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History of S&H Green Stamps

The Sperry & Hutchinson Story

S&H Green Stamps Fun Facts

S&H Green Stamps were so popular that they were mentioned in songs, movies and tv shows. The Beatles and Pat Boone are just two of the many who mention S&H Green Stamps in a song or movie. In 2001 they were mentioned in the movie, Riding in Cars with Boys and in 2022 they were mentioned in the movie The Rise of Gru!

Courteney Cox of Friends fame was on the The Howard Stern Show and while talking about her piano playing talent, Courteney asked Howard if he remembered S&H Green Stamps and of course, he said absolutely. She went on to explain that she learned how to play the piano on a piano that her mother got with S&H Green Stamps. Cool.... right?

Andy Warhol’s, S&H  Green Stamps was used by the artist in 1965 for the artist’s first retrospective held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, in Philadelphia.

S&H Green Stamps rewarded Americans with more than $10 billion dollars in merchandise.

S&H Green Stamps earned the trust of more than 30 million households and over 85,000 merchants.

The S&H catalog was the largest publication in the U.S. 

S&H produced three times more stamps than the U.S. Post Office.