. I was brought up in the UK and remember Brook Bond PG Tips ,but don't remember the stamps on the packets though.
One thing I do remember is a packet of cigarettes that had a picture card on the back of the packet ,I think they were called Turf ( probably that's what was in them)Rolling On The Floor Laughing
I recall collecting them, had to cut up the packet though.
Brian

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nlroberts1961

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20 Oct 2017
10:21:31am

re: This one has me stumped

Found this info as to what they were for :

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16 Sep 2007, 23:03 #9
I remember the stamps on the tea packets very well. One needed 60 stamps to fill the book. The book was then taken to the local shop where one was given five shillings. There were always problems for my parents whenever we'd find that only two or three more stamps were needed to fill a book and get the money. We would try to remove the stamps from unopened packets of tea and often ended up tearing open the new packet which didn't please the older folks one bit. But back then, 5/- was a nice piece of change for school kids to have. In the years since, of course, I've come to realize that the tea company probably charged an extra penny on each packet to cover the money that was paid out. But so what? It was a great way to make some extra change

This is a pic of the book
http://cdn.ipernity.com/132/82/03/30238203.835b43e7.240.jpg?r2

My guess is the scythe and beehive are masonic symbols.

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Bujutsu

20 Oct 2017
12:19:09pm

re: This one has me stumped

Fantastic information. It is amazing what our members in here know. We are quite a knowledgeable group. Applause Thanks all.

Chimo

Bujutsu

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