Reference World

Waiting in line at the post office

I was waiting in line at the post office and started wondering about the whole stamp thing.

History of the US Postal Service
http://www.usps.com/history/history/his1.htm

Linn's Stamp newsletter's web page
http://www.linns.com/

Basics on stamp collecting at About.com. There are a lot of "sponsored" links, so look around to make sure you are picking things Eduardo DeResendes, their expert, is guiding you to.
http://coins.about.com/od/stampbasics/

Stamp collecting for kids
http://www.stamps.org/kids/January/beginner_intro.htm

Biographies of some people on postage stamps
http://www.philately.com/philately/biographies.htm


Needed for mail but unrelated to stamps - zip codes
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

Mother's day

These are some sites on the holiday

About.com's page
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/mothersday/a/early.htm

The Census Bureaus' statistics in honour of mothers
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/004109.html

Roots web on the origins of Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis in WV
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvtaylor/jarvis.htm

What is my trash worth???

It' s that time of year and yardsales are popping up all over. So how much should you charge for your stuff? You're library will have books, but try these sites too.

Flea Market How Tos
http://styleathome.mochasofa.ca/StyleAtHome/client/en/Today/DetailNews2.asp?idNews=231213&pg=1&genhtml=1

Flea Market Finds with the Kovels
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_fmf

Collectors.org
http://www.collectors.org/

Maloney's online
http://www.maloneysonline.com/

Ebay
http://www.ebay.com

Tips on organizing your yardsale from Yardsale Queen
http://www.yardsalequeen.com/yardsale.htm

Checklist of how to do from Online Organizing
http://www.onlineorganizing.com/ExpertAdviceToolboxTips.asp?tipsheet=15

eHow's check list
http://www.ehow.com/how_3327_have-yard-sale.html