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Vol.
36 No. 3 Whole number 171 Aug 2008
President’s
Message by Robert G. Rose
NJ-Built
Lambertville
20th Century Cancelling Devices by Jim Walker
The
Great Stamp Swindle: 1874-1878 by Len Peck
Anthrax
Letters Update by Jean Walton
Member
News [Treasurer’s Report, Minutes, New Members]
MERPEX!
Word Puzzle:
Vol.
36 No. 2 Whole number 170 May 2008
President's
Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX
& NJPHS Meeting!
Beautiful
Governor’s
Free Frank? by Ed Siskin
Rural
Free Delivery by Len Peck
Twelve
Cent 1851 Issue Usage In
NJPHS
Ebay Auction Report by Arne Englund
Member
News
Word Puzzle:
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
A
Few Additional
Early
Travel & Mail Transportation in
Traveling
by Stage Across
Samuel
L. Southard – Redux by Jean Walton
NJPHS
Ebay Auction by Arne Englund
Member
News
Word Puzzle::
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
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
Member
News
Word Puzzle:
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:
Vol.
35 No. 2 Whole number 166 May 2007
President's
Message by Robert G. Rose
NOJEX
and Annual NJPHS meeting
A
Bogus
“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:
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:
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:
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:
Vol.
34 No. 2 Whole number 162 May 2006
President's
Message by Robert G. Rose
New
Jersey Sprayed-On Machine Markings by Gene Fricks1
New
Jersey Private Express Companies Part 8B:
....... Little Known Express Companies in
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:
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
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:
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 Member,
Some
Tips on Scanning for the Journal by Jean R. Walton
Washington
2006
Word Puzzle:
Cape May
Vol.
33 No. 3 Whole number 159 Aug 2005
President's
Message by Robert G. Rose
Rare
Post War Of 1812 Restored Rate ~
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:
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 byRobert 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:
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
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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
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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
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 by Njpostalhistory@aol.com
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 -
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
UX5
mailed in 1880 - twice.
The
New
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
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 -
An
in-depth look at the postal service of
A
Brief Look at Postal Sub-Stations by
Dennis H. Pack
A
look at the history and formation of postal sub-stations in
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
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
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articles in the Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society is available
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loan. Back issues of the NJPH Journal,
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