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Vol. 44 No. 1 Whole number 201 February 2016
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
Vol. 43 No. 4 Whole number 200 November 2015
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
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Vol. 43 No. 3 Whole number 199 August 2015
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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Vol. 43 No. 2 Whole number 198 May 2015
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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Vol. 43 No. 1 Whole number 197 February 2015
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
Member Ads
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Vol. 42 No. 4 Whole number 196 November 2014
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
Member Ads
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Vol. 42 No. 3 Whole number 195 August 2014
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
MERPEX!
Garden State Postcard Show
Earliest Reported Burlington cancel: 1767 by Ed & Jean Siskin
NJ Stampless County Postmarks by Robert G. Rose
NJ Soldier Letters in the Civil War by Dennis Buttacavoli
Newly Discovered NJ Express Memorabilia, Part IV by Bruce Mosher
NJ Locals: Bradway's Despatch by Larry Lyons
NJ 1st All NJ Air Mail 1937 by Don Chafetz
Hometown Post Offices: Green Village, NJ by Jean R. Walton
Web Site Update by Warren Plank
Member News: Annual Meeting Minutes, Membership Changes, Obituaries
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 42 No. 2 Whole number 194 May 2014
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX and Annual Meeting
NJ’s Negative Lettered Stampless Postmarks by Robert G. Rose
Newly Discovered NJ Express Memorabilia, Part III by Bruce Mosher
NJ & Lincoln’s Re-Election In 1864 by Richard Micchelli & Jean R. Walton
Jenkins’ Camden Dispatch by Larry Lyons
The Valley: A Tale of Three Post Offices by Jean R. Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Cape May, NJ by Doug D’Avino
Member News: Len Peck Obituary, Donors, Membership Changes, Dues
Treasurer’s Report by Andy Kupersmit
Member Ads
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Vol. 42 No. 1 Whole number 193 February 2014
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Bridgeton Forerunner, 1694 by Ed & Jean Siskin
Where Can I Mail A Letter? The History of Postal Service in Maplewood by Gail R. Safian
Paulsboro NJ Via Philadelphia Transit by John D. Dowd
Philatelic Morris Canal, Part 2 by Don Chafetz
USS LING, SS 297, New Jersey Memorial Submarine by Prof. Mark Sommer
Beemersville, 1841 by Ed & Jean Siskin
Communications with Secretary of the Navy Southard by Jean R. Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Griggstown, NJ by Doug D’Avino
Member News: Thanks, Membership Changes, Dues
Member Ads
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Vol. 41 No. 4 Whole number 192 November 2013
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Jersey City and the Beginnings of Big Tobacco by John Trosky
Recently Discovered Private Express Memorabilia Used In NJ: Part II by Bruce Mosher
National Air Mail Week 1938: Revisited by Jim Walker
Philatelic Morris Canal by Don Chafetz
Member News: Thanks, Membership Changes, Dues
Hometown Post Offices: Watchung, NJ by Doug D’Avino
Member Ads
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Vol. 41 No. 3 Whole number 191 August 2013
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
MERPEX XXXVII
Unofficial Registration Of New Jersey Stampless Covers by James W. Milgram, M.D.
An Announcement from Trader’s Express by Bruce Mosher
Legislative Franks of NJ: Supplemental Information by Ed & Jean Siskin
Correspondence between NJ & Tennessee by L. Steve Edmondson
On the Auction Scene: Pan-Pacific FDC by Robert G. Rose
Civil War Soldier’s Letters by Richard Micchelli & Craig Mathewson
Hudson Heights: Another Small Post Office by Gene Fricks
Recently Discovered Private Express Memorabilia Used In NJ: Part I by Bruce Mosher
Free Franks Of Samuel Southard by Jean Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Summit, NJ by Doug D’Avino
Member News: Annual Meeting Minutes, Spellman Symposium, Donors, New Members
Member Ads
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Vol. 41 No. 2 Whole number 190 May 2013
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX and Annual Meeting
Stage Coach Operations and the Mails in NJ, Part 2 by Steven M. Roth
Heaven, Hell Or Cresskill? A Jersey City/Cresskill
Connection to the A.E.F. in World War I by John Trosky
Twelve Cent 1851 Issue Usage In New Jersey: Revisited by Robert G. Rose
Stampless Prepaid Transcontinental Cover from Marysville CA to NJ by James W. Milgram, M.D.
Civil War Soldier’s Letters from Camp Ruff by
Richard Micchelli
On the Auction Scene: 5¢1847 Issue with Trenton Star Cancel by Robert G. Rose
Hometown Post Offices: Sergeantsville, NJ Doug D’Avino
Member News: Treasurers Report, Donors, New Members
Member Ads
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Vol. 41 No. 1 Whole number 189 February 2013
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Intended for Graf Zeppelin But Carried By Steamer by John Trosky
Stage Coach Operations and the Mails in NJ, Part 1 by Steven M. Roth
Paterson Commemorates the Emancipation Proclamation by Gene Fricks
Who Was Sam Miller & What Happened To Him? by Prof. Mark Sommer
Legislative Free Franks of NJ, Part II & A New Earliest Free Frank by Ed & Jean Siskin
Riverton "Wide" Precans: New Jersey's Only Horizontal Type by Robert R. Goller
Amos Kendall Post PO Fire Letters to NJ Post Offices by Jean Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Robbinsville, NJ by Doug D'Avino
Member News: NJPH Erratum, Donors, New Members
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 40 No. 4 Whole number 188 November 2012
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey’s First Federally-Supplied Handstamps by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey’s Legislative Franks by Ed & Jean Siskin
Bridgeton’s Postmasters of the 19th Century by Doug D'Avino
On The Auction Scene: New Jersey Stampless Covers by Robert G. Rose
75th Anniversary of the Hindenburg Disaster: NJ Notes by Jean Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Changewater, NJ by Arnie Englund
Member News: NJPHS EBay Auction, New Members
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 40 No. 3 Whole number 187 August 2012
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Hadley Air Field, New Brunswick, NJ by Jim Walker
Seabrook, NJ (08302) by Gene Fricks
Census of Early New Jersey Covers: Part 4: Town Markings by Ed and Jean Siskin
Ebay Discoveries – Some Nice Finds by Don Chafetz
Perfins for the State Of New Jersey – A Review by Fricks, Rose, Jackson, and Hoppis
Philatelic Shorts: Birmingham, NJ by Gene Fricks
James Moody, An American Loyalist & His Interceptions of
Washington’s Communications with Philadelphia by Jean Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Bridgeton, NJ by Doug D'Avino
Member News: Annual Meeting, Web Resources, New Members, Obituary
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 40 No. 2 Whole number 186 May 2012
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX and Annual NJPHS Meeting
Share Your Hometown Post Offices: GSPCC Request by Doug D’Avino & Arne Englund
Five Cent 1856 Stamp on Covers from New Jersey by Robert G. Rose
From Guadalcanal to the Garden State: August 6, 1942: Part II by Lawrence Brennan
Women’s Suffrage in New Jersey by Gene Fricks
Anderson/Port Colden/Penwell/Port Murray Post Offices by Arne Englund
Special Delivery: Riverton NJ by John McCormick, Patricia Solin, and Paul W. Schopp
Parker & Califon Cancellers by Jim Walker
Early Scouting Post Cards Posted in New Jersey by John D. Dowd
NJ Central Hauls the Mail: RPO at Bound Brook by Thomas Nemeth
Clarksboro Query by Gene Fricks
Titanic Mail Clerk John March by Jean R. Walton
Member News: Annual Meeting, Donors, New Members
Member Ads
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Vol. 40 No. 1 Whole number 185 February 2012
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
A Wonderful Revolutionary War Letter by Ed & Jean Siskin
From Guadalcanal To The Garden State: August 6, 1942: Part I by Lawrence Brennan
History of the Hammonton Post Office by Doug D’Avino
Civil War Patriotics: The Story of the Beverly Hospital by William E. Hughes, Jean Walton
& Richard Micchelli
Census of Early NJ Covers, Part 3: Princeton by Ed & Jean Siskin
Hometown Post Offices: Ampere, NJ by Doug D’Avino
Member News
Member Ads
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Vol. 39 No. 4 Whole number 184 November 2011
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Clarksburg Rimless Postmark by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Civil War Covers: The Wyman Correspondence by Richard Micchelli
Roadstown Manuscript Marking by Gene Fricks
Smithville ~ Hezekiah B. Smith’s Industrial Village by Doug D’Avino
Development of the Mail in Morris County: Part V by Donald Chafetz
Some New Jersey Machine Cancels by Gene Fricks
The New Jersey Philatelist, 1892 by Jean Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Amatol, NJ by Doug D’Avino.
Member News
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Vol. 39 No. 3 Whole number 183 August 2011
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Bordentown Stage cover by Robert G. Rose
Two Jersey City Transatlantic Covers by Robert Buckler
Elizabethtown Stampless Postmark Altered To Read “Elizabeth” by Robert G. Rose
Liberty Corner and Its Postmasters by Doug D’Avino
Illegal Use of Postage as Revenue by Edward T. Andrews
Census of Early New Jersey Covers, Part 2: New Brunswick by Ed & Jean Siskin
Millville’s “Old Home Week”: Snapshots from a Century Ago by Edward C. Smith, III
Development of Mail Service in Morris County Part IV by Don Chatetz
NJ Manuscript Markings: Update by Steven J. Roth
Hometown Post Offices: Wharton (Port Oram), NJ by Doug D'Avino
Member News: Minutes, Obituary, New Members
Member Ads
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Vol. 39 No. 2 Whole number 182 May 2011
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Bordentown Stage cover by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Civil War Covers by Richard Micchelli
Clover Hill Fancy Cancel by Jim Walker
A New (Old) Postmark And Travelogue by Robert Livingstone
Fair View Straightline Handstamp: Is It a New Jersey Postmark? by Robert G. Rose
Census of Early New Jersey Covers, Part 1: Newark by Ed and Jean Siskin
Additions to the Southard Letters by Mike Yannotta, with Historical Notes by Jean Walton
Development of Mail Service in Morris County Part III by Don Chatetz
Hometown Post Offices: Fanwood, NJ by Doug D'Avino
Member News: Donations, Web Updates
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 39 No. 1 Whole number 181 February 2011
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Bordentown Stage cover by Robert G. Rose
Point Breeze, (Bordentown, NJ) & The Bonapartes by Jean Walton
Lebanon, NJ – An Extraordinary Postal History by Jim Walker
On the Auction Scene: NJ Stampless Covers by Robert G. Rose
Development of Mail Service in Morris County Part II, 1750-1847 by Don Chatetz
The Short-Lived Mannington Hill Post Office edited by Jean Walton
Hometown Post Offices: Ocean Grove by Doug D'Avino
Member News: Donations, Web Updates, Treasurer’s Report
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 38 No. 4 Whole number 180 November 2010
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Abuse of the Franking Privilege by Ed and Jean Siskin
First Airmail Leaves Salem County 1938/1918 Plane Crash Memorial by J. Harlan Buzby
Middleville Post Office, Sussex County by Doug D'Avino
NJ's Stampless Saw Tooth Rate Marking by Robert G. Rose
Atlantic City Additions by Gene Fricks
Development of Mail Service in Morris County, 1760-1850 by Don Chatetz
Pottersville: Hunterdon or Somerset? by Jim Walker
Additions to the Southard Letters by Don Chafetz
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 13: RR & Canal Mail by Jim Walker
Hometown Post Offices: Mount Holly by Doug D'Avino
Member News (Paul Jackson Obituary, Web Files, Treasurer’s Report)
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 38 No. 3 Whole number 179 August 2010
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Early NJ Illustrated Letter Sheets edited by JWalton
Atlantic City PO Time Capsule by Gene Fricks
Union, NJ Straight Line Marking by Robert G. Rose
First Postmaster of Holmdel NJ by George Joynson
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 12: Doanes by Jim Walker
Sparta, NJ ~ Early Sussex Post Office by Len Peck
Manuscript Database Update by Steve Roth
An Interesting Colonial Item, An Online Find!
Air Mail Week in Hunterdon County, 1938 by Jim Walker
The Royal Train in New Jersey, 1939 by Jean Walton
Member News (Web Updates, Annual Meeting Minutes)
Hometown Post Offices: Townsend’s Inlet by Doug D’Avino
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 38 No. 2 Whole number 178 May 2010
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX and Annual NJPHS Meeting
Treasure Island – A Boy Scout Camp Post Office Reprinted from SOSSI
An “Elisabethport” Misspelled Postmark by Robert G. Rose
Hunterdon County Postal History: RFD in Hunterdon County by Jim Walker
From Russia with Love: US Return Card to New Jersey by Jean R. Walton
NJ Capitals and County Formation by Ed Siskin & Jean R. Walton
Len Peck – Centenarian!
Member News (Free Online Library, Annual Meeting, NOJEX)
Hometown Post Offices: Jersey City by John Trosky
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 38 No. 1 Whole number 177 February 2010
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Samuel Dodd, Engraver of a Hackettstown Postmark by Steve Beare
New Jersey Origins of the NBA by John A. Trosky
More New Jersey Military Cancels by Gene Fricks
The Holcombe Farm Cancellers by Jim Walker
Notes on New Jersey Highway Post Offices by William A. Keller
NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part VIBA, USS Kitty Hawk by Lawrence Brennan
Member News
Hometown Post Offices
Member Ads
Literature Available
Vol. 37 No. 4 Whole number 176 November 2009
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
APOs ~ Vietnam-New Jersey Correspondence by Jim Walker
A Second LZ-127 Cover! by Len Peck
New Jersey Highway Post Offices by Jean Walton
Some Closed Base Post Offices by Doug D’Avino
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 10 – Current POs Q-Z by Jim Walker
NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part VI~A, USS Kitty Hawk by Lawrence Brennan
Philatelic Shorts: Smelly Business! by Gene Fricks
Member News
Word Puzzle: Warren County DPOs
Vol. 37 No. 3 Whole number 175 August 2009
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Graf Zeppelin (LZ-127) Maiden Flight Cover from the USA,
with a Jersey City NJ
Cancel by John Trosky
New Jersey Supplementary Mail by Leonard Piszkiewicz
David Stryker – First Postmaster of Ironia In Randolph, NJ
and the Ironia Post Office by Gail Hari w/Larry Lowenthal
Columbus, NJ Skull & Crossbones: Request for Information by Jim Doolin
NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part V, The CVLs by Lawrence Brennan
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 9 – Current POs G-P by Jim Walker
Member News (Minutes of Annual Meeting/Treasurer’s Report/Website)
Word Puzzle: Union County DPOs
Vol. 37 No. 2 Whole number 174 May 2009
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX and Our Annual NJPHS Meeting!
New Jersey’s Ornamented Mortised Postmark by Robert G. Rose
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 8 – Current POs A-F by Jim Walker
NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part IV by Lawrence Brennan
Development of Sussex POs: Hamburg & the Paterson-Hamburg Pike by Len Peck
Philatelic Shorts: Maurer, NJ and Barber Station [Perth Amboy] by Gene Fricks
Philatelic Genealogy by Jim Miller
Member News (Auction, New Members,Website, SNJ Perfin)
Word Puzzle: Sussex County DPOs
Vol. 37 No. 1 Whole number 173 Feb 2009
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
The Cholera Epidemic of 1848-1849: A New Brunswick Letter by Len Peck
On The Auction Scene: Another Unrecorded 5¢ 1847 Trenton Cover by Robert G. Rose
Postal History Takes Many Forms: A Postal Savings Certificate by Ann Madara & Jean Walton
NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part III by Lawrence Brennan
Multistate Postal History Exhibiting Competition! by Robert G. Rose
Kennedy First Days – A Request For Help by Henry B. Scheuer
Philatelic Shorts: H.M.S. Asbury? by Dann Mayo
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 7 - DPOs by Township by Jim Walker
Philatelic Shorts: Mount Holly - Two Fancy Cancel Covers by Gene Fricks
Philatelic Shorts: Nitro Girl! – A Jersey Classic! by Jean Walton
NJ Manuscript Database Update by Steve Roth & Warren Plank
Member News (Web site Update, Boxborough, New Members)
Word Puzzle: Somerset County DPOs
Vol. 36 No. 4 Whole number 172 Nov 2008
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
Snow Hill (Snowhill) and Lawnside, New Jersey by Gene Fricks
Let’s Go! Citizen’s/Military/Training/Camps” Cancel: Used in NJ? by Doug D’Avino
Unusual Cover From New Jersey To Tasmania In 1890 by John Shepherd, SAS/O
A Chronological List of Sussex Post Offices by Len Peck
NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part II by Lawrence Brennan
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 6 - DPOs by Township by Jim Walker
Member News (In Memoriam: Gerard J. Neufeld; New Members; New Website; Merpex)
Word Puzzle: Salem County DPOs
Vol. 36 No. 3 Whole number 171 Aug 2008
President’s Message by Robert G. Rose
NJ-Built U.S. Fast Aircraft Carriers: Part I by Lawrence Brennan
Lambertville 20th Century Cancelling Devices by Jim Walker
The Great Stamp Swindle: 1874-1878 by Len Peck
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 5 - DPOs by Township by Jim Walker
Anthrax Letters Update by Jean Walton
Member News [Treasurer’s Report, Minutes, New Members]
MERPEX!
Word Puzzle: Passaic County DPOs
Vol. 36 No. 2 Whole number 170 May 2008
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX & NJPHS Meeting!
Beautiful Spring Lake and its Post Offices: 1875 - 2008 by Charles D. Wrege
Governor’s Free Frank? by Ed Siskin
Rural Free Delivery by Len Peck
Twelve Cent 1851 Issue Usage In New Jersey by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Perfins by Paul Jackson
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 4 - DPOs by Township by Jim Walker
Gloucester City Immigration Station: WWII Internment Camp by Jean Walton
NJPHS Ebay Auction Report by Arne Englund
Member News
Word Puzzle: Ocean County DPOs
Vol. 36 No. 1 Whole number 169 Feb 2008
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Leap Year Birthday Covers by Paul Jackson
NJ Doanes – Post Office Establishments and Discontinuations by Arne Englund
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 3 - DPOs by Township by Jim Walker
A Few Additional Washington NJ Organ Covers by Jean Walton
Early Travel & Mail Transportation in New Jersey by Len Peck
Traveling by Stage Across New Jersey in 1832 by Francis Kemble Butler
New Jersey Manuscript Town Markings Database: Update by Steven M. Roth
Samuel L. Southard – Redux by Jean Walton
NJPHS Ebay Auction by Arne Englund
Member News
Word Puzzle: Morris County DPOs
Vol. 35 No. 4 Whole number 168 Nov 2007
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
A Colonial Postmaster Re-enactor by Robert G. Rose
Holmdel Triple Rate Cover, 1866 by Gene Fricks
When the Trolley Came to Morristown by Jean Walton
U.S. Postal History before the U.S. Post Office by Ed Siskin
Part I: An Overview
Part II: Understanding Rates
Part III: Understanding Dates
On the Auction Scene: The Princeton Colonial Handstamp by Robert G. Rose
Hunterdon County Postal History:
Part 2: Hunterdon Post Offices in what became a Part of Mercer County by Jim Walker
Sussex Court House: Sussex County’s First Post Office by Len Peck
Letter to Henry Clay Cameron at Princeton in 1855 by Joseph J. Felcone
Member News
Word Puzzle: Monmouth County DPOs
Vol. 35 No. 3 Whole number 167 Aug 2007
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Early History of the Post in New Jersey: The Neale Patent and Andrew Hamilton by Len Peck
A Revolutionary Letter from the Battle of Springfield by Ed Siskin
Location Search: Jenkins Camden Dispatch by Gene Fricks
Hunterdon County Postal History: Part 1 by Jim Walker
Doty’s Garden: Part II
Letters between NJ & China in the 1800s by Jean Walton
Trenton Transit by Gene Fricks
Dixon Pencil Illustrated Advertising Covers by Robert G. Rose
Member News
MERPEX!
Word Puzzle: Middlesex County DPOs
Vol. 35 No. 2 Whole number 166 May 2007
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX and Annual NJPHS meeting
A Bogus New Jersey Civil War Patriotic Cover by Robert G. Rose
“Retreat Jersey” by Ed Siskin
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 10 by Jack Edge
Dorchester, NJ Discovery Copy by Ken Hall
On the Auction Scene: Unrecorded 5¢ 1847 Trenton Cover by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 10B by Bruce C. Mosher
Philatelic Shorts by Paul Jackson
A Short History of Fort Hancock, NJ by Jean Walton
Member News
Word Puzzle: Mercer County DPOs
Vol. 35 No. 1 Whole number 165 Feb 2007
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Vernon, NJ and Denton Correspondence by Len Peck
Port Mercer: A New Stampless Handstamp Postmark by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 10A
The New Jersey Express Company by Bruce H. Mosher
New Jersey Manuscript Town Markings: Interim Report by Steven M. Roth
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 9 by Jack Edge
Hiram E. Deats: Further Thoughts by Gene Fricks
So This Is Pittstown! by Jim Walker
2006 Treasurers Report by Andy Kupersmit
Member Changes of Address etc.
Word Puzzle: Hunterdon County DPOs
Vol. 34 No. 4 Whole number 164 Nov 2006
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Columbian Hoboken Covers by Robert G. Rose
Hiram E. Deats: Hunterdon’s Farmer-Philatelist by Jim Walker
Cape Island Manuscript Ship Cover by Steven M. Roth
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 9B ~The Alvin Adams Expresses by Bruce Mosher
Addressed to Where? The Story of a Letter and a Cover by Craig Mathewson
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 8 by Jack Edge
Newark Postmark Goes Missing! by Jean R. Walton
Member News New Members and Treasurer’s Report by Andy Kupersmit
Philatelic Shorts: Somerville & Newark by Gene Fricks
Word Puzzle: Hudson County DPOs
Vol. 34 No. 3 Whole number 163 Aug 2006
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
The Stampless Letters of Judge Caleb Hazen Valentine by Robert Livingstone
Brigantine, N.J. ~ The Early Years by Craig Mathewson
The Great Flood of 1903 by Jim Walker
Wheel of Fortune Cancel: Request for Help by Roger D. Curran
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 7 by Jack Edge
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 9A ~ The Alvin Adams Expresses by Bruce Mosher
Trenton Nixie Cancel by Jean R. Walton
Two Nice Newark Manufacturing Covers by Gene Fricks
Member News and MERPEX! by Jean R. Walton
Word Puzzle: Gloucester County DPOs
Vol. 34 No. 2 Whole number 162 May 2006
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Sprayed-On Machine Markings by Gene Fricks
New Jersey Private Express Companies Part 8B: ....... Little Known Express Companies in New Jersey (M To W) by Bruce H. Mosher
Burnt Tavern, NJ - Discovery Copy Reexamined by Ken Hall
Atlantic City Revisited by Paul Jackson
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 6 by Jack Edge
Member News by Jean R. Walton
Word Puzzle: Essex County DPOs
Vol. 34 No. 1 Whole number 161 Feb 2006
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Washington 2006 and NJPHS Auction
New Brunswick’s Postal Markings, Part III....... The Stampless Period: 1812-1855 by Robert G. Rose
Air Mail Route #97 in New Jersey by Gene Fricks
New Jersey Private Express Companies Part 8A ....... Little Known Express Companies in New Jersey (C To K) by Bruce H. Mosher
Dating by Contents - A Sergeantsville, NJ 1861 Cover by Jim Walker
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 5 by Jack Edge
Resources, References, and Recommendations by Mark Sommer
Manuscript Marking Database by Jean R. Walton
Member News by Jean R. Walton
Word Puzzle: Cumberland County DPOs
Vol. 33 No. 4 Whole number 160 Nov 2005
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
On the Auction Scene: The Siskin Collection by Robert G. Rose
New Listings: New Jersey Stampless Markings by Ken Hall
World War I New Jersey Covers by Paul Jackson
A Tale of Two Covers, or “You Can’t Tell a Book by its Cover” by Craig Mathewson
The Belvidere Delaware and Flemington Railroads by Jim Walker
Good Intent, NJ by Gene Fricks
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 4 by Jack Edge
Member News: New Members
Some Tips on Scanning for the Journal by Jean R. Walton
Washington 2006
Word Puzzle: Cape May County DPOs
Vol. 33 No. 3 Whole number 159 Aug 2005
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Rare Post War Of 1812 Restored Rate ~ Trenton April 10, 1816 by Ken Hall
New Brunswick’s Postal Markings: The Stampless Period Part II: 1800 - 1812 by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Summer Post Offices by Arne Englund
By Stage to Cape May County by Craig Mathewson
The 1847 Newark Valentine Cover: A Follow-Up by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 7 More about Wells Fargo & Company Express by Bruce H. Mosher
It’s Not All Collecting: Other Uses Of Postal History by Gene Fricks
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 3 by Jack Edge
Minutes of Annual Meeting and New Members by Jean R. Walton
Ocean Grove, NJ Revisited by Charles Fricke
MERPEX!
Word Puzzle: New Jersey Summer Post Offices
Vol. 33 No. 2 Whole number 158 May 2005
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
On the Auction Scene by Robert G. Rose
Multiplicity - A First Issue Postal Card by Charles A. Fricke
Snufftown [Sussex County] Explained! by Len Peck
New Brunswick’s Postal Markings: The Stampless Period Part I: 18th Century Markings by Robert G. Rose
A Bit Of History On A Postcard by Craig Mathewson
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 6B Express Companies with Offices in Newark by Bruce H. Mosher
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 2 by Jack Edge
Trenton P&DC Reopens:Anthrax Terrorism Site Gets A New Beginning by Gene Fricks & Jean Walton
NOJEX, Annual Meeting and other Member News
Word Puzzle: Camden DPOs
Vol. 33 No. 1 Whole number 157 February 2005
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
On the Auction Scene by Robert G. Rose
The Post Towns of Burlington County: Part 1 by Jack Edge
Alliance: A Unique Post Office - A Unique Cancellation? By Prof. Mark Sommer
The Trial of the Century by Jim Walker
History of the Fredon, NJ Post Office by Myra Snook, Fredon Twp. Historian
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 6A Express Companies with Offices in Newark by Bruce H. Mosher
Two Ocean Grove, NJ Cancels by Gene Fricks
New Book, New Member and other Member News
Word Puzzle - Burlington County DPOs
Vol. 32 No. 4 Whole number 156 November 2004
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Elihu Doty’s Garden ~ New Brunswick, Borneo, & China by Jean R. Walton
Discover of Newark Colonial Manuscript Postmark by Robert G. Rose
The Montague NJ Post Office by Len Peck
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 5B Wells Fargo & Company’s Express by Bruce H. Mosher
A Genealogical Look at NJ Postal History in the Stampless Era by Henry A. Hudson, USNR-Ret.
Some Interesting New Jersey Markings: Gibbstown, NJ by Gene Fricks
Auction Report by Arne Englund
Treasurer’s Report by Andy Kupersmit
Word Puzzle - Bergen County DPOs
Vol. 32 No. 3 Whole number 155 August 2004
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 5A Wells Fargo & Company’s Express by Bruce H. Mosher
Sid Morginstin Bordentown Sale
Two Interesting New Jersey Stampless Cover Finds by Ken Hall
The Way It Used To Be….File #7840 by Don Wentzel
On The Auction Scene: More 1847 Issue Covers by Robert G. Rose
Minutes of the Annual Meeting by Jean R. Walton
Word Puzzle ~ Atlantic County DPOs
Vol. 32 No. 2 Whole number 154 May 2004
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
NJPHS Meeting at NOJEX
Coles Update!
New Variety of Newark Oval Handstamp by Robert G. Rose
Green Brook, New Jersey by Gene Fricks
Hackettstown’s Post Office and Postal Service by Len Frank
In Memoriam: Calvet Hahn by Robert G. Rose
Siderographer Initials by Doug D’Avino
New Jersey Express Companies: Part 4 The West Jersey Express Company by Bruce H. Mosher
A Postal Romance - Book Review by Jean Walton
Word Puzzle ~ NJ Doanes
Vol. 32 No. 1 Whole number 153 February 2004
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Treasurer’s Report by Andy Kupersmit
Discovery of Bridgetown Oval Handstamp Variety by Robert G. Rose
Elusive Early 19th Century New Jersey Post Offices by Arne Englund
The Organ Capital of the World Part 3: Washington, NJ by Len Frank
Other Manufacturers in Washington Borough
Little York: 08834 by Jim Walker
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 3 Buck’s Express And The Hope Express Company by Bruce H. Mosher
New Members
On The Auction Scene: Things Aren’t Always As They Appear by Robert G. Rose
NJPHS March Ebay Auction by Arne Englund
Announcements by Jean Walton
Word Puzzle ~ 18th century POs
Vol. 31 No. 4 Whole number 152 November 2003
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
The Morristown Post Office by Donald A. Chafetz
New Members
The Organ Capital of the World: Washington, NJ by Len Frank
....... Part II Joseph B. Cornish and Cornish & Company
The Camden Inverted Circle Date Handstamps by Gene Fricks
Vol. 31 No. 3 Whole number 151 August 2003
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
In Memoriam: Robert J. Zanoni
Minutes of the Annual Meeting by Jean R. Walton
Treasurer’s Report Robert J. Zanoni
The Organ Capital of the World: Washington, NJ by Len Frank....... Part I: Daniel F. Beatty
NJ Doane Cancels - “Questionable” Towns by Arne Englund
New Jersey Classics Featured in Recent Auctions by Robert G. Rose
Civil War Correspondence: Private William K. Heath by Jim Walker
NJPHS Ebay Auctions by Arne Englund
The Baker Covers by Gene Fricks
Fort Monmouth Branch FDCs, Red Bank, NJ by Gene Fricks
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 2 by Bruce H. Mosher
Vol. 31 No. 2 Whole number 150 May 2003
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Reminders: NOJEX
New Jersey Private Express Companies: Part 1 by Bruce H. Mosher
The 10¢ 1855 Issue on Cover by Robert G. Rose
Josiah Simpson Studdiford: Civil War Correspondence by Jim Walker
Postally Used Columbians of 1992 by Paul Schumacher
Camden, NJ by Gene Fricks
Call for Ebay Auction Lots by Arne Englund
Vol. 31 No. 1 Whole number 149 February 2003
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Treasurer's Report by Robert Zanoni
A Challenge from the Empire State Postal History Society by Alan Parsons
Army Post Office #254 by Jim Walker
The Hunt for New Jersey Flag Cancels by Charles Adrion
New Jersey Private Express Companies by Bruce Mosher
5¢ Red Error Census - Survey of New Jersey Covers by Doug D'Avino
New Jersey Postal History on Ebay Auction by Arne Englund
War of 1812 letter by Arne Englund
Mount Holly, N.J. Stage Mail by Jean R. Walton
Vol. 30 No. 4 Whole number 148 November 2002
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
Morris County Patriotic Covers by Donald Chafetz
Blood's Dispatch, The Lambertville Connection by Jim Walker
Reminders
The Peapack Oval: A Further Revison and Update by Robert G. Rose
The First NJPHS Auction on Ebay by Arne Englund
Additons to Email List
Atlantic City Postal History by Jim Mason
Southard Notebooks: Index to Published Letters by Jean R. Walton
Vol. 30 No. 3 Whole number 147 September 2002
President's Message by Robert G. Rose
NJPHS Award Winners at APS/Merpex/Balpex Shows
The New Germantown Straightline Handstamp by Robert G. Rose
Reminders
Southard Notebooks: Part XVI - Mr. Southard: A Politcal Man by Jean R. Walton
Political Parties 1820-1842 reflected in Southard correspondence
New Members
Online Opportunities: Buying on Ebay
NJPHS member emails and interests
Vol. 30 No. 2 Whole number 146 July 2002
President's Note by Robert G. Rose
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
Stampless Cover Book Update
Updating William Coles' book - by Donald Chafetz
NJPHS Auctions on Ebay by Aren Englund
Beginning of Society Auctions online
Solberg Airport Dedication by Jim Walker
Southard Notebooks: Part XIV - Morris Canal Days by Jean R. Walton
Southard Correspondence with a Morris Canal connection Part XV - Col. Isaac Southard by Jean R. Walton
A few letters relating to S.L. Southard's brother, Isaac Southard, NJ Treasurer
APS & MERPEX shows
Vol. 30 No. 1 Whole number 145 March 2002
President's Note by Robert G. Rose
More Columbian Hoboken Covers
Registered covers with dollar value Columbians used in 1893.
Canal Service by James Walker
Delaware & Raritan Canal "Boat Service" markings
Southard Notebooks: Part XIII - Mr. Southard: A Favor Please by Jean R. Walton
Political patronage reflected in Southard correspondence
Cameo Corners Card Covers A Request for Help by Thomas Beckman
A request for photocopies of New Jersey cameo covers between 1850 and 1875
Wanted: Columbus on Columbian Covers by William Jones & Overton T. Harris
A request for information on "Columbus" post offices on Columbian stamps & covers
Treasurer's Fiscal Report 2001 by Robert J. Zanoni, Treasurer
Vol. 29 No. 4 Whole number 144 November 2001
Society Messages and President's Note by Robert G. Rose
Presidential Issue Usages in New Jersey, Part I
Illustrations of usages of the "Prexies" from 1938 - the late '50's and early '60's.
Southard Notebooks: Part XII - Mr. Southard: Business as Usual by Jean R. Walton
Correspondence from Samuel L. Southard's law career
A Twice-Used Postal Card from Jersey City, New Jersey and a curious question by Robert Buckler
UX5 mailed in 1880 - twice.
The New Germantown Straight Line Revisited by Robert G. Rose
Some questions and investigation of the existence of a handstamp New Germantown NJ cancel listed in Coles and the American Stampless Cover Catalog
Vol. 29 No. 3 Whole number 143 September 2001
President's Note by Robert G. Rose
Fish House Post Office, Camden County, New Jersey by Paul W. Schopp
The amazing and well documented story of one post office across the years.
Southard Notebooks: Part X - Mr. Southard: More Form than Substance by Jean R. Walton
Some printed matter in the mails 1815-1840
Southard Notebooks: Part XI - Mr. Southard: Secretary of the Navy by Jean R. Walton
A look at letters to and from Southard during and relating to his tenure as Secretary of the Navy
New Jersey Covers Used in July 1851: A Request for Help by Wilson Hulme
A request for early uses of covers with stamps from this period
New Jersey Doane Listing Update Request by Arne Englund
Information on Doane cancels and a request for help in updating the New Jersey Doane cancel list
New Jersey Columbians by Charles Snee
A reprint with Illustrations from Linn's Stamp News of an article appearing there Sept 3, 2001
Vol. 29 No. 2 Whole number 142 July 2001
President's Note by Robert G. Rose
Southard Notebooks: Part IX - The Very Personal Mr. Southard: A Young Man Always Begins in Winter by Jean R. Walton
The continuing transcription of stampless letters belonging to Society members, written to and from Samuel L. Southard
Morris County Commemorative Air Mail Covers by Donald A. Chafetz
How a "fun" collection was built.
Secretary's Report by Jean Walton
Treasurer’s Report by Robert Zanoni
Vol. 29 No. 1 Whole number 141 March 2001
Straight Line Town markings on New Jersey Stampless Covers: Some Catalog Listing Anomalies by Robert G. Rose
A look at some early interesting straight line cancels which raise some questions
The Blizzard Mail Local by Harry M. Konweiser
A reprint of an interesting article on one of the rarest of local stamps, issued during the Blizzard of 1888
Columbian Dollar Value Hoboken Covers
Illustrations and some questions on these interesting usages
Treasurer’s Report by Robert Zanoni
Vol. 28 Nos. 4-5 Whole numbers 139-140 September-December 2000
The Brad Arch Collection Auction Review by Robert G. Rose
Some of the prices realized; various items illustrated and discussed
City Delivery - Lambertville, N.J. by James Walker
An in-depth look at the postal service of Lambertville, N.J.
A Brief Look at Postal Sub-Stations by Dennis H. Pack
A look at the history and formation of postal sub-stations in New Jersey, with a comprehensive list.
Vol. 28 Nos. 2-3 Whole numbers 137-138 March-June 2000
In Memoriam: Brad Arch 1941-2000
Annual Meeting Minutes
Treasurer’s Report
The Brad Arch Collection by Robert G. Rose
Previewing the Auction of deceased member Brad Arch, and reviewing his fine collection of N.J. and U.S. material
U.S.S. New Jersey BB-62 by Robert Zanoni
Many lovely covers and much information related to the U.S. Battleship New Jersey
Vol. 28 No. 1 Whole number 136 January 2000
Secretary’s Report
New Jersey Inland & Coastal Waterways Mail by Brad Arch
A nice selection of inland waterway stampless mail, 1790-1850
Mail to and from New York Harbor Islands by Brad Arch
Fort Columbus
Randalls Island
Ellis Island
Liberty Island
Illustrated covers used from the islands in NY Harbor, including immigration mail and censored mail
The Great Inter-State Fair & the New Jersey State Fair by Jim Walker
Regarding collector Hiram Deats and stamp dealer E.B. Sterling’s promotion for their display
Early New Jersey Aviation & Pioneer Flight Covers [illustrations] by Brad Arch
New Jersey Discontinued Post Offices [continued]
Illustrations of Post offices no longer in operation, a continuing study
A listing of other articles in the Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society is available in the online article index of the American Philatelic Society Library [Search for New Jersey…]. Copies of these may be requested from the APRL if you are a member, or borrowed through interlibrary loan.
Back issues of the NJPH Journal, and an index of Issues 1-100, are also available for $3.00 each from Robert G. Rose, editor, at the following address: P.O. Box 1945, Morristown, N.J. 07962 or email him at: president@NJPostalHistory.org |
