By Andy Kupersmit
This cover and accompanying original enclosures are full of clues to an earlier time and place, as a little research will show. The enclosures are a four-page letter on official government stationery and a fifth page hastily written and included in the envelope, all in the hand of Henry C. Kelsey, leader of the Kelsey Ring.
Access Reserved for Members – Click here for more information President’s Message by Robert G. Rose A Cover & Letter from Henry C. Kelsey – Leader of the Kelsey Ring by Andy Kupersmit Baseball and Bergen: One Cover, Two Stories by Don Bowe New Jersey Wheel of Fortune Cancellation by Larry Rausch Guadalcanal Naval Battles: […]
Access Reserved for Members – Click here for more information President’s Message by Robert G. Rose NOJEX and Annual NJPHS Meeting Garden State Postal Club Fall Show The Story of the Morris & Essex Railroad by Don Bowe A Jersey Shore Mystery: The Beach House, Sea Girt, NJ Cancel by Robert G. Rose Mail Sent […]
By Robert G. Rose
The Centennial of what was once called the “Great War” is marked by the 100th anniversary of the United States entry on April 6, 1917, in what we now remember as World War I. Because New Jersey’s location on the east coast provided easy access for the movement of troops and war supplies to the Western Front, the State became the home to a number of military installations in support of the war effort.
Access Reserved for Members – Click here for more information President’s Message by Robert G. Rose NOJEX: Date change! & MERPEX August Show World War I: Postmarked New Jersey by Robert G. Rose Morris Canal Usage – A First? by Don Bowe Mail Sent Abroad to and from Morris County: Tortola, BWI by Donald A. […]
By Andy Kupersmit
This cover came to light when a collection of New Brunswick (and New Jersey in general) was recently sold. This cover is addressed to Hon. Samuel Southard as Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. It has a red “New Brunswick Jul. 19” cds and a matching red “FREE” handstamp at top right, and is datelined “New Brunswick July 19th (18)27”.
View this issue online… President’s Message by Robert G. Rose Addition to the Southard Correspondence: “Rascality” in Brazil by Andy Kupersmit Census of Early New Jersey Covers, Part 5 by Ed & Jean Siskin New Jersey Straight Line Handstamp Postmarks: One of a Kind by Robert G. Rose SS Leviathan Air-Sea Mail – The New […]
By John A. Trosky
Over the next two years America will remember those who fought and died “Over There” as we honor those who served during this centennial remembrance of US involvement in World War I…
View this issue online… President’s Message by Robert G. Rose Over There! A Jersey City Doughboy’s Journey to France and Home by John A. Trosky Two Unlisted 1847 Covers to New Jersey in a Recent Bennett Sale by Mark Scheuer New Jersey Canal Service Usage, A Continued Mystery? by Free Franks of NJ Signers of […]
By Don Bowe
Colonel John Stevens is without a doubt the father of railroading in New Jersey, if not in this country. As early as 1809, he demonstrated the use of steam engines on a ferry, the Juliana, which ran between New York and Hoboken, and on ocean-going vessels.
