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1 Cent - Safeway Stores, Incorporated Lewistown, Montana
| Issuer | Safeway Stores, Incorporated |
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| Year | 1964-1970 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark ink on yellow safety paper with an all-over basket-weave underprint pattern, the face carries the issuer's name and headquarters at top in bold uppercase letterpress type. The denomination "1c" appears at left and right flanking the central legend "ONE-CENT FOOD STAMP CREDIT", below which redemption conditions and store-specific details are set in smaller roman type. A manuscript signature in ink appears along the lower edge above a printed rule line, and a purple "CANCELLED" handstamp is applied diagonally across the centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | SAFEWAY STORES, INCORPORATED BUTTE, MONTANA 1c ONE-CENT FOOD STAMP CREDIT 1c Redeemable only for items on Food Stamp Plan by Participant in Food Stamp Plan. Good only in Safeway Store No. 1858, 316 West Broadway, Lewistown, Montana. |
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Safeway's internal scrip program was a response to a persistent operational headache: making change for promotional trading stamp transactions without draining branch tills of low-denomination coin. These Lewistown, Montana issues were locally redeemable only, meaning a note printed for this store had no value at another Safeway outlet — a deliberate design to prevent float abuse across the chain's network.
Hammermill Sentry paper was the commercial standard for this kind of low-stakes security printing in the 1960s, used by manufacturers specifically because its chemical-reactive fibers frustrated photocopying on early Xerox machines.