Vol. 38 No. 4 Whole number 180 November 2010

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Abuse of the Franking Privilege by Ed and Jean Siskin
  • First Airmail Leaves Salem County 1938/1918 Plane Crash Memorial by J. Harlan Buzby
  • Middleville Post Office, Sussex County by Doug D’Avino
  • NJ’s Stampless Saw Tooth Rate Marking by Robert G. Rose
  • Atlantic City Additions by Gene Fricks
  • Development of Mail Service in Morris County, 1760-1850 by Don Chatetz
  • Pottersville: Hunterdon or Somerset? by Jim Walker
  • Additions to the Southard Letters by Don Chafetz
  • Hunterdon County Postal History:  Part 13: RR & Canal Mail by Jim Walker
  • Hometown Post Offices: Mount Holly by Doug D’Avino
  • Member News (Paul Jackson Obituary, Web Files, Treasurer’s Report)
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

EARLY NEW JERSEY PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS

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Edited by Jean Walton

Attractive illustrated letter sheets from the 1800s are highly collectable and not often seen. Some of the most well-known depicted California mining scenes during the Gold Rush days, or were illustrated sheets used during the Civil War. The earliest, before the use of envelopes, were used as folded letter sheets, and would normally have an attached blank sheet for additional writing space.

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Vol. 38 No. 3 Whole number 179 August 2010

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Early NJ Illustrated Letter Sheets edited by JWalton
  • Atlantic City PO Time Capsule by Gene Fricks
  • Union, NJ Straight Line Marking by Robert G. Rose
  • First Postmaster of Holmdel NJ by George Joynson
  • Hunterdon County Postal History:  Part 12: Doanes by Jim Walker
  • Sparta, NJ ~ Early Sussex Post Office by Len Peck
  • Manuscript Database Update by Steve Roth
  • An Interesting Colonial Item, An Online Find!
  • Air Mail Week in Hunterdon County, 1938 by Jim Walker
  • The Royal Train in New Jersey, 1939 by Jean Walton
  • Member News (Web Updates, Annual Meeting Minutes)
  • Hometown Post Offices: Townsend’s Inlet by Doug D’Avino
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

TREASURE ISLAND, NJ – A BOY SCOUT CAMP POST OFFICE

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by Bennett D. Kitts, Don Ross, Lawrence Clay & Fred Bok

Not long ago an article appeared in the Scouts on Stamps journal (SOSSI) which Gene Fricks brought to our attention – “Treasure Island Continued,” by Bennett D. Kitts.1 It explored the history of this summer post office which existed on a Scout Reservation on Treasure Island, a New Jersey island in the Delaware River below Frenchtown, accessible only by boat.

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Vol. 38 No. 2 Whole number 178 May 2010

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • NOJEX and Annual NJPHS Meeting
  • Treasure Island – A Boy Scout Camp Post Office Reprinted from SOSSI
  • An “Elisabethport” Misspelled Postmark by Robert G. Rose
  • Hunterdon County Postal History: RFD in Hunterdon County by Jim Walker
  • From Russia with Love: US Return Card to New Jersey by Jean R. Walton
  • NJ Capitals and County Formation by Ed Siskin & Jean R. Walton
  • Len Peck – Centenarian!
  • Member News (Free Online Library, Annual Meeting, NOJEX)
  • Hometown Post Offices: Jersey City by John Trosky
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

NEW JERSEY-BUILT: 13 FAST AIRCRAFT CARRIERS THAT SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY BETWEEN 1927 AND 2009

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by Captain Lawrence B. Brennan, JAGC, USN (Ret.)

This is the final entry in a series of articles begun in the summer issue of NJPH, Aug. 2008, Vol. 33, No. 3, Whole No. 171 and continued in the November 2008 (Whole No. 172) and the February, May, August & November 2009 (Whole Nos. 173 – 176) issues. Because of the length of service of Kitty Hawk, we have found it necessary to subdivide Part VI into parts A & B – through Viet Nam and after Viet Nam.

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Vol. 38 No. 1 Whole number 177 February 2010

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Samuel Dodd, Engraver of a Hackettstown Postmark by Steve Beare
  • New Jersey Origins of the NBA by John A. Trosky
  • More New Jersey Military Cancels by Gene Fricks
  • The Holcombe Farm Cancellers by Jim Walker
  • Notes on New Jersey Highway Post Offices by William A. Keller
  • NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part VIBA, USS Kitty Hawk by Lawrence Brennan
  • Member News
  • Hometown Post Offices
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

APOs ~ VIETNAM/NEW JERSEY CORRESPONDENCE

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by Jim Walker

This article takes a very limited look at the operation of the APO during the Vietnam War. As can be seen, all mail is to or from New Jersey addresses. All but one of the outgoing covers make use of the free franking privilege for military personnel serving in a combat zone which included most of Southeast Asia.

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Vol. 37 No. 4 Whole number 176 November 2009

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • APOs ~ Vietnam-New Jersey Correspondence by Jim Walker
  • A Second LZ-127 Cover! by Len Peck
  • New Jersey Highway Post Offices by Jean Walton
  • Some Closed Base Post Offices by Doug D’Avino
  • Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 10 – Current POs Q-Z by Jim Walker
  • NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part VI~A, USS Kitty Hawk by Lawrence Brennan
  • Philatelic Shorts: Smelly Business! by Gene Fricks
  • Member News
  • Word Puzzle: Warren County DPOs

GRAF ZEPPELIN (LZ-127) MAIDEN FLIGHT COVER

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by John Trosky

The Graf Zeppelin was built in Friedrichshafen, Germany and first flew on September 15, 1928. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Hugo Eckener, head of Luftshiffbau Zeppelin, commanded the mighty airship on its first intercontinental passenger flight from Germany to the USA, departing on October 11, 1928 and arriving at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station only four days later after flybys of Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD and New York City.

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