President’s Message by Robert G. Rose Per The Morris Post: Hibernia Furnace to New York City in 1774 by Tim O’Connor On the Auction Scene: Newark to Beirut, Syria by Robert G. Rose Blairstown Postmaster Cancels by Roger D. Curran Naval Air Station Lakehurst, Part II: The Last Two Lakehurst US Navy Dirigibles, USS Akron […]
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose An 1811 Hand Delivered Piece of Postal History by James Wardell Postmarked “RFD” – Rural Free Delivery In New Jersey by Robert G. Rose Navy Air Station Lakehurst – Almost A Centurion by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, US Navy Ret. Foreign Mail to Morris County ~ Part 11: Italy […]
By Robert G. Rose
The recent auction of a portion of the famed William H. Gross collection included the most valuable cover in all of New Jersey postal history.1 Illustrated below is the cover on which is affixed a 4¢ brown imperforate stamp with Schermack Type III perforations, Scott 314A. Against a pre-sale estimate of $100-150,000 it sold for a hammer price of $130,000 plus an 18% buyer’s fee of $23,400 for a record total of $153,400.
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose PoCax Postcard Show & Garden State Stamp and Cover Show New Jersey’s Most Valuable Cover by Robert G. Rose Transporting the AEF in WWI from Hoboken to Brest & the 100th Anniversary of the Torpedoing of USS COVINGTON (July 1918) by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, US Navy Ret. Haddonfield […]
By John Lupia
Albert Charles Roessler, Jr. (1883-1952), 140 South Parkway, East Orange, New Jersey, coin and stamp dealer, began trading as a stamp dealer in Denver. Roessler was both a stamp and coin collector and dealer. His coin business lasted over thirty years. His stamp business was extraordinary and novel, introducing a myriad of artistic illustrations for stamps…
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose NOJEX/ASDA SHOW & NJPHS Annual Meeting! A.C. Roessler, A Jersey Legend by John Lupia Hometown Post Offices: Westfield, New Jersey and its Mountainside Branch by John B. Sharkey Foreign Mail to Morris County ~ Part 9: Ireland to Morris County by Donald A. Chafetz Post Card Reporting of Contagious […]
Access Reserved for Members – Click here for more information President’s Message by Robert G. Rose MERPEX/NOJEX/POCAX New Jersey Pioneer Air Mail by Robert G. Rose William Joyce Sewell, U.S. Senator & Railroad President by John B. Sharkey Ship Covers Relating to the Iran/Iraq Tanker War & Reflagged Kuwaiti Tankers, 1987-8 by Capt. Brennan (U.S. […]
By James Wardell
The recent acquisition of an 1811 letter from a Toronto antiques dealer has sent me down a rabbit hole of research, trying to uncover historical ties to this 207-year-old piece of paper. Initially the usual Google searches uncovered very little, but a connection to the New Jersey Postal History Society has proven very fruitful.
By Don Bowe
Three interesting items in my collection are checks which were used for payment of transportation of the mails and associated expenses. They are from three different dates, May 26, 1856, Sept. 17, 1859, and February 25, 1861. It is an opportunity to see the differences.
Access Reserved for Members – Click here for more information President’s Message by Robert G. Rose Post Office Payments for Transportation of the Mails by Don Bowe The Steamer Baltic and Brown Shipley Forwarding Agents by Joseph J. Geraci A 1796 Rate and Distance Chart by Ed & Jean Siskin The Alaska–Class:US Navy’s Only Large […]
