By Jean R. Walton

One hundred fifty years ago, President Lincoln’s death overwhelmed this country with grief. He died on April 15, after having been shot by Booth at the Ford Theater the evening before – a story familiar to most Americans.

By Arne Englund

New Jersey has had over 900 name-different post offices over the course of time. Of these, however, 124 were in operation for only a year or less. Another 28 operated for less than two years. Discussed and illustrated in this article are examples from three of these small, short lived post offices…

By Larry Lyons

This is the third of a series of articles on New Jersey’s local stamps. Local Posts were established as early as the 1840’s by enterprising private individuals and companies who carried letters within city limits – including to and from Post Offices. They flourished for a number of years until they were finally outlawed by the government. The author, Larry Lyons, is a noted authority on United States local stamps, and is the editor-in-chief of “The Penny Post,” the prize winning journal of The Carriers and Locals Society. We appreciate his contributions.

By Ed & Jean Siskin

Burlington, New Jersey was founded by two Quaker groups in 1677, five years earlier than Philadelphia. It was a planned community and the original draft map of the town prepared in 1678, contains many of the same street names that exist today. In 1681, when New Jersey was divided into two providences, East Jersey and West Jersey, Burlington was named the Capital of West Jersey. As Capital, it became a significant port city. Sometime shortly thereafter, a post office must have been established to receive and distribute incoming mail. The exact date is uncertain.

by Robert G. Rose

During the period that domestic stampless mail was permitted ending in 1855, two New Jersey post offices employed negative lettered handstamped postmarks. As a branch of postal history known as “marcophily,” these markings are avidly collected for their eye-catching appearance.