Master Chef One-Pound Tin with 250 Trading Stamps Sticker

A later-era one-pound Master Chef tin in the bright red livery, photographed with its matching lid on top. The H-and-H diamond sits tight against the capital “M” of “Master Chef,” and the yellow diecut “COFFEE” banner runs along the lower body; the lid rim reads “DRIP GRIND” in yellow. Pasted across the front is the yellow-and-red promotional sticker — “FREE! 250 Trading Stamps OF YOUR CHOICE — SEE DETAILS INSIDE” — that places this tin in the mid-century trading-stamps era, when grocers handed out stamps (S&H Green, Gold Bond, and friends) with every purchase and shoppers pasted them into books to redeem for household goods. Rust has started at the base and rim but the label is otherwise crisp. Pairs naturally with the 2019 trading-stamps Master Chef tin; seeing the sticker on two separate examples helps confirm it was a standard Master Chef campaign rather than a one-off store promotion.

Instagram 2017-10-05: H & H Master Chef tin with matching lid. What are trading stamps?