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NEW JERSEY
POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Founded 1972

NJFSC Chapter #44S............PHS Affiliate #1A............APS Affiliate #95.....

 

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THE NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY was established in 1972, to study and explore the many aspects of New Jersey postal history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Member's Exhibition Hall

Postal History Covers of Judge Caleb Valentine......by Robert Livingstone

Judge Caleb Hazen Valentine was my wife's great-great-great-grandfather and the letters that I have are family pieces that make me feel more like a temporary custodian than the owner of some valuable postal history. The article that I wrote for the NJPHS was Vol. 34 No. 3 Whole number 163 Aug 2006. I featured the covers that I felt were most interesting to postal history enthusiasts. Read the article now

For the most part, the letters are patronage correspondence that the Judge felt compelled to save. Some of the letters are more personal in nature but for the most part they are intended to sway the Judge on some matter or other before the courts or the state legislature of which Judge Valentine was a member for a time. Several of the letters demonstrate the earliest usage of certain postmarks. A few of the letters relate to Judge Valentine's role as a surveyor.


Post Offices of New Jersey - A History Told Through Postcards......by Member Doug D'Avino

The Society is indebted to Doug D'Avino for having shared his collection of postcards featuring New Jersey post offices from over the years. Doug cataloged and provided descriptions for hundreds of New Jersey post offices – his hobby and invaluable legacy.  Any additional information, corrections or more refined locations (street names) of POs may be emailed to NJPHS webmaster at webmaster@NJPostalHistory.org.   Information on POs in the album that have recently become discontinued or dead POs (DPOs) would also be welcome.


The CoolIris software displays our Society's online Picasa Online Album. The Society will be adding many new Picasa photo albums, and displaying them within additional CoolIris Photo Walls like this one. Members will be encouraged to share their images with the Society Webmaster.

How Best to use the CoolIris Photo Wall Application

Most features are self-explanatory, and the feature is best-viewed full screen. Use your mouse to pan right and left either with the control at the mid bottom of the screen, or within the screen where your cursor becomes a hand. If you have a wheel on you mouse, it will act to zoom in or out on the entire wall. The search feature works, but only with the wall minimized and on our web page. When you enter a town name, those cards will remain highlighted while all others appear faded, even when you maximize to full screen. You will need to minimize the wall onto our web page to enter another town name for searching. Play around and discover the ease of navigation and use of this Cool feature!

View the New Jersey Map on Picasa! When you select one card to view, you will see several option boxes on the card's side. You can use them to share on your favorite social network. You can also open the Picasa Online Album where you will see even more information about the post office, including a map of it's location in the state. Under the map, you can select the link to "View Album Map" and you will see a map of our entire state with the corresponding town post card "geo-tagged" in it's appropriate location! Pretty neat isn't it?

Please explore the entire site and albums, and if you have any questions feel free to e-mail your webmaster.

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