OVER THERE! A Jersey City Doughboy’s Journey to France and Home

By John A. Trosky

Over the next two years America will remember those who fought and died “Over There” as we honor those who served during this centennial remembrance of US involvement in World War I…

Vol. 44 No. 4 Whole Number 204 November 2016

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Over There! A Jersey City Doughboy’s Journey to France and Home by John A. Trosky
  • Two Unlisted 1847 Covers to New Jersey in a Recent Bennett Sale by Mark Scheuer
  • New Jersey Canal Service Usage, A Continued Mystery? by
  • Free Franks of NJ Signers of the Declaration of Independence – Redux by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • USS Utah (AG 16 ex BB 31) New Jersey-Built Ship Lost At Pearl Harbor by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • Mail Sent Abroad to and from Morris County, Part 2: England by Don Chafetz
  • On the Auction Scene: Lambertville, NJ Negative Stampless Postmark Revisited by Robert G. Rose
  • Philatelic Shorts: New Ark and Gravel Hill by Jean Walton
  • Web Update by Warren Plank
  • Member News: Congratulations! 2017 Calendar! Member Changes & Dues
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

THE STORY OF THE MORRIS & ESSEX RAILROAD

By Don Bowe

Colonel John Stevens is without a doubt the father of railroading in New Jersey, if not in this country. As early as 1809, he demonstrated the use of steam engines on a ferry, the Juliana, which ran between New York and Hoboken, and on ocean-going vessels.

MAIL SENT ABROAD FROM MORRIS COUNTY

By Don Chafetz

In my collection of Morris County material, I have a number of covers sent abroad. These covers present an expanded and most challenging area of study…

Vol. 44 No. 3 Whole Number 203 August 2016

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Garden State Post Card Club Show!
  • Mail Sent Abroad from Morris County: Part I by Don Chafetz
  • Free Franks of New Jersey Signers by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • NJ Straight Line Handstamps: Basking Ridge, NJ by Robert G. Rose
  • The Last U.S. Warship Sunk On 28 July 1945: NJ-Built Battleship, USS Indianapolis (CA 35), Part 2
  •    by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • Censored: A World War II Odyssey from NJ to Occupied Denmark by John Trosky
  • On the Auction Scene: Sale of NJ Civil War Covers by Robert G. Rose
  • Spotswood NJ: Request for Information by Mark & Bonnie Sommer
  • Treasurer’s Report by Andy Kupersmit
  • August 2016 Web Update by Warren Plank
  • Member News: NY2016 & APS Show Reports, Member Changes
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

POSTAL CARDS and HIRAM E. DEATS

By Larry T. Nix

I became aware of Hiram E. Deats (1870-1963), the famous New Jersey philatelist and collector and member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame, through my interest in postal items related to libraries. Deats had a number of significant connections with philatelic and non-philatelic libraries. In going through thousands of dealer covers and searching eBay for library related items I kept coming across postal items related to Deats.

Vol. 44 No. 2 Whole Number 202 May 2016

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • World Stamp Show NY2016!
  • Postal Cards and Hiram E. Deats by Larry T. Nix
  • Bamberger’s Department Store and the Graf Zeppelin by Linda B. Forgosh
  • NJ Straight Line Handstamps: Westfield, NJ by Robert G. Rose
  • The Last U.S. Warship Sunk On 28 July 1945: NJ-Built Battleship, USS Indianapolis (CA 35), Part I by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • N.J. Local Posts #9: Newark Dispatch Post by Larry Lyons
  • Franklin Furnace: A Look Back by Jean Walton
  • May 2016 Web Update by Warren Plank
  • Member News – NY2016, Thanks to Donors, and Member Update
  • Hometown Post Offices: National Park, NJ by Jean Walton
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

THE FIRST U.S. WARSHIP SUNK ON 7 DECEMBER 1941

By Captain Lawrence B. Brennan, U.S. Navy (Retired)

The first and last U.S. warships sunk in the Pacific during World War II were violently destroyed with the massive loss of life; both were built by New York Shipbuilding in Camden, New Jersey; both suffered fatal damage from multiple torpedoes; both capsized within 12 minutes. The battleship, USS Oklahoma (BB 37), was sunk at Pearl Harbor on the morning of Sunday, 7 December 1941, with the loss of 429 officers and men; suffering the second greatest number of casualties that morning…

Vol. 44 No. 1 Whole Number 201 February 2016

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • The First U.S. Warship Sunk On 7 December 1941: NJ-Built Battleship, USS Oklahoma (BB 37) by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • N.J. Local Posts #8: Fearey’s Mustang Express, Old & New Theories by Larry Lyons
  • Stage Operations and the Mails in NJ: An Update by Steven M. Roth 33
  • Jersey City to Manila by China Clipper: A Colgate Cover by John Trosky & Jean Walton
  • NJ Straight Line Handstamps: Springfield, NJ by Robert G. Rose
  • New Finds of Early New Jersey Postmarks by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • February 2016 Web Update by Warren Plank
  • Member News –Thanks to Donors, Member Update, and February 29 challenge
  • Hometown Post Offices: Alpine, NJ by Jean Walton
  • Member Ads

THE HISTORY of the BATSTO Post Office

By Arne Englund

The cover shown in Figure 1 is the first reported example of the stampless-era Batsto, NJ CDS. At NOJEX in 2013 I asked one of the cover dealers if he had any New Jersey covers, and he replied that he only had a few, which he’d just acquired. This cover was on the top of the small stack, where it stayed for all of about two seconds(!).