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TWO EARLY BURLINGTON COUNTY STAMPLESS COVERS: Two New Jersey Postal Prodigals Return
By Arne Englund
The two manuscript-cancelled New Jersey stampless covered in this article have several things in common. Arneytown and Evesham, New Jersey are both located in Burlington County, Arneytown in North Hanover Township and Evesham in Evesham Township. Both are DPOS (Discontinued Post Offices). Both contain Quaker dating, one in the letter’s dateline and the other in the docketing. And both were originally bought by me in the mid-1970’s, later sold, and much later reacquired by me separately after they spent time in several other collections and dealer stocks…
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY: The Big Little Railroad: Some Postal History
By John B. Sharkey
The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) was principally known for bringing anthracite coal from mines in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area of Pennsylvania, and bituminous coal from its western connections, to the New York metropolitan area. It soon had passenger trains running throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania and made connections with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) and the Reading Railroad (RDG). Its branch lines developed throughout the state of New Jersey and were important in servicing the iron mines in the northern part of the state. As the population of the state increased, it became an important commuter line to New York and continues to serve this function today as part of New Jersey Transit. It is no wonder that the line acquired the nickname Big Little Railroad.
WAKE AND MIDWAY ISLANDS – 1940-1942: Some Postal History and New Jersey Connection
By Jim Walker
Civilian contractors at work in the Pacific before and during the early days of World War II the story and postal history of members of the SeaBees…
This article also includes a supplement PDF.
THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT’S ORNATE ENVELOPES
By Ed & Jean Siskin
In the late 1830s, chromolithography was developed in Germany. It provided a very inexpensive way to print ornate scenes in multiple colors. Within twenty years, the use of this technique had become widespread throughout the United States. Thus by the start of the Civil War it became economically feasible to produce inexpensive but attractive ornate envelopes. The most prominent examples of chromolithography were the millions of patriotic envelopes of widely varying designs produced during the war.
THE SINKING OF THE P.R.R. FERRY CHICAGO, OCTOBER 31, 1899
By Nancy B. Clark
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) ferry terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, cropped from a postcard around 1907, shows a popular means for reaching Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. Before the tunnels were constructed under the Hudson River, marine terminals served trains, cars and passengers via ferries to New York City.
NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, A POSTAL HISTORY
By John B. Sharkey
My love affair with Newark Airport began in the early 1950s, when several of my friends and I would ride our bikes over to Newark Airport from our homes on the Elizabeth-Hillside border. Using back streets to get down to Route 1-9, it was an easy ride. Once there we would visit the old terminal and the newly opened North Terminal.
