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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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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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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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Well the brain does still work, here is a picture of the stamp on a package of loose tea.
Only took me about an hour!
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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. 
These were issued in series just like cigarette cards.
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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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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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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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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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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)
I recall collecting them, had to cut up the packet though.
Brian
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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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Fantastic information. It is amazing what our members in here know. We are quite a knowledgeable group. 
Thanks all.
Chimo
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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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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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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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Well the brain does still work, here is a picture of the stamp on a package of loose tea.
Only took me about an hour!
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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.
These were issued in series just like cigarette cards.
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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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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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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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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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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)
I recall collecting them, had to cut up the packet though.
Brian
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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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Fantastic information. It is amazing what our members in here know. We are quite a knowledgeable group. Thanks all.
Chimo
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