Once upon a time, Crossville apparently had a stamp company office located here. These so-called trading stamps were given as a percentage of what you purchased, usually groceries, and you saved them in stamp books like the photos below until filled. You could get a catalog that told you how many books you needed to redeem for the items you wanted. There were several big names in the business including S & H Green Stamps, Top Value, and Gold Bond stamps.
The book indicates the stamps are trademarked by Gateway Promotions, Inc of St. Louis MO and in 1964 that company had acquired a stamp and premium business from Curtis Publishing that may be this operation. Because the book has addresses both with and without zip codes, it dates to the mid to late1960s
Back and front cover of the book
Inside front cover of the book
Typical page for putting stamps. There are 50 pages
that must have stamps to fill the book.
Inside the back cover with instructions for
redeeming the stamps.
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