Vol. 47 No. 3 Whole Number 215 August 2019

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • NOJEX-ASDA Show / Garden State Postcard Show & POCAX Postcard Show
  • Jersey Homesteads: A New Deal Community’s Postal History by Robert G. Rose
  • Naval Air Station Lakehurst, Part III: German Zeppelins which Called at Lakehurst by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, US Navy Ret.
  • On the Auction Scene: NJ First Day and Earliest Reported Date Covers Robert G. Rose
  • West End, New Jersey Cancellations by Roger D. Curran
  • The Sword of Damocles and the Morris Canal by Donald A. Chafetz
  • A Few Lesser Known Stamp Dealers of NJ, Part 3 by John Lupia
  • Member News: NJPHS Members at Stockholmia
  • Hometown Post Offices: The Snufftown-Stockholm Conundrum by Jean R. Walton
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JERSEY HOMESTEADS: A New Deal Community’s Postal History

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By Robert G. Rose

During the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930’s, a planned community known as Jersey Homesteads was established in what was then a largely rural area in Monmouth County, New Jersey with the financial support of the federal government. Jersey Homesteads was one of 99 New Deal communities established during the depression.

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PER THE MORRIS POST: Hibernia Furnace to New York City in 1774

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By Tim O’Connor

The William Alexander archive in the New York Historical Society houses many letters from the pre-revolutionary and wartime eras. During an exploration of that archive I encountered two letters from Hibernia Furnace in Morris County, New Jersey which bore interesting superscriptions. They are the topic of this report.

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Vol. 47 No. 2 Whole Number 214 May 2019

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  • 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 (ZRS 4) and USS Macon (ZRS 5) by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, US Navy Ret.
  • Foreign Mail to and from Morris County ~ Part 12: Switzerland by Donald A. Chafetz
  • A Few Lesser Known Stamp Dealers of NJ, Part 2: Fred Bernet by John Lupia
  • Shark River, NJ Stampless Handstamp Postmark by Robert G. Rose
  • The Check is (Not!) in the Mail by Jean Walton
  • Member News: Donations, Member Changes, Member Services, Request for Information
  • Treasurer’s Report 2018 by Andy Kupersmit
  • Looking Backward: New Jersey Posts by Harry M. Konwiser
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Vol. 47 No. 1 Whole Number 213 February 2019

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  • 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 to a Mystery Destination by Donald A. Chafetz
  • A Few Lesser Known Stamp Dealers of New Jersey, Part 1 by John Lupia
  • Rock Bluffs, N.J.? A Mystery Solved by Robert G. Rose
  • Shipping Tag: A Soapy Story by Donald A. Chafetz
  • A Blast from the Past by Warren Plank
  • Member News: Donations, Member Changes, Obits
  • Hometown Post Office: Asbury, NJ by Jean Walton
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NEW JERSEY’S MOST VALUABLE COVER

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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.

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Vol. 46 No. 4 Whole Number 212 November 2018

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  • 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 & the Project Mercury Stamp by Ed & Jean Siskin & Henry Scheuer
  • Belvidere, Warren County by Gene Fricks
  • Foreign Mail to Morris County ~ Part 10: Amsterdam to Morristown by Donald A. Chafetz
  • On the Auction Scene by Robert G. Rose
  • Edward Boker Sterling, NJ Philatelist & Dealer by John Lupia
  • Member News: Minutes on NJPHS Annual meeting, Dues, Member Changes
  • Hometown Post Office: Beaver Lake Post Office by Jean Walton
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A.C. ROESSLER, A JERSEY LEGEND

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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…

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Vol. 46 No. 3 Whole Number 211 August 2018

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  • 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 Disease by Robert G. Rose
  • Hometown Post Offices: Haddonfield Postmarks by  Ed & Jean Siskin
  • Hometown Post Offices: Ocean City by Robert G. Rose
  • Correction to NJ Pioneer Air Mail Flights by Robert G. Rose
  • Member News: Member Changes, Thank you
  • Addition to Payments for Transportation of the Mails by Jean Walton
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Vol. 46 No. 2 Whole Number 210 May 2018

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  • 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. Navy, Ret,)
  • An Addition to the Vroom Correspondence by Don Bowe
  • Revisiting 19th Century New Jersey Fancy Cancels by Jean R. Walton
  • Foreign Mail to and from Morris County ~ Part 8:Cape Verde Islands to Morris County by Donald A. Chafetz
  • Member News: Member Changes, Thanks to Donors, Reminders, etc.
  • Morris County First Day Covers by Donald A. Chafetz
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