A HAND DELIVERED PIECE OF HISTORY

By James Wardell

The recent acquisition of an 1811 letter from a Toronto antiques dealer has sent me down a rabbit hole of research, trying to uncover historical ties to this 207-year-old piece of paper. Initially the usual Google searches uncovered very little, but a connection to the New Jersey Postal History Society has proven very fruitful.

POST OFFICE PAYMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE MAILS

By Don Bowe

Three interesting items in my collection are checks which were used for payment of transportation of the mails and associated expenses. They are from three different dates, May 26, 1856, Sept. 17, 1859, and February 25, 1861. It is an opportunity to see the differences.

Vol. 46 No. 1 Whole Number 209 February 2018

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Post Office Payments for Transportation of the Mails by Don Bowe
  • The Steamer Baltic and Brown Shipley Forwarding Agents by Joseph J. Geraci
  • A 1796 Rate and Distance Chart by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • The Alaska–Class:
    US Navy’s Only Large Cruisers All Built in New Jersey by Lawrence B. Brennan, US Navy (Ret.)
  • Southard Free Frank: Signing for the War Department by Jean R. Walton
  • New Jersey’s Railway Post Offices by Robert G. Rose
  • Mail Sent Abroad from Morris County ~ Odds & Ends:
  • A Mystery Cover & Madison to India in 1875 by  Donald A. Chafetz
  • Camden Misdirected by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • A Fraudulently Postmarked NJ Patriotic Cover by  Robert G. Rose
  • Member News: Member Changes, Thanks to Donors, NOJEX 2018
  • Philatelic Shorts. A Dead Letter Office Cover to Roseville by  Jean R. Walton
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A COVER & LETTER FROM HENRY C. KELSEY – LEADER OF THE KELSEY RING

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.

Vol. 45 No. 4 Whole Number 208 November 2017

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  • 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: Part 2 ~ Nov 14-15, 1942 by  Lawrence B. Brennan, US Navy (Ret.)
  • Mail Sent Abroad from Morris County, Part 6 ~ Canada by Donald A. Chafetz
  • On the Auction Scene: Five Cent 1847 Issue from Cross Keys, N.J. by Robert G. Rose
  • New Jersey Color by Gene Fricks
  • Additional Thoughts on the Huffville Puzzle by Jean Walton
  • Member News – Treasurer’s Report, Minutes of Annual Meeting, Member Changes
  • Hometown Post Offices: Brookside, NJ by Robert G. Rose
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Vol. 45 No. 3 Whole Number 207 August 2017

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  • 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 Abroad to and from Morris County: More German Covers by Donald A. Chafetz.
  • Peter Vroom, A New Jersey Man with Drive by John Trosky
  • Guadalcanal Naval Battles: Part 1~ Nov 11-12, 1942 by Lawrence B. Brennan, US Navy (Ret.)
  • Member News –Annual Meeting, Member Update, Online Access to Older Journals
  • Philatelic Shorts:  Huffville, NJ – A Puzzle Needing your Help by Jean Walton
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WORLD WAR I: POSTMARKED NEW JERSEY

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.

Vol. 45 No. 2 Whole Number 206 May 2017

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  • 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. Chafetz
  • Trenton Post Office Appointments with B Franklin Signature!
  • On the Auction Scene: Stampless &19th Century New Jersey Covers by Robert G. Rose
  • Lakehurst Mail on Zeppelin Hindenburg by Cheryl R. Ganz
  • Southard Notebooks: Friends in High Places by Jean Walton
  • Member News – Micchelli Obituary, Member Awards,Thanks to Donors, Member Update
  • Philatelic Shorts: 1776 Hackensack Letter in Dutch by Jean Walton
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ADDITION TO THE SOUTHARD CORRESPONDENCE: “RASCALITY IN BRAZIL”

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”.

Vol. 45 No. 1 Whole Number 205 February 2017

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  • 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 Jersey Connection by Jean Walton
  • Trenton as our Nation’s Capital by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • On the Auction Scene: 18th Century New Jersey Covers by Robert G. Rose
  • Mail Sent Abroad to and from Morris County, Part 3: Sweden by Donald A. Chafetz
  • 75¢ NJ 1st Federal Issue on Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper by Andy Kupersmit
  • NJ’s Philatelic Links with Jersey: How NJ got its Name by Malcom Newton
  • An Inquiry & a Puzzle: Clifton Special Delivery & Califon Dispatch by Jean Walton
  • February 2017 Web Update: Don’t Get Scammed! By Warren Plank
  • Member News –Thanks to Donors, Member Update, Philatelic Genealogy
  • Philatelic Shorts: WWI New Jersey Post Office Name Changes by Jean Walton
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