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- CONTENTS -

Jenkins Camden Dispatch 1853-1E61 by: John P. Halstead 65 New Jersey DOANE Cancellations by: William C. Coles jr. 77 another Good Intent by: Gene Fricks 82 Departmental Official Adhesive Stamps on New Jersey Covers (uodare' 83 A Favorite Cover by: Craig C. Mathewson Jr. (reprint) 84 QSL - Ham Radio Reception Cards of New Jersey 85 A Candidate for 'Most Traveled Cover' by: Prof. C.S. Thompson 88 Letter to the Editor - re: Self Inking Postmarks of New Jersey 29 New Jersey Discontinued Post Offices (continued) 90 Membership Report 05

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JENKINS CAMDEN DISPATCH 1853-1861

By John P. Halstead

T his private post first appeared in philatelic literature 11 years after it was founded, when the noted

Belgian dealer, J.-B. Moens, published his Timbres-Poste Illustres (1864). The stamp he depicted was either a forgery or simply Moens' conception of the stamp's appearance, and forgeries or imitations continued to be fobbed off as originals in publications as late as 1967 when Scott's U.S. Specialized Catalogue still displayed a cut of Jenkins' 1869 imitation. The first account with any claim to scholarship appeared in the Fifth American Philatelic Congress book of 1939 (pp. 19-20).

A year or so before, the well-known Philadelphia dealer, Eugene Klein, was shown some Jenkins family papers by William Henry Green, grandson of one of the proprietors, which shed new light on their private postal service, and from these Klein prepared the short synopsis-just mentioned.

In the 1950s and '60s, Elliott Perry drafted what was to have been Chapter 15 in the volume on U.S. Locals, before death cut short his efforts. This draft came into the possession of Donald Johnstone who had worked with Perry since . 1951 and who was kind enough to make Perry's draft available to me. Others whom Perry consulted for this chapter were George Sloane, Henry Abt, Maurice Blake, Henry Meyer and Edgar Jessup, all now deceased. Although I have added somewhat to Perry's draft, his research remains the solid basis for this article.

According to Klein's account, the Jen-kins brothers were born in Camden at 428 Plum (now Arch) Street where the

elder of the two, Samuel H. Jenkins 1826-1857), founded his private post in

1853. Jenkins decided to issue stamps for the convenience of his customers, and he:

"...placed these stamps on sale. mostly in cigar stores, to be sold for one cent each. He also made another charge of two cents for the delivery of each letter. He placed tin letter boxes, about six inches wide, eight inches high and one and a half inches deep, for the collection of letters, near the places where the stamps were sold. and made two collec-tions and two deliveries daily ... In the latter part of 1356 he began to fail in health. and finding that his long walks tired him coo much. he p:.:rchased a low buggy and a small gray mare by the name of Nellie. He became quite a familiar figure driving all over camden with his gray mare.

In the meantime. he became acquainted with a pretty wi-iow from Washington, named Mary Vanvolken-berg. who had moved to Camden. He intended to marry the widow. but instead of regaining his health. he devel-oped tuberculosis and died September 28, 1857. Before his death. he exacted a promise from his brother that he take ever his f.Samuei's obligation to marry Mrs. Vanvolkenberg They actually married in June. the following year." (1)

John P. Halstead was formerly a professor of history at S. U.N. Y. Buffalo and The . American Univer-sity in Cairo. He specializes in U.S.• Carriers and Locals.

% . 6ipp 1. Klein. "Jenkins' Camden Dispatch 1853". In Fifth American Phiiatellc Congress book. p 20 .

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From the Sloane reference collection, courtesy Richard Frajoia.

Illus. 1: Letter destined "for the mails." Jenkins stamp cancelled with daub of red ink. Sloane thought the #11 looked like the 1854 shade. Sept. 6(?) cds.

William Henry Jenkins (1833-1875), who apparently had not been active in the business up to this time, was impor-tuned by friends to carry it on. In 1858 he bought the lot next door, at 430 Plum Street, erected a three-storey brick house, and moved the business to the new address. He was still in busi-ness in Feb. 1861 when he announced a reduction in price for his delivery serv-ice, (2) probably to make his private postal fees competitive with the official carrier fee which had been reduced from 2 cents to 1 cent by the Act of June 15, 1860. It seems likely that he closed down his private post later in 1861 or early in 1862, because he no longer appears in the Camden city directories as a letter-carrier.

Precisely how Jenkins' Camden Dis-patch operated is uncertain, but the fol-lowing scenario seems to be in accord with the limited evidence we have. The Jenkins brothers charged one cent (pre-paid) for the collection of letters from their letter boxes, and this charge included delivery to the post office for the mails" if the letters were• ,-,:•stined fog out of twa (Illus. I). T.. :T sold

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apiece, and stamped envelopes, as well, for which they may have charged two cents. These charges were made upon the sender. Klein stated that an addi-tional two cents was charged for the delivery of letters, a claim which must have been based on the Jenkins papers which he was shown by William Henry Green. If true, the Jenkins brothers could justify it by the 2 cent fee which the U.S. Post Office allowed its letter-carriers to charge until 1860 for deliv-ery from the post office to the addressee's home or business. They would not, however, affix additional .Jenkins stamps for this delivery fee, since there are no known multiples on cover (Illus. 2).

If the Jenkins brothers served as offi-cial letter-carriers in Camden -- and there is some evidence that they did --this service simply added to their duties that of delivery "from the mails" for which they could charge the customary two cents. They would not affix addi-tional Jenkins stamps for this purpose, either, and Jenkins stamps have never been with U.S. postage stamps on the same etwer addressed to Camden fr, nl

the• mails If this scenario is

rom t e oane re erence collection, courtesy Richard Fraio a.

Illus. 2: Drop letter use: 1 cent (prepaid) for collection; possibly 2 cents for delivery.

correct, the Jenkins stamps were used for two purposes only: on Camden drop letters and on letters collected "for the mails," the prepaid fee being one cent in each case.

The possibility that the stamps can be classified as "semi-official carriers" hinges on proof of the official appoint-ment of the Jenkins brothers as letter-carriers by the Camden Postmaster. What evidence do we have? Prowell states that Samuel Jenkins was the first letter-carrier to be appointed in Cam-den, jointly with a Peter Bleyler, in 1852, but he does not cite his sources (3). Klein, presumably using family papers given him by William Jenkins' grandson, stated that Samuel was appointed the official letter-carrier of Camden about 1856, and that after his death, the younger brother filled his unexpired term. (4). Thirdly, in a Cam-den city directory of 1860, and for that year only, we find "Jenkins, Wm. H., letter carrier", but this is merely a professional listing and in no way signi-

fies official appointment. (5) And Prowell further states that, in April 1861, Jehu E. Smith and Robert Patton were appointed letter-carriers for Cam-den, presumably by the incoming Lin-coln administration and presumably ousting William Jenkins from his post, (6) but again, no sources are cited. Finally there is the tantalizing appearance of a "William P. Jenkins" in the Register of Officers and-gents...in the Service of the United States as a letter-carrier somewhere in the state of New Jersey for the years 1857 to 1863, but the. 1860 Census Index, where he is listed immediately after William U. Jenkins of Camden County, proves him to be from Atlantic County The evidence, therefore, is of two types: either secondary and undocu-mented or primary and inconclusive. Accordingly, until further proof comes to light, we can only conclude that the Jenkins stamps might be reclassified as carriers at some future dal . - but im:st remain humble locals for the present.

3. Prowell, History of Camden County, New Jersey, p.539. Gerei,- ' Director/ of Camden. tr.j 20

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THE JENKIN S ORIGINALS

Type I (Typeset - Scott 891-3)

Although Perry stated that "this vari-ety appears to have been issued by Win. H. Jenkins in 1360 or 1861", he offers no source or proof, and what we know about typeset locals seems to point to an earlier date. Typeset stamps typically appeared in the 1840s and '50s. Of the 33 typeset locals listed in Scott, all but three were issued in the period 1844-1858, the three exceptions being two in California and Westervelt's two type-set stamps which were probably phila-telic from the start. This being the case, it seems more likely that the Jen-kins typeset appeared in 1853 or 1854. It may have been issued in mid-1853 as a stop-gap while Samuel Jenkins was waiting for his first engraved stamp (the crude portrait) to come off the press, or in the spring of 1854 if he had run out of the crude portrait and was waiting for the improved portrait to be printed. The fact that Jenkins is mis-spelled, with an apostrophe before rather than after the "s", would sug-

gest a hasty production for an interim purpose such as the above. Although Scott states that some authorities believe 89L3 to be bogus, the two known covers seem to be genuine local usages.

The stamp is printed in black on grayish paper (rather than bluish, as described in Scott). Each of the four known copies is of a different type. On the Hovey cover, the letters of "One Cent" (Illus. 3a) are out of alignment. On the Billmeyer cover (Illus. 3b) they are perfectly aligned. On the cancelled off-cover copy (Illus 3c), the ornaments which comprise the left border are out of alignment. A fourth copy (Illus 3d), =cancelled and displaying minor dif-ferences from the other three was "found on a letter from Philadelphia to Lancaster" and was published in The Philatelic Monthly and World in N6V. 1896. The whereabouts of this cover (or stamp) is unknown today. No reprints or counterfeits are known to exist.

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Type 2 (Typographecl — Scott 89L2)

From the Sloane reference collection, courtesy Richard Frajola.

Illus. 4: The earliest known date of usage of Type 2, Jan. 1, 1851.

This is believed to be the second type issued, in 1853, by Samuel Jenkins, because it is the scarcest of the portrait types and there is a copy on a doctor's bill dated Jan. 1, 1854 (Illus. 4). Since this is the only typographed Jenkins stamp, it is unquestionably the one referred to on the bill presented to Jen-kins in August 1853 by the Philadelphia engraving firm of Scattergood and Telfer (Illus. 5). The typographs were probably made from a woodcut.

The stamp is printed in black on yel-low wove paper. The central oval con-tains a crude portrait of Washington. The "K." is badly formed, somewhat resembling a "V" with a tail. The top of the "S" of "Jenkins" is flat. The crossbar of the "A" in "Camden" and "Dispatch" is disconnected. In the word "Dispatch" the "C" is small and the "H" is large (Illus. 6). Four copies are known on cover, one of which does not belong on the cover originally. Two off-cover copies are known.

To the credit of the much maligned Henry Needham, he appears to have been the first to illustrate this stamp in his Concise History which appeared in The Philatelic Gazette for SI'pt. 1918

Illus. 6: The Type 2 typographed stamp, probably based on a woodcut, in black on yellow wove paper.

(p.300), although he became confused about the printing process and the paper used and displayed a cut of Jen-kins' 1869 imitation along with it. Since that time, Type 2 has been lost to the philatelic reading public, because Scotts U.S. Specialized. while listing it as the "coarse impression", has so far declined to illustrate it.

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Jenkin's Camden Despatch

We have recently come into possession o: some papers found y the grr.n , :c.on c: Mr. Tenkins, showing that a stamped !n-velooe was issued by this post. ' ..Ve give the same below.

Philadelphia, June to, :S5.1. T'. the Proprietor of Jenkin's Desratch

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a good iob;of the envelones ; think y-ti had better come aver and see me.

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Illus. 7: Type 2e stamped envelope used locally. Bluish-black or buff paper.

Type 2 was also impressed on the upper left corner of envelopes, using either one of the electrotypes prepared for the adhesive stamps or an addi-tional electro made from the original engraving, or woodcut. These were printed in black and bluish-black on white and buff envelopes. (Illus. 7).

It is possible these were not printed until June, 1854. The Philatelic Monthly And World of Jan. 1897 (p.4) published two communications dated June 1854 from William Colbert, a Philadelphia manufacturer of stationery, which refer to the white and buff envelopes on which we know the Type 2e was impressed (Illus. 8). The alteration of the engraving referred to apparently produced a slight difference in design as compared to the adhesive stamp, but I have not been able to verify this by direct examination. The rarity of these covers (only three plus a cut square are known) would point to June 1854 as the sole printing.

Illus. 8: The Colbert letters.

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From the collection of J.W Brown. From the collection of Gordon StImmell

Type 3

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Illus. 9: The portrait on Type 3 features a slightly mere rounded face, while the portrait on Type 4 has a leaner, more angular visage.

Types 3 and 4 (Lithographed — Scott 89L1)

From the Stoane reference collection, courtesy Richard FraJola.

Iglus. 10: Type 3 stamp tied by pen to a cover used locally in Camden.

Two distinct types of the third stamp to be issued are identifiable, although Scott catalogues them as one. Both were lithographed by the Philadelphia firm of Wagner and McGuignan but apparently from different stones. They are readily distinguishable. (Illus. 9):

Characteristics common to both: the hook of the "J" is narrow; the "K" is

top-heavy; the "M" is squat; the "C" and "H" of "Dispatch" are small and crowded; and the inner point of the upper ribbon points to the third space (rather the line) to the left of the oval.

Type 3 is believed to be the first printed, because a cover dated Jan. 1, 1855 bears this type (Illus. 10). It proba-bly comes from the printing of 100,000

Type 3 1. No short line projecting from top frame line. 2. Cravat shaded with short, finely (!tit lines. 3. ' •Quid of tobacco" in right cheek is notice-able but not pro-nounced 4 Lines of shad-ing in upper and lower ribbons are sharp and com-plete. 5. Fluoresces a dull, dark grey.

Type 4 1. Short line projects upward from top frame line above the left side of the first "N" in "Jen-kins". 2. Shading of cra-vat virtually solid. 3. "Quid of tobacco" is pro-nounced. 4. Lines of shad-ing in the ribbons appear worn and broken. 5 Fluoresces bright white.(?)

7. he author M's mn one copy of Typo 4. ,Nticr; "Aore:ices..zt ',rut this copy might have undergone some chemicat 0 ..ange.

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Illus. 11: Wagner and McGuignan printing order for 100,000 stamps.

by Wagner and McGuignan in June 1854 (Illus. 11). A printer's receipt of Jan. 20, 1857 is for 10,000 more (Illus. 12). If this connotes that the original supply of 100,000 had been exhausted, they had been used up in 31 months at an average rate of 3225 per month, quite a respectable business for a town whose population was approximately 10,000 in the 1850s. This is so unlikely that we are led to surmise that some sort of accident, fire or flood, had destroyed the original supply and that a new sup-

ply, printed from a new stone because the old stone had been cleaned, was ordered in Jan. 1857, thus accounting for Type 4. Until further evidence turns up, this seems the most logical explana-tion for the existence of the two types.

Five copies of Type 3 are known on cover as well as six of Type 4. Of the off-cover copies I have been able to locate. Type 3 is clearly the scarcer of the two: five single copies as compared to 22 singles, two pairs and a block of eight of Type 4 (Illus. 13).

From the Sloane reference collection. courtesy Richard Fralola.

Illus. 12: A later receipt for 10,000 Jenkins stamps. 7

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Illus 13: The largest known multiple of any genuine Jenkins stamp. This is Type 4. A better reproduction of this will appear in an upcoming Penny Post.

Advertising Card

Printed in black on heavy, rose-col- this to be a window card, impressed

ored card about 7 3/4" X 5 1/4" in size from the same die used to make the

and bearing a Type 2 or Type 2e stamps. I have been unable to locate an

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12. In November 1947, George Sloane wrote to Frank Hollowbush etectrotypes and safeguard them for the future, possibly In the Free today (1990) In the Free Library.

suggesting that someone ,.hould comae Eugene Klein's widow to T.,:ue the old Library of Philadelphia. The letter Is In the Sloane Papers. The electrotypes are not

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The Fifth American Philatelic Con-gress was held in Atlantic City, N.J. in November 1939. Its president, Eugene Klein of Philadelphia, had recently come into possession of five original electrotypes of the Type 2 stamp. (12) One of these he used to print 150 num-bered souvenir cards, each about 41/2" x 31/2", which he distributed to visitors at the Congress with his compliments. (13) They were surface-printed in red on a heavy, slightly yellowish card (Illus. 29).

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AMERICAN PHILATELIC CONGRESS NOVEMBER 24th to 26th, 1939

ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY

JENKINS' CAMDEN DISPATCH, 1853

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Illus 29: The 1939 souvenir card.

SOJEX Card Proofs — 1943 When the Association of South Jersey

Stamp . Clubs held its eighth annual exhibition in Camden in Feb. 1943, a special frame was set aside to display some of the Jenkins material which Eugene Klein had obtained from Wil-liam Jenkins' grandson. One of the five original electrotypes used to print the Type 2 stamp was loaned by Klein to the Camden collector, Elmer C. Pratt, who used it to make a new stereotype at the plant of the Courier-Morning Post

Illus 30: The 1943 "card proofs."

where he was Mechanical Superinten-dent. Because Pratt feared that the old electro would break down if modern methods were used. the new stereo was carefully made by the old wet-mat method and used to impress "proofs" in five colors on small cards, (11) the colors being purple, brown, orange, gray-green and yellow-green. Athough the five proofs show minor differences, these might be attributable to printing. All five differ markedly from the design on the 1939 souvenir card, suggesting that Pratt used a different electro for his copy than Klein used in 1939. Pratt sold the proofs in a small printed enve-lope for fifty cents a set both before the exhibition (15) and as souvenirs of the exhibition itself (Illus. 30).

Reprinted with permission from: THE PENNY POST / VOL I, NO. 1 / JAN. 1991

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the following in loaning him manuscripts and philatelic material as well as furnishing information and editorial advice: Brad Arch, J.W. Brown, William Fox, Richard Frajola, David Golden, Harold Goldstein, Donald Johnstone, Carl Kane, Robert Kauf-Tann, David Meriney, Roberty Meyers-burg, Thomas Miller, William Rucker, Richard Schwartz, Sherwood Springer,

Gordon Stimmell, Varro Tyler, Robert Wichser and Robert Womack. Peter Robertson of the Philatelic Foundation, Toni Gutwein of the Camden Historical Society, Aloha South of the National Archives and Rita Moroney of the Post-master-General's office were also very helpful. I owe Richard Schwartz a spe-cial debt of gratitude for the extra duty he performed in collecting the illustra-tions.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Manuscripts

Buyer, Charles S. The Posts, or How Our Forefathers Got Their Mail, 1936, typescript in Camden Historical Society Library. Briefly discusses Jenkins' Camden Dispatch. Sources not cited.

Perry, Elliott. Chapter 15, Camden, New Jersey, n.d., 21 pp. Courtesy Donald Johnstone. Perry-Reussille Correspondence, December 1958. Courtesy Richard Schwartz. Perry-Sloane Correspondence, September 1947. Courtesy Richard Schwartz. Sloane Papers, incl. Sloane-Pratt Correspondence, 1947-51, Courtesy Richard Frajola. Springer, Sherwood. Taylor "Forms 4, 16 and 17", assembled by Springer.

Government Publications An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year

ending 30th June 1861, June 15, 1860, in Statutes at Large...of the United States..., Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1863, pp. 37 -39.

Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States, 1852: Letter Carriers, pp.4748. Index of the Registers Of Star Route Contracts in the National Archives. Searched 1850s. Jenkins

brothers do not appear as letter carriers. Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the

Thirtieth September biennial, 1855 ff. Searched the mid-1860s for evidence of the appointment of the Jenkins brothers as official letter-carriers. Lists carriers by state, only, not by community.

Report of the Postmaster-General, 1859: Penny Post, pp. 1399 - 1400: 1860: Penny Post, pp.443 -445.

Secondary Sources Camden and Gloucester Directory, 1850. Camden City Directory. 1855. Boyd's General Directory of Camden, N.J., 1860. Cassedy's Camden City Directory, 1863 -64. MeElroy:s Philadelphia, Pa. Directory, 1851-59, 1869. Contains a section on Camden. The Camden Democrat. Searched for Aug. 1853, Feb. 1854 and Oct. 1859, 1860 and 1861 for a

Jenkins advertisement. Nothing found. Brown, Mount, Catalog-de of British Colonial and Foreign Postage Stamps, 4th edn., 1863. Contains the

first philatelic listing of a Jenkins stamp, portrait type, but no illustration. Coster, Charles H. United States Locals, 1277, 111 pp. Reprinted as an Appendix in J. Walter Scott, A

Revised List of the Postage Stamps and Stamped Envelopes of All Nations, N.Y., 1879. Klein. Eugene. Jenkins' Camden Dispatch 1853, Fifth American Philatelic Congress book, 1939. A

two page article based on family papers provided by William H. Jenkins' grandson. Mom, .1.-B Les Timbres Poste Illustres, 1864. Needham, Henry C. United States Local Stamps A Concise History and Memoranda, article on

Jenkins' Camden Dispatch in The Philatelic Gazette, Sept. 1918, pp.298 -301. Patton, Donald Scott. The Private Posts of the United States, vol. 1, New York State, 1967. Perry, Elliott, comp. Byways of Philately; Privat(4y-owned Posts and Early Locals, 1966. Scott Publishing Co. Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps, 1967. 1990.

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New Jersey DOANE Cancellations

by: William C. Coles Jr.

Dear Fellow collectors,

I want to thank you all for the grand help you all gave me in setting together the data on DOANE cancellations from New Jersey. Without your help I could not have done it.

Some observations on the project. There were many towns we had listed where the number was not clear. You sent in one that cleared it up.

Use of the strike on envelopes was very limited - only a few. Use on post cards was the most common - picture type. A few had the strike for both the sending town and the receiving town - interesting.

A number had ink clogging the type #2 lines and looked like type #3. There were about 6 towns that I left out due to the fact that you sent in no type or number for the town. These could have been regular 4-Bar strikes.

The early dates and late dates of usage were as follows:

Type #1 Bell Plain 11-03-1903 Sunny Side 06-07-1910 Type #2 Beaver Run 10-10-1904 New Lisbon 05-04-1916 Type #3 Woodglen 09-22-1905 Vienna 07-27-1921

Most of the dates stopped at about 191C.

The strike used as a receiving mark is quite common.

Following is the final listing made, updated to December 21, 1991. Hope it will be of interest to you. It has also been submitted to LaPosta Publications for publication in a monoaraDh of DOANE Cancellations from throughout the country.

Thanks again for all your help !

Cor(!ially, William C. Cc es Jr.

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Avalon Cap 3 5 6-21-07 3-5-24 7-09-1888 Active Baird Mon 2 1 6-24-05 4-17-1897 DPO 1909 Bargaintown Atl 3 5 1-09-07 9-12-09 1804 DPO 1913 Barnegat City Oce 3 5 1-20-06 8-22-06 5-31-1882 PDO 1949 Basking Ridge Som 2 6 10-25-04 9-30-07 9-07-1802 Active Bayville Oce 3 3 5-08-06 10-27-08 6-15-1870 Active Beaver Run Sus 2 1 10-10-04 3-12-09 10-15-1869 DPO 1913 Bedminster Som 2 3 10-10-04 3-30-09 4-11-1876 Active Beemerville Sus 3 2 4-12-06 5-08-08 4-12-1825 DPO 1915 Bellemeade Som 2 3 1906 7-19-1894 Active Bellemeade Som 2 5 1906 5-15-07 7-19-1894 Active Bell Plain Cap 1 3 11-03-03 4-02-1891 DPO L934 Bennett Cam 2 1 9-30-05 6-11-06 6-06-1905 DPO 1906 Bevans Sus 3 1 8-08-07 nn ln,^

i^LV -. 10G, DPO 1969 Birmingham Bur 3 3 8-18-08 5-14-10 2-11-1869 Active Blackwood Cam 3 1 9-14-07 1-31-1845 Active Blackwood Cam 3 5 9-07-06 12-24-09 1-31-1845 Active Blair Sus 2 1 1906 4-23-09 2-17-1890 DPO 1910 Blawenberg Som 2 2 1906 12-22-09 3-29-1832 Active

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Brainards War 3 3 8-17-06 1-07-1857 DPO 1956 Bridgeville War 2 2 6-30-05 7-04-09 2-03-1840 DPO 1930 Brielle Mon 3 4 1906 4-19-09 5-05-1888 Active Brookville Oce 2 1 12-05-04 1910 10-29-1892 DPO 1935 Browns Mills Bur 2 3 7-14-07 12-23-10 8-25-1850 Active

Califon Hun 3 ? 4-16-08 5-10-1877 Active Cedar Run Oce 2 2 3-15-07 4-04-1881 DPO 1954 Charlotte burg Pas 2 1 11-17-06 3-22-1869 DPO 1912 Charlotteburg Pas 2 2 6-16-05 1906 3-22-1869 DPO 1912 Chatsworth Bur 3 3 9-19-07 11-20-07 7-07-1893 Active Cherryville Hun 2 1 1909 12-26-1850 DPO 1919 Cherryville Hun 2 2 8-30-05 6-27-07 12-26-1850 DPO 1915 Chrome Mid 2 1 3-05-05 1-22-06 3-05-1904 DPO 1922 Clarksburg Mon 2 2 11-05-08 12-20-15 7-03-1837 Active Cokesbury Hun 2 1 5-04-06 5-??-10 2-06-1883 DPO 1915 Colesville Sus 2 2 1905 1-22-08 3-14-1850 DPO 1957 Colliers Mills Oce 1 1 12-17-06 19 1 0 2-05-1894 DPO 1912 Colts Neck Mon 2 3 12-14-04 8-08-07 2-24-1824 Active Cookstown Bur 3 2 1908 1-09-14 1-24-1851 Active Cornish War 1 1 1904 6-01-1900 DPO 1909 Coytesville Ber 3 2 9-10-04 1910 10-20-1902 DPO 1960 Cream Ridge Mon 3 4 9-29-06 5-15-1374 Active Crosswicks Bur 3 5 8-18-06 1-22-10 3-25-1823 ACTIVE Croton Hun 2 1 12-26-04 4-26-10 4-18-1846 DPO 1935 Crystal Lake Ber 2 1 11-13-05 7-20-11 3-17-1894 DPO 1926

Dayton Mid 3 4 2-13-08 7-21-10 1-11-1866 Active Deans Mid 3 2 2-01-11 3-19-1872 DPO 1963 Delair Cam 2 3 10-26-05 12-25-08 9-04-1888 Active DeJmont •IAM 2 2 3-27-06 10-27-09 9-15-1891 DPO 1943 Denville Mor 2 4 7-10-05 6-10-12 3-15-1848 Active Dobbins Bur 3 3 1-14-07 11-13-12 4-23-1857 DPO 1918

Dorchester(31mm) Cum 3 3 8-18-06 1-10-10 8-20-1887 Active Downer Glo 2 2 5-23-06 2-16-1855 DPO 1936 Drakestown Mor 1 1 4-07-06 12-03-08 1-14-1837 DPO 1911 Dumont Ber 3 5 2-01-08 4-10-09 11-19-1898 DPO .1918 Dundee Lake Ber 2 1 1906 4-16-13 1-13-1873 DPO 1917

Echo Lake Pas 2 2 8-25-06 1-o4-09 3-06-1874 DPO 1926 Eldora Cap 3 2 3-21-06 12-19-11 4-09-1892 DPO 1934 Ewan Glo 3 ? 9-15-08 3-16-1894 Active

Ber 2 2 10-14-05 4-13-08 2-06-1882 Active Fair:rcunt Hun 1 2 6-26-05 12-30-09 7-17-1849 DPO 1915 Fish House Cam 2 2 5-22-05 11-04-09 6-18-1886 DPO 1924 Fords Mid 3 4 11-26-07 1917 10-17-1890 Active Fortesque Cum 2 1 7-22-06 8-22-11 3-22-1905 Active

Georgetown Burl 2 ? 8-02-06 7-12-1847 DPO 1920 GibbsLown Glo 2 ,.. 3 6-17-06 12-14-08 10-23-1882 Active Glenmore Mer 2 2 4-24-06 4-24-07 4-02-1891 DPO 1926

Grantwocd Ber 2 ,.. 2 3-29-07 7-25-1906 DPO 1931 Grasselli Uni 2 2 4-01-05 6-17-11 -06-1904 DPO 1953 Great Meadows War 2 3 2-24-06 9-16-09 2-01-1905 Attive Green Bank Bur 2 2 7-24-05 4-09-09 5-08-1840 DPO 1954 Green Village Mor 2 5 4-16-09 12-23-1862 Active

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Greenwich Cum 2 5 2-05-06 9-07-09 1-25-1811 AcEive Griggstown Som 3 2 9-09-07 3-22-13 3-15-1837 DPO 1920 Groveville Mer 2 1 9-10-06 8-22-07 4-28-1850 DPO 1955

Haddon Heights Cam 2 4 8-05-05 8-21-07 3-28-1892 Active Hainesburg War 3 2 8-06-04 11-21-11 2-08-1850 DPO 1960 Hainesville Sus 3 2 1905 11-22-12 12-08-1845 DPO 1943 Haleyville Cum 2 3 11-19-04 12-13-07 12-06-1880 DPO 1940 Hamden Hun 2 ? 10-05-04 2-19-08 3-22-1878 DPO 1918 Hanover Mor 3 3 12-19-10 6-06-1806 DPO 1971 Harlingen Som 2 3 4-13-06 1908 12- 22- 1823 DPO 1937 Harrisonville Glo 2 3 6-20-06 12-21-06 7.16-1841 Active Hartford Burl 3 2 8-17-07 8-13-08 6-24-1868 DPO 1954 Haskell Pas 2 ? 8-19-04 7-02-1902 Active Haworth Ber 2 5 10-13-05 12-17-09 3-26-1891 Active Hazelton Oce 2 3 1 904 1 905 11-15-1804 DPO 1905 Hazlet Mon 2 3 11-28-04 3-12-09 12-19-1876 Active Hewitt Pas 2 3 5-03-07 1913 8-10-1875 Active Holmeson Mon 2 1 10-12-08 10-28-1904 DPO 1916 HuntsVIlle Sus 2 1 9 - 07 - 05 1909 7-11-1870 DPO 1922

Imlaystown Mon 2 2 12-25-06 4-22-08 4-16-1832 Active Islin Mid 2 2 3-20-07 2-17-1875 Active

Jenkins Bur 3 1 2-09-07 4-18-12 10-18-1893 DPO 1932 Jobstown Bur 2 4 1904 4-01-08 3-15-1808 Active Juliustown Bur 2 2 2-20-05 4-15-11 3-09-1812 Active Jutland Hun 2 2 7-06-06 5-27-12 6-04-1886 Active

Kingston Som 3 4 6-20-06 3-22-13 8-21-1862 Active Kirkwood Cam 3 3 5-18-07 12-24-07 2-11-1868 Active Knowlton War 3 1 5-08-06 5-04-1826 DPO 1907

Lafayette Sus 3 4 2-02-06 8-31-07 3-31-1826 Active Lake Como Mon 3 4 6-03-07 3-26-1887 DPO 1956 Lanoka Oce 2 1 2-18-05 3-03-08 1-05-1892 npo 1903 Layton Sus 3 3 2-20-06 4-10-17 7-21-1861 Active Ledgewood Mor 2 3 1-20-06 12-07-08 12-16-1891 Active Liberty Corner Som 2 3 12-31-06 9-12-08 12-19-18'.7 Active (Lower case Letters) Liberty Corner Som 2 3 9-20-10 12-19-1G17 Active (Serif Letters) Louden CaM 1 3-28-07 3-23-09 10-26-1900 CPO 1913 Lower Bank Bur 4-06-08 7-10-1: 9-19-1854 DFO 1954

McAfee Valley Sus 3 1903 4-25-1C 12-23-1068 DPO 1924

Magnolia Cam 3 5 10-31-06 2-05-1867 Active Maine Avenue Cum 2 ? 11-02-04 5-06-1872 DPO 1905 Manalapan Mon 2 2 2-17-05 3-22-i2 8-12-1837 DPO 1911 Maple Shade Bur 2 3 4-13-06 5-31-11 12-01-1895 Active Masonville Bur 3 3 3-26-05 1-01-13 6-24-1868 DPO 1972

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Mickleton Glo 3 3 11-21-05 11-29-07 3-10-1875 Active Middlebush Som 2 3 4-14-06 5-05-13 2-26-1849 Active Midvale Pas 3 4 4-26-06 7-29-07 4-17-1878 DPO 1930 Millstone Som 2 4 8-15-06 10-10-07 1-15-1800 DPO 1971 Minebrook Som 2 9-14-06 5-05-1892 .DPO 1908 Mine Hill Mor 3 2 3-11-08 5-17-1872 DPO 1911 Mizpath Atl 2 1 4-01-05 12-10-09 6-09-1892 Active Monmouth Junction Mid 2 3 1917 8-02-08 2-05-1869 Active Monroe Sus 1 2 2-03-06 12-26-07 12-15-1817 Active Montgomery Som 1 1 12-24-07 4-28-1873 DPO 1908 Montville Mor 3 3 10-11-07 1909 12-12-1827 Active Morganville Mon 2 3 2-09-06 2-28-1870 Active Mount Airy Hun 2 1 9-16-05 2-28-07 2-16-1885 DPO 1907 Mount Freedom Mor 2 2 4-02-07 8-14-07 12-21-1825 Active Mount Hope Mor 5 8-14-07 3-22-1869 DPO 1907 Mount Olive Nor 2 1 8-27-C6 1-16-1872 DPO 1916 Mountain View Pas 2 7-14-1871 DPO 1957 Murray Hill Uni 2 4 8- -04 9-06-08 3-06-1885 DPO 1975

Navasink Mon 3 3 2-20-09 3-28-11 6-13-1866 Active New Cretna Bur 2 2 1906 8-06-1850 Active New Hampton Hun 2 2 12-27-10 11-17-11 4-?- 1801 DPO 1948 New Lisbon Bur 2 3 10-02-06 5-04-16 2-10-1834 Active Newport Cum 2 5 8-29-06 1908 2-16-1816 Active New Sharon Mon 1 1904 10-? -1800 Active Newtonville Atl 2 1 6-22-07 4-05-09 2-08-1804 Active New Vernon Nor 3 3 8-23-06 1-02-07 I0-? -1800 Active North Branch Som 3 4 3-29-07 3-25-12 4-30-1822 Active North Branch DepotSom 3 2 9-20-06 7-27-07 10-03-1861 DPO 1905 Northfield All 3 2 12-21-07 12-12-08 12-16-1805 Active North Paterson Pas

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Oak Ridge Pas 2 3 2-14-05 4-12-09 2-28-1873 Active Ocean Port Mon 3 4 8-14-13 5-30-1850 Active Ocean View Cap 2 3 8-18-05 5-17-10 5-06-1830 Active Oceanville Atl 3 4 4-10-09 9-01-11 8-17-1874 Active Ortley Oce 2 1 8-16-06 8-08-11 6-21-1886 DPO 1917 Ottens Cap 3 1 8-26-07 6-17-09 5-22-1806 DPO 1913

Parkertown Oce 2 2 5-26-04 12-08-08 2-17-1898 DPO 1954 Pattenburg Hun 2 4 5-22-05 1-01-09 2-26-1857 DPO 1974 Pennsville Sal 2 4 12-20-05 2-11-10 3-27-1884 Active Perrineville Mon 2 2 9-18-05 6-04-06 5-27-1837 Active Pleasant Dale Ess 3 1 4-10-09 3-07-1886 DPO 1920 Pleasant Run Hun 2 ? 10-25-05 9-16-07 4-07-1856 DPO 1907 Pluckemin Som 2 3 4-24-05 8-12-09 9-10-1800 Active Pomerania Atl 2 3 1907 1-18-09 7-19-1880 DPO 1929 Pompton Plains Mor 3 2 8-19-07 8-31-11 4-15-1831 Active Port Elizabeth Cum 2 10-11-04 7-12-06 9-07-1802 Active Port Murray War 1 11- 1 9-04 C-14-05 1-21-1867 Active Port Murray War 2 4 9-18-05 10-08-06 , -21-1867 Active Pottersville Hun 3 4 3-23-07 1-18-11 1-24-1829 Active Princeton Junction Mer 2 3 5-18-10 5-24-11 6-03-1872 Active Prospect Plains Mid 3 4 9-28-15 6-22-1859 DPO 1956 Prospertown Oce 3 11-05-06 1-28-07 2-05-1886 DPO 1913

Quakertown Hun 2 2 3-04-05 -02-1828 Active

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Red Valley Mon 1 ? 8-19-05 2-17-1875 DPO 1906 Richland Atl 2 1 7-31-07 8-23-09 10-20-1884 Active Richwood Glo 2 3 3-28-06 6-21-08 11-03-1888 Active Ringwood Manor Pas 3 2 11-20-06 4-10-07 1-23-1906 DPO 1939 Rio Grande Cap 3 3 3-03-08 8-12-10 2-08-1949 Riverdale Mor 2 4 10-01-07 3-21-13 2-07-1889 Active Roadstown Cum 3 ? 2-14-07 9-07-1802 DPO 1972 Rosenhayn Cum 2 4 2-11-07 11-12-09 1-20-1807 Active

Sandbrook Hun 2 1 4-04-06 9-19-12 3-10-1858 DPO 1959 Scullville Atl 3 2 4-14-06 8-25-1887 Dpo 1914 Sergeantsville Hun 3 4 4-10-06 11-09-08 3-15-1827 Active Shiloh Cum 3 4 12-10-06 11-08-23 7-24-1881 Actice Sicklerville Cam 3 ? 1908 1-06-1873 Active Shimers War 3 ? 12-07-07 4-13-1887 DPO 1911 Silverton Oce 2 2 7-10-08 2-02-09 3-2A-1870 DPO 1920 Smithburg Mon 2 1 6-02-06 1914 12-01-1894 DPO 1912 Smiths Mills Pas 2 1 1906 12-21-07 8-31-1869 DPO 1926 South Plainfied Mid 3 3 12-24-10 11-16-1887 Active South Somerville Som 2 : 4-13-06 5-26-1882 DPO 1908 South Vineland Cum 3 ? 8-21-06 2-21-1866 Active Springtown War 2 4 1906 2-22-09 4-14-1855 Dpo 1912 Stanton Hun 3 2 10-16-07 2-26-11 7-20-1849 Active Steelmanville Atl 3 1 7-25-06 1-03-12 6-25-1875 DPO 1913 Succasunna Mor 3 5 4-09-06 1909 1-30-1808 Active Sunnyside Hun 1 2 7-13-05 6-07-10 1-18-1876 DPO 1915

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Tennent Mon 1 2 10-18-06 9-10-07 12-22-1897 Active Titisville Hun 3 5 12-05-08 4-03-1883 Active Towaco Mor 2 1906 5-17-1905 Active Towsends Inlet Cap 1 7-26-06 6-19-18 6-09-1849 Active Trenton Junction Mer 2 3 11-21-05 1-21-08 9-21-1882 DPO 193'

Vail War 3 2 1906 1915 3-28-1891 DPO 1942 Vernon Sus 3 12-11-12 5-12-1807 Active Vernon Sus 3 4 1907 5-12-107 Active Vienna War 3 3 4-12-06 6-27-21 2-07-11353 Active

Wading River Bur 2 2 7-24-05 10-19-09 2-08-1858 DPC 1923 Wanaque Pas 2 4 9-11-05 12-24-06 1-1E-1872 Active Warbasse Sus 3 1911 6-18-1697 DPO 1913 Warren Point Ber 2 11-28-06 1 -2c-II 2-26-1894 DPO 1914 West Perlin Cam 2 1C-12-08 12-29-1892 Active West Creek Oce I-14-C 7 2-13-C7 2-15-1850 Active West Milford Pas 2 7 8-30-07 10-16-11 2-07-1837 Active Weston Som 2 5-16-05 1911 8-15-1832 DPO 1915 White douse Hun 3-28-06 1912 4-19-1816 Active Whiting Oce 2 8-04-06 1-27-11 8-19-1867 DPO 1917 Wichatunk Mon 2 3 2-08-05 2-28-1879 Active Winslow Cam 2 4 1-09-07 8-11-16 3-13-1844 Active Woodbury Heights Glo 3 1 11-10-10 11-29-12 6-07-19C6 DPO 1958 Woodglen Hun 3 2 9-22-05 11-18-05 6-07-1886 DPO 1907 Wortendyke Ber 2 3 8-10-05 10-02-05 1-27-1873 DPO 1954 Wrightstown Bur 2 4 1-14-07 8-07-12 2-03a1824 Active

Yardville Mer 2 a 2-13-07 4 - 15 - 11 2 - 22 - 183c' Active Yorktown Sal 5-09-04 9-05-07 7-6-786;. DPO 1954

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Another Good Intent

Gene Fricks

In The Postal Markings of New Jersey Stampless Covers, BID Coles recorded manuscript markings for Good Intent during 1831-1845. The post office was established June 15, 1831 and disestablished on January 31, 1845 when the post office was moved "up the hill" (literally) to Blackwood. Today all that remains of Good Intent is a cleared site on the edge of Blackwood Lake on the boundary between Gloucester and Camden counties.

When Bill's collection was sold by Bob Kaufmann several years ago, there was one example of a Good Intent cover included and Bill has indicated that it is a scarce marking.

Consequently the appearance of the cover illustrated on this page is an occurrence of some note. Datelined February 28, 1844 it is addressed to Peter Vroom, governor of New Jersey, is signed James D. Dotterer, and refers to a state supreme court appearance.

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that the streets of the big city were as dangerous 160 years ago as they are today.

This folded stampless letter was sent January 15. 1827, to the ma., or of Philadelphia by Stillwell Hildreth. the

postmaster of Dyars (Dias) Creek, New Jersey (a tiny hamlet in Cape May

The Author Craig C. Mathewson Jr. recently retired

after a fifty-year career in the title insurance industry. His special interest is postal history, and he has written a number of articles on the subject.

County). Hildreth, who was exercis-ing his free-franking privilege under an act of March 3, 1825, describes how he was attacked on the streets of Philadelphia as he made his way on foot from an evening theater per-formance to the ferry that crossed the Delaware River to New Jersey.

Dyars Creek January 15, 1827

To Joseph Watson, Esq. Mayor of the City of Philadelphia I received your letter requesting that I should give you a minute detail of the manner in which I was knocked down in the city of Phila. They are as follows viz: on the evening of the 2nd of November last, I went from Market Street ferry to the circus. I left the play before it was over. I think if my memory serves me, it was about 15 minutes after 10 o'clock, I was somewhat fatigued as I had been on the go through the day on business, and concluded I would get a hack to take me down to the ferry, but as they ware somewhat noisey at the door, I concluded to walk down. I had not gone fare before three men came up with me, and enquired how I liked the performance, to which I made but very little reply. They said that they heard me tell one of the coachman that I was going down to Market St. ferry, and they was going down that way and would keep me company. We was now going down Walnut Street — at the corner of Walnut and 3 or 4 Street, I am not positive which, thes three men stoped. If they stoped at 4th, I turned up 3d St. to get into Market St. Before I proceeded further I will give you a description of the men as near as I can [recollect]. one of them had on a plaid . loak about a middling size, !he other two was drest in short blue jacket and trousers — also middling size.

and I should suppose them all to he between 25 and 30 years of age. After I left them at the corner as stated above, I pro-ceeded on some distance, but before I got to Chestnut St. I heard a man coming up behind me slipping very quick, and just as I was going to turn round I [received] the blow and at the same time cryed out murder, and the ruffen made his escape. It was the man which I before stated had on a plaid cloak. Whether the other two was in company at the time I don't know for I was so badly hurt I hardly knew where I was. The people in the house where I was knocked down came to my assistance and the watchman conveyed me to the ferry. Their names I don't know, I did not loose any money by them, the injury which they done me in conse-quence of the blow is very grate. I have been very sick for some time past, 6 weeks I may say I have been very ill and am now confined to my room. I was under the doctor's hands in Phila. after I received the blow. I am in hopes now by being careful to be restored to my former health again. I am very much obliged to you in making the enquiry respecting the roffiens and am sorry that I can't give you a better descrip-tion of them. If I can recolect anything more respecting them I will write to you on the subject. Nothing would he more gratifying to me than to hear they are detected.

Your most obedient servant. Stillwell Hildreth

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While the illustrated cover did not originate in New Jersey so does not strictly qualify for Bill Coles' 'most traveled cover' designation, it certainly has seen its

black circular datestamp of May 14 1894.

share of forwarding with 24 indications of postal actions, from Ohio co Madras India. I wondec if Bill could get a letter to travel this far for a total of eight cents.

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The post office noted transit through NEW YORK with a MAY 16 1894 machine back-stamp. The UPU debit marking T in circle and CENTIME 15 N.Y. was applied at this time.

The next series of Indian markings are listed:

MASULIPATM JU 2 94 SEA POST OFFICE JU 4 94 DEAD LETTER OFFICE MADRAS 5 U. 94 MASULIPATM JU. 13 94 GUNTUR 15 JU 94 GUNTUR 18 JU 94 MASULIPATM JU 20 •)4

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MASULIPATM 94 D.L.(i. BOMBAY 7 JUi. VELLATUR 22 JUL 94 DEAD LETTER OFFICE AUG L5 94 Purple Pointing Hand COLLECT 6 ots Mansucript "Reject M.j.H." and "dissent" Rectangular box REFUSE/REFUSED" and "POSTAGE D.:E ONE ANNA"

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Letter to the Editor : re: Self - Inking Postmeecs of NJ

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I yrote Mr. Felton stating that : wcic be coornina".e th -L,7 re s earch fcr

.;ersey. He was attemoting to do tne ertre a;sc s-rt h.im t s=,[7::;e of the !ic!lf-inker from Bordentow". (It is DRZ, per his listing.

Mr. Felton has acreeri to permit me to be hic 'New _:ersey' perccn in endea ,:eur. As A:oh, am asking fellow member ,. of WM.! t he or the looPout

Please serh ohotocooies (or t'e impressior *- PC 5ox Sordnntown ';25CF-(194.

iy; my vF:ry hectic ormits. " 1 ssrr-tr1P. '•r'2 an , Joda'e•' r2sults will be 'ubmitted for Publication in the ..) -:Jrnal, forwereer' .7 elton.

Your c000eraticr he mos: aooreciated. yours,

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NJPH May 1992 on

New jersey Discontinued Post Offices

CHARLOTTEBURGH - Passaic County - 1869-1924

New Jersey Discontinued Post Offices

DARETOWN - Salem County - 1826-1954

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NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Inc.

Affiliate 5 of the American Philatelic Society Affiliate 1A of the Postal History Society, Inc.

Chapter 44S of the North Jersey Federated Stamp Clubs, Inc.

Annual Membership Subscription $15.00

TRUSTEES - Officers :

President - Gerard Neufeld, 33 Comfort Place, Clifton NJ 07011 Vice-President - Brad Arch, 144 Hamilton Avenue, Clifton NJ 07011 Secretary/Treasurer - Joyce Groot, 28 Briar Lane, Basking Ridge NJ 07920 Editor - E.E. Fricks, 26 Windmill Drive, Clementon NJ 08021 Counsel - Robert Rose, PO Box 1945, Morristown NJ 07962 TRUSTEES - At Large : Sidney Morginstin

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MEMBERSHIP REPORT

Membership Renewal: Greg Cohen, 134 Tamarack Farm Lane, Califon NJ 07830

collects: Free Franks, Stampless

Many THANKS for the recent donations: Fla -Frown * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A A- * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

nniversc ry As this meeting time and location coinside with our

Societies 20th Anniversary, we are at this time planning to schedule a reception/oarty to suit the occation, but as plans have not as yet been finalized enough to provide to you the exact time and location we would suggest that you consult the program/scheOule of events when you arrive at

the show. However, we are trying to schedule this event for sometime on Sunday, the same day as our meeting.

According to advance reports from our Auction Mananer, he will have available a significant quantity of materials to be auctioned immediately following the Annual Meetng, saL' about 12:30 PM on Sunday afternoon. Auction listincs/ catalogs will be mailed out directly as soon as they arf-! available.

We hope to see as many of our members as possible at this our 20th Anniversary Celebration, at either the Meeting, Auction or Reception, or at all three events.

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Sample Journals: Sample Copies of this Journal are available for $3.00, postpaid from the above address

Membership Information: Membership Information and Applications are also available from the above address

PHILATELIC LITERATURE AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY, Postpaid, from: New Jersey Postal History Society Inc., 144 Hamilton Avenue, Clifton NJ 07011

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