Did they work like Savings bonds today?
2007-08-17 14:03:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Yes I do remember those...the stamps were .25/each and the booklet when filled [$18.75] would buy a bond. We had stamp-drives at school and saved allowance money so we could buy them there and stick them in our own books. When I filled up a book, my daddy would ceremoniously take it to the bank and turn it into a bond for the safety deposit box. They ripened into $25.00 eventually. Movie stars went on tour to sell these bonds...and schools competed to see who could sell the most. My school did really well and so a real soldier in a real Jeep visited the school and drove it up the auditorium steps and gave a little thank-you talk to all the kids gathered around out front. We were thrilled to see a jeep go bouncing up the stairs.
How times have changed ... we also had to learn what each of the rank designations looked like in the military branches [stripes, oak-leaves, bars, etc.] and always sang at least one of the service branch songs in assembly each week..."Anchors Aweigh", "Caissons Go Rolling Along", "Halls of Montezuma" and "Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder".
2007-08-18 01:55:34 · answer #1 · answered by constantreader 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bought stamps at the post office and I think they were a dime--after you filled a book up you got a $25.00 bond. I spent almost all of my strawberry picking money when I was 6 buying bonds. I think I finally had 8 of them. Mom cashed them in when I was 9 to help move us back to Oregon from VA.
2007-08-17 21:59:45 · answer #2 · answered by lilabner 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I was not born yet. I do know people who did but, I have never asked about them.
2007-08-17 21:34:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
parents did -- was to young
2007-08-18 08:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋