Vol. 51 No. 1 Whole Number 229 February 2023

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • “On The Waterfront” – An Historical Look at the Businesses and Industry that Built the Paulus Hook Neighborhood by John A. Trosky
  • On The Auction Scene: 19th Century New Jersey by Robert G. Rose
  • Pahaquarry Township, Warren County Postal History and Some Collecting Reminiscences by Arne Englund
  • The Federal Boating Stamp: Registered In New Jersey by Jim Walker
  • Early Airmail and the Life of John P. Charlton by Jean R. Walton
  • New Jersey Stampless Covers: The 6 ¼ Cents Rate –Where Are You? by Bill Schultz & Jasmine Smith
  • Newark Liberty International Airport’s New Terminal A by John B. Sharkey
  • Hanover Neck: What’s in a Name? Don Chafetz
  • Perth Amboy–1795: A Woman’s Experience with Yellow Fever by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • Member News: Donors, Member Changes, Obituary
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Vol. 50 No. 4 Whole Number 228 November 2022

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Gold! The NJ Connection to the California Gold Rush by Jim Walker
  • Pseudonyms of A.C. Roessler by John Lupia, III
  • Looking Backward: Part III: Blizzard Mail Local by Harry Konweiser 
  • 3¢ Prexy Cover from a Prisoner at Trenton State Prison by Robert G. Rose
  • Looking Backward: Part IV: Over There! A Jersey Doughboy Abroad by John Trosky
  • On the Auction Scene: More Classics Uses From New Jersey by Robert G. Rose
  • Member News: NOJEX Auction, Member News
  • Treasurer’s Report by Andy Kupersmit
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Vol. 50 No. 3 Whole Number 227 August 2022

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President’s Message by Robert G. Rose

NOJEX 2022 / NJPHS Meeting & Auction

Founding of the NJ Postal History Society by Gene Fricks

Looking Backward: Part I: Early New Jersey Post Roads by Gerard Neufeld

Looking Backward: Part II: Post Roads in NJ: 1791 – 1802 by Robert J. Stets

Caviar in New Jersey? by Robert G. Rose

Two New Jersey Postal Prodigals Return: Arneytown & Evesham by Arne Englund

On the Auction Scene: Additional English Covers to China by Robert G. Rose

Brigadier General Henry Knox and the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment, 1778-1779 by Jean Walton

Another $5.00 Columbian Cover Postmarked Hoboken by Robert G. Rose

Viet Nam Cover – Neufeld to Neufeld in 1967 by Gene Fricks

Member News: NOJEX, Annual Meeting, New Web Site

Postal Politics in Lambertville by Jim Walker

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TWO EARLY BURLINGTON COUNTY STAMPLESS COVERS: Two New Jersey Postal Prodigals Return

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By Arne Englund

The two manuscript-cancelled New Jersey stampless covered in this article have several things in common. Arneytown and Evesham, New Jersey are both located in Burlington County, Arneytown in North Hanover Township and Evesham in Evesham Township. Both are DPOS (Discontinued Post Offices). Both contain Quaker dating, one in the letter’s dateline and the other in the docketing. And both were originally bought by me in the mid-1970’s, later sold, and much later reacquired by me separately after they spent time in several other collections and dealer stocks…

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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY: The Big Little Railroad: Some Postal History

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By John B. Sharkey

The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) was principally known for bringing anthracite coal from mines in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area of Pennsylvania, and bituminous coal from its western connections, to the New York metropolitan area. It soon had passenger trains running throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania and made connections with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) and the Reading Railroad (RDG). Its branch lines developed throughout the state of New Jersey and were important in servicing the iron mines in the northern part of the state. As the population of the state increased, it became an important commuter line to New York and continues to serve this function today as part of New Jersey Transit. It is no wonder that the line acquired the nickname Big Little Railroad.

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Vol. 50 No. 2 Whole Number 226 May 2022

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Central Railroad of New Jersey: The Big Little Railroad ~ Some Postal History by John Sharkey
  • On The Auction Scene:  $5.00 Hamilton Used on Air Parcel Post Package by Robert G. Rose
  • New Jersey Shorts: State of NJ Perfin, 1970 by Jean Walton
  • New Jersey Government Ornate Envelopes Redux by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • Long Lost Aviation History in Jersey City by John A. Trosky
  • Looking Backward: Quaker Dating on NJ Stampless by Wm Coles/Ed & Jean Siskin
  • Hometown Post Offices: Annandale, NJ by M.C. Apgar
  • Member News: Thanks to Donors, 25th Anniv on 50th Anniv
  • Lambertville in the news by Jim Walker
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WAKE AND MIDWAY ISLANDS – 1940-1942: Some Postal History and New Jersey Connection

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By Jim Walker

Civilian contractors at work in the Pacific before and during the early days of World War II the story and postal history of members of the SeaBees…

This article also includes a supplement PDF.

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Vol. 50 No. 1 Whole Number 225 February 2022

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Wake & Midway Islands – 1940-1942: Some Postal History & NJ Connections by Jim Walker
  • On The Auction Scene:  Classics Reprise  by Robert G. Rose
  • Looking Backward: Howell Works and Allaire – 200 Years by Gene Fricks
  • Lake Hopatcong: A Glimpse of its Postal History  by Jean Walton & Martin Kane
  • The Julian and Gregorian Calendars by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • Member News: Dues reminder, Thanks to Donors, Obituary
  • One Cover – Two Mysteries & A Little Whippany Postal History  by Don Chafetz
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NJPHS Journals 1-25

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Issues 1-25, January 1973-November 1977. PDF

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THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT’S ORNATE ENVELOPES

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By Ed & Jean Siskin

In the late 1830s, chromolithography was developed in Germany. It provided a very inexpensive way to print ornate scenes in multiple colors. Within twenty years, the use of this technique had become widespread throughout the United States. Thus by the start of the Civil War it became economically feasible to produce inexpensive but attractive ornate envelopes. The most prominent examples of chromolithography were the millions of patriotic envelopes of widely varying designs produced during the war.

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