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Large mixed bundle of original vintage British Co-operative Society dividend stamps, vouchers and related paper ephemera, dating principally from the late 1960s and 1970s.The collection includes material from the South Suburban Co-operative Society Ltd, whose registered office is shown as 99 London Road, Croydon. Several of the dividend stamp vouchers contain handwritten customer details, purchase totals and dates from 1967 and 1968.The bundle includes:* Numerous blue South Suburban Co-operative Society dividend stamps
* Multiple sheets, blocks, strips and individual Co-op dividend stamps
* Co-op stamps of several different values
* Sheet of 25 yellow “Club Stamp” stamps
* Several original South Suburban Dividend Stamp Vouchers
* Co-op dividend stamp savings book, shown open in the photographs
* “Your Caring Sharing Co-op – Your Share of the Profits” promotional card
* Fold-out “How to Use Your Dividend Stamps” information leaflet
* Additional explanatory literature covering the 40, 5 and single-stamp valuesSome stamps bear handwritten numbers or accounting marks, while others remain together in larger sheets or blocks. This is a particularly interesting group of social-history and retail ephemera connected with the original Co-op “divi” savings scheme.The bundle is in used vintage condition with noticeable age-related wear. Expect yellowing, discolouration, creases, folds, curled edges, small tears, incomplete sheets, handwriting and general storage wear. Some stamp blocks have torn or missing sections. The savings book and paperwork have not been checked page by page, and the individual stamps have not been counted.Please study all photographs carefully to establish the exact contents and condition. Everything shown is included and will be supplied together as one bundle.Ideal for collectors of Co-operative history, British retail memorabilia, vintage advertising, social-history ephemera or period film and television props.
