Postage Stamp Collecting

This month Cool to Collect will dedicate itself to featuring postage stamp collecting, Philately.  This is a fun and easy hobby. This first stamp to feature today is the "Love Swans Forming Heart" release in 1997. 

Marble Websites to Share

Thanks for following my Marble Postings. Today I want to share a couple of websites.

Marbles to You and Joe Marbles have some beautiful pictures of marbles. I also found another blog, Marble Forum with more Marble information. Then there is a tournament this summer, see info at  National Marbles Tournament.

This concludes my Marble postings.

I am getting ready for February, the love month. I will be featuring U.S. Postage Stamps, mainly the Love Stamp along with other interesting stamps. I plan to venture "Out of the Box" a little and dig deeper into blogging. I want to experiment with different designs and features of Blogspot.

Please follow me as we both learn about stamp collecting(philately) and blogging.

Thanks for stopping by!

Look What I found!

I thought I would browse on Ebay, just to see the Marbles people were listing. I found Marbles listed from $.99 to $9500. Go figure.:) Take a look at these:

This was list for $9500.

This one $800,

and $650

and $625

and $300. This one is a Vintage 1890.



Who knew! I'm not advocating you go out and spend your money on Marbles.  Take a look in that keepsake box and see what you may have laying around.

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How to Play Marbles

This is a video about how to play Marbles enjoy!!

Did you know that there is an National Marbles Tournament held every Year?

"The 88th annual National Marbles Tournament comes to Wildwood, NJ in June  2011. The "mibsters"(marble shooters) will compete for national honors,  college scholarships and numerous prizes and awards. The mibsters will play more than a 1,200 games over the four-day tournament. "

http://www.nationalmarblestournament.org/Home_Page.html

Let's see what I can learn about Marbles next......

How Marbles are Made?

Enjoy this Video from How it's Made

Did you ever play Marbles??

Did you ever play Marbles?? Do you still have them??

A marble is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, or agate.

Remember the Shooter or the term "keepsie".

Through out the week I will be post websites that display the most beautiful Marbles, video, and other neat facts about Marbles.

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1939 New York World's Fair Collectible Silverplate Spoon

Yes, I have one of these!! It sits in the center of my spoon case. How awesome is that.

Here is a link to information about the 1939 New York World's Fair. It looks as like someone has devoted  an entire website to the New York World's Fair.

http://www.1939nyworldsfair.com/worlds_fair/index.htm

Happy Reading!

What did you Collect as a child? It would be fun to research it.

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Collectible Spoons

Look what I found!
There is a book about Collectible Spoons.
Check it out!

I will be posting more information on
Collectible Spoons as I find it on the Web.

What do you like to collect? I would love to hear
from you!!

Collecting Spoons

I have a variety of spoons. I started by collecting a spoon from every state I visited. I have also been given spoons as gifts. I have one from New York World's Fair. I also have two that were brought back from the Holy Land. In the days to come, I will tell you more about my spoon collection and other items I collect. Let me know what you collect!