NJ STRAIGHT LINE HANDSTAMP POSTMARKS: Lawrenceville, NJ
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.
