Vol. 43 No. 4 Whole Number 200 November 2015

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • History of the Batsto Post Office by Arne Englund
  • LAWRENCE KEARNY, A Forgotten New Jersey Hero by John Edge
  • N.J. Local Posts #7: City Letter Express Mail, Newark, NJ by Larry Lyons
  • NJ Straight Line Handstamps: Haddonfield, NJ by Robert G. Rose
  • Jersey City to Lakehurst & Around the World by John Trosky
  • Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine – USS New Jersey by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • Edgerston: Window to Life in NJ during the Revolution by Jean R. Walton
  • Foxcatcher Farm – Mixing Felony & Philately by Prof. Mark Sommer
  • Roosevelt-Carteret: A Short-Lived PO Name by Jean Walton
  • Members News: Webmaster’s Report by Warren Plank
  • Member News: Treasurer’s Report by Andy Kupersmit
  • Member News – Other news (Dues/D’Avino card sale) by Jean Walton
  • Hometown Post Offices: Iona, NJ by Jean Walton
  • Member Ads
  • Literature Available

NJ STRAIGHT LINE HANDSTAMP POSTMARKS: Lawrenceville, NJ

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By Robert G. Rose

The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society is in the process of completing an update of the American Stampless Cover Catalog, which was last revised in 1997. That project has been supported by the New Jersey Postal History Society, whose members have researched, collected and compiled data for the catalog’s New Jersey listings. The project has provided the author with the opportunity of taking a fresh look at the listings for the straight line postmarks which are among the most avidly sought by collectors of stampless covers. This article’s focus is on the straight line postmarks from Lawrenceville, which post office produced the widest variety of such markings.

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Vol. 43 No. 3 Whole Number 199 August 2015

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Garden State Post Card Club Show!
  • NJ Straight Line Hand Stamp Postmarks: Lawrenceville by Robert G. Rose
  • Navy Chaplain C.S. Stewart & A 158 Year Old Cover by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • Moorestown From Morristown Auxiliary Mark by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • N.J. Local Posts #6: Hackney & Bolte, Atlantic City, New Jersey by Larry Lyons
  • New Jersey-Built Warships at Tokyo Bay: 70th Anniversary of VJ Day by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • Vernon-Verona Missent Item by Gene Fricks
  • Glenn Dye, A New Jersey Original by Jean Walton
  • Member News: Minutes of Annual Meeting, Notices, Membership Report
  • Hometown Post Offices: Bivalve, NJ by Jean Walton
  • Member Ads
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LINCOLN FUNERAL TRAIN PASSES THROUGH NEW JERSEY

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By Jean R. Walton

One hundred fifty years ago, President Lincoln’s death overwhelmed this country with grief. He died on April 15, after having been shot by Booth at the Ford Theater the evening before – a story familiar to most Americans.

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Vol. 43 No. 2 Whole Number 198 May 2015

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • NOJEX and Annual Meeting
  • Lincoln Funeral Train Passes Through New Jersey by Jean Walton
  • All Points West: The Railway Post Offices of Jersey City by John A. Trosky
  • Early Post Offices in the Lambertville Area by Jim Walker
  • N.J. Local Posts #5: Faunce’s Penny Post, Atlantic City, New Jersey by Larry Lyons
  • New Jersey-Built Fleet Tug USS Sonoma by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • On the Auction Scene: NJ First Day Covers and $1 Columbian by Robert G. Rose
  • J. Theodore Calhoun ~ A NJ Civil War Surgeon by Jean Walton
  • Jersey to New Jersey ~ New Jersey’s 350th Anniversary by Prof. Mark Sommer
  • Webmaster Update by Warren Plank
  • Member News: NOJEX, New Member, and Thanks to Donors
  • Hometown Post Offices: Brotzmanville, NJ by Arne Englund and Len Peck
  • Member Ads
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SHORT-LIVED NEW JERSEY POST OFFICES

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By Arne Englund

New Jersey has had over 900 name-different post offices over the course of time. Of these, however, 124 were in operation for only a year or less. Another 28 operated for less than two years. Discussed and illustrated in this article are examples from three of these small, short lived post offices…

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Vol. 43 No. 1 Whole number 197 February 2015

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • Short-Lived New Jersey Post Offices by Arne Englund
  • Additions to a Collection of Civil War Patriotic Covers by Richard Micchelli
  • N.J. Local Posts #4: Rogers’ Penny Post, Newark, New Jersey by Larry Lyons
  • New Jersey-Built Fleet Tug USS Ontario by Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, USN (Ret.)
  • On the Auction Scene: 18th Century New Jersey Covers: by Robert G. Rose
  • A Melodrama in Four Acts by Don Chafetz
  • Member News: New Members & Changes, and Thanks to Donors
  • Hometown Post Offices: Where is the Bridge in High Bridge? by Jean Walton
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N.J. LOCAL POSTS: Bayonne City Dispatch

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By Larry Lyons

This is the third of a series of articles on New Jersey’s local stamps. Local Posts were established as early as the 1840’s by enterprising private individuals and companies who carried letters within city limits – including to and from Post Offices. They flourished for a number of years until they were finally outlawed by the government. The author, Larry Lyons, is a noted authority on United States local stamps, and is the editor-in-chief of “The Penny Post,” the prize winning journal of The Carriers and Locals Society. We appreciate his contributions.

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Vol. 42 No. 4 Whole Number 196 November 2014

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  • President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
  • NJ Locals: Bayonne City Dispatch by Larry Lyons
  • Not A Morristown, NJ Cross-Border Cover by Robert G. Rose
  • 1847 Cover To Newark New Jersey & 1847 Cover Census by Mark Scheuer
  • Birth of the US Post Office by Ed & Jean Siskin
  • Book Review: From Indian Trails to the Birth of a Nation, Douglas Clark, Ed. by Robert G. Rose
  • 1937 First All NJ Air Mail Flights, Part II: Additional Communities by Don Chafetz
  • Member News: Bequest, Dues, National Postal Museum, Errata
  • Hometown Post Offices: Bloomingdale, NJ by Jean Walton
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AN EARLY BURLINGTON POSTMARKED COVER

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By Ed & Jean Siskin

Burlington, New Jersey was founded by two Quaker groups in 1677, five years earlier than Philadelphia. It was a planned community and the original draft map of the town prepared in 1678, contains many of the same street names that exist today. In 1681, when New Jersey was divided into two providences, East Jersey and West Jersey, Burlington was named the Capital of West Jersey. As Capital, it became a significant port city. Sometime shortly thereafter, a post office must have been established to receive and distribute incoming mail. The exact date is uncertain.

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