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Trading stamp
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<p>Trading stamps were small paper stamps given to customers by merchants in <a href="/facts/Loyalty_programs/3cNeRaEp">loyalty programs</a> in the United States, Canada and the U.K. which predated the modern <a href="/facts/Loyalty_card/3cNeRaEp">loyalty card</a>-based and online programs. Like the similarly-issued retailer coupons, these stamps only had a minimal cash value of a few mils (thousandths of a dollar) individually, but when a customer accumulated a number of them, they could be exchanged with the trading stamp company (usually a third-party issuer of the stamps) for <a href="/facts/Premium_(marketing)/gVQ2c5xk">premiums</a>, such as toys, personal items, housewares, furniture and appliances. In <a href="/facts/Trading_stamps_in_Hong_Kong/phzHflu6">Hong Kong, trading stamp programs</a> continue to operate. </p>