NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY

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Vol. VII No. 5

Whole Number 35 November 1979

THE JOURNAL OF

THE NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY

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Vol. VII No. 5

Whole Number 35 November 1979

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CONTENTS

General Store Rivalry by Arne Englund-- ....... ...................45

BloomsburyNJ Manuscript ........ .............. ............ ...........46

HELP WANTED by William C. Coles Jr.............. ............ ........46

Late Usages by Theodore W. Bozarth.......... ............... .........47

Newspaper Extracts , 1750-1760

Quaint QuakersPosttarks on New Jersey Stampless Covers by William C. Coles Jr

Morris County Manuscript Markings by Donald Chafetz

Minutes of Meeting, NOJEX, October 28, 1979

Postal Card Error Found by Theodore W.0Bozarth..

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Affiliate 95 of the American Philatelic Society Affiliate 1A of the Postal History Society, Inc.

Membership Subscription $ 3.00

NJPHS Joyce Groot, Secretary

28 Highland Avenue Dumont, NJ 07628

Gerard Neufeld - President Joyce Groot . - Secretary-Treasurer Brad Arch - Vice President William C. Coles Jr. - Vice President

Editorial Office 26 Windmill Drive

Clementon, NJ 08021

E. E. (ricks, Editor

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GENERAL STORE RIVALRY

Manalapan, NJ mss marking, Apl 19 1849

At the time this letter was written, many of the post offices in New Jersey were located in general stores and such. When a post office was to be est-ablished, or relocated, there must have been some rivalry among the local storekeepers as to whose establishment the office would be located, thus creating an opportunity for increased business. The letter follows:

Manalapan April the 18 - 1849

or Sir I should take it as a grate favor if you would interseed for the post office for John B. Hunt as I have understood that John B. Morres has wrote on for the office to be kept at Peter C. Bergains mills one Tjle in Milstone Johns store is most down on the Manalapan Corner by M- 2. Claytons tavern where he wants the office.

Yours

George Hunt

If I must take some other course please write.

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RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey, William C. Armstrong, 616 pp, $25.

Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County", New Jersey, Eli F. Cooley, 418 pp, $14.

Available from Hunterdon House, 38 Swan Street, Lanbertville, NJ 08530.

NJPH 45 November 1979

BLOOMSBURY NJ MANUSCRIPT

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This letter, dated September 19, 1826, shows the Bloomsbury manuscript marking. It was missent to New York and rerouted after havinci the circular date stamp for September 20 applied. The date stamp haS been highlighted on this copy for legibility.

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HELP WANTED

En the final preparation for the New Jersey Stampless Catalog, copies of strikes from the following New Jersey towns are needed:

BASKING RIDGE 28mm 1832 black LAWRENCEVILLE NOR 23mm 1844-47 black COLUMBIA DC 1849 black PHILLIPS S/L (in Siegel's sale 1954) HOLMDEL 28mm 1848 red SAXONVILLE NOR 1836 blue HOHOKUS 32mm black RICEVILLE 30mm 1852 black

TINTON FALLS 30mm 1851-55 black

All but PHILLIPS are listed in the new edition of the American Stampless Cover Catalog. It will be much appreciated if anyone who has any of the above strikes in their collections will get in touch with me so that arrangements can be made to secure a copy of the strike for inclusion in the catalog.

These are the last strikes needed to finish the illustrations for the catalog.

William C. Coles Jr 36 Medford Leas Medfor, NJ 08055

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Figure 2. Georgetown, NJ August 16, 1878

Any consideration of the manuscript usages for New Jersey must consider those markings that are quite late in time. Figure 1 shows a manuscript and a very late usage of the three cent red imperforate of the 1851 issue. This is two years after the perforated stamps were issued.

Perhaps this is not so unusual as Figure 2 illustrates. It it the first issue of US postal card (1873) as shown by the large USPOD watermark on the brown stock. The message on the back is dated 1878 and is one of two portals sent four days apart with the same year date. Hence, it seems unlikely that the writers erred. The following month, the addressee sent a similar postal card to his son in north Jersey from Mt. Holly, again using the first issue card. Either Georgetown , or more surprisingly Mt. Holly, still had these cards on hand in 1878, or else the addressee (who was the sender of the later card), a newspaper publisher, had a large stock still on hand at the office.

NJPH 47 Theodore W. Bozarth November 1979

The Pennsylvania Gazette February 23, 1758

The New American Magazine. lately advertised in this Paper, to be published at Woodbridge in New Jersey, is begun, and one for January 1758, is published. A very few, not engaged, may be subscribed for at Mr. Dunlap's, at the Post Office.

November 17, 1757 On the First Day of August last year were published Proposals for Printing by Subscription

A NEW AMERICAN MAGAZINE

To be published Monthly, and to contain Six Half Sheets in Octavo, printed on a good Paper and fair Character

By SYLVANUS AMERICANUS

-- The Conditions as follows -- Those who are willing to encourage this Undertaking, are desired to give in their names to the following persons, viz. James Parker, in Woodbridge, who is proposed to be the Printer of this Magazine... Mr. Samuel Nevin in Perth Amboy;...Mr. Furman, PostMaster in Trenton; ...Mr. Boudinott, Post-Master in Prince-Town; ... Mr. William Duke in New-Brunswick ... (inter alia) Mr. John Taylor at Middletown.

Note: Furman removed in 1762 to Philadelphia in business with Andrew Reed. Taylor, a Loyalist, was the maternal grandfather of War of 1812 naval hero Commodore William Bainbridge.

February 21; 1760

The NEW-JERSEY POST,'hereby gives Nottce, That the year for_ which he agreed to ride, will expire the Fifteenth Day of March next; and therefore request those Gentlemen who have their Newspapers and Letters carried by him, that they will be so kind as to leave their respective Monies at the different Places where their Papers are left, wh h will greatly oblige their very humble servant.

ADAM AREY N.B. He proposes to ride another year, if proper Encouragement is given.

August 9, 1750

If all or either of the following person be living, by applying to Jonathan Thomas, postmaster in Burlington, they may hear something considerable to their benefit, viz. ...

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NEW MEMBERS

Fred Mancuso Al Zimmerman Walter E. Parshall J. Maurice Hicks

Lindenwold, NJ Bronx, NY Bloomfield, NJ Roselle, NJ


QUAINT QUAKER POSTMARKS ON NEW JERSEY STAMPLESS COVERS

In the late 1600s, many Quaker families (members of the Religious Society of Friends) left England for North America to escape religious persecution. New Jersey got a large share, in part due to the influence of the Quaker settlement in the area that is now Philadelphia. The first New Jersey Quakers arrived in 1664 and landed at Shrewsbury in East Jersey on the Raritan Bay just south of Sandy Hook. Eleven years later a number of additional Quaker families landed at Salem & founded a community there. Still later, in 1677, a large group from London and Yorkshire came on the ship Kent to Burlington on the east bank of the Delaware 18 miles N.E. of Philadelphia.

A 1677 map of New Jersey shows that Burlington is about half as far north of Philadelphia as Salem is south of it (actually Salem is 38 miles S.W. of the "City of Brotherly Love" and is located on the Salem River, two miles from the confluence with the Delaware). The old map also shows the now almost forgotten line which divides East Jersey from West Jersey. Today, the state is simply divided into North Jersey, the area near the State of New York, and South Jersey, that part below Trenton (the capital) lying between the Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean.

The early settlements were usually located or or near large bodies of water for easy transportation. But as population increased, mostly by new arrivals from England, some of the more hardy individuals moved inland tnew areas. Frequently, this was done at great risk to themselves and their families, although the general experience of most early New Jersey Quaker settlers with the Indians was relatively peaceful.

It was logical that some of those moving inland should start stores in soon-to-be established villages. It was also reasonable to expect that at a later date, these same shops would be the locations for post offices when such postal stations were opened in the various communities. Since these towns were largely established by Quakers, it is understandable that the shopkeeper, and later the postmaster, might be a Quaker.

At this time, it was the custom of Friends to speak in a dialect called the "plain language", addressing one another as "thee' instead of "you". Friends also referred to the days of the week as First Day (Sunday), Second Day(Monday), and so on to the Seventh Day (Saturday). Likewise, the months were known as "First Month"(January), etc.

For this reason, one occasionally finds markings from New Jersey towns showing a date such as "7 mo 27" for Seventh MOnth 27 (July 27) of "3 mo 20" for Third Month 20 (March 20). Examples of this method of dating are sometines found in collections of New Jersey stampless covers. But the number of towns known to have used this method is very small; so far, there are only ten recorder. All known Jersey towns listed to date are in South Jersey except Shrewsbury.

All Quaker datings are manuscript markings. There does not seem to have been any handstamps in New Jersey similar to those used in Sandy Spring, Maryland. or Colerain, Ohio.

The earliest known usage of Quaker dating in Jew Jersey is from Longacoming (sometimes spelled "long-a-coming") with the date shown as "4 mo 7" (April 7) with the letter dated 1827. There are various stories as to h ow this town received its name. One of the most plausible has to do with either shipwrecked sailors or Revolutionary War soldiers trying to reach Philadelphia by walking along the sandy roads from the ocean shore. They are reported to have thought that the town was 'long a coming' since they were so tired and footworn. Walking


any distance in soft Jersey sand will enable one to fully understand this.

Another cover is known from Cinnaminson on "7 mo 27" (1839) with a line un-der "mo", addressed to Samuel Southard at Jersey City while he was a Senator from New Jersey Ole had been governor in 1833). Abraham Lippincott is recorder as being the postmaster of Cinnaminson until November 28, 1840. Since Lippincott is an old Quaker name in the area, his use of this Quaker type marking is not unexpected. This is the only cover known with a line unde-"mo".

Of the two covers known from Shrewsbury, one has the year 1840 included in the marking by the postmaster. The other known cover, dated "5 mo 1839", also includes the year.

The earliest known Quaker date from Columbus, known earlier as Black Horse with a post office established in 1816, is dated "1st mo 31" (1844) in-stead of "1 mo 31". This is one of two covers that have been seen with a "1st" marking. The other is dated a year later with "1st 28" (1845). An-other 1844 cover from Columbus has "3 mo Mch 9". Here the postmaster evidently intended that everyone should understand the the "3 mo" was for March. The handwriting is also different than that for the 1844 cover. A later cover, also in 1844, is in the same handwriting as the two recorded but it is not consistent as the dating reads "4 mo" instead of "4th mo". Interestingly enough, covers are knwon from Columbus dated "Dec 20" (1844), "Dec 19" (1845), and "Dec 30" (1845) none of which show Quaker dating

John W. Wright is listed in the United States Official Register as having been postmaster of Columbus from July 1, 1841 (the earliest Register to which the author has access) to April 21, 1851. The post office probably was in the general store, since this was a small country town. Could it have been that someone else, perhaps his.wife or a clerk, depending on who was there at the time, may have dated the mail? Could this have been the reason for the above variations? Perhaps more will be learned about this as more covers turn up.

Known covers, showing Quaker dates, are listed below. Where known, the postmaster is shown in the table as listed in the Official Register.

POST OFFICE KNOWN QUAKER DATES

Longacoming 4 mo 7 (1827) Shrewsbury 5 mo 20 1839 , 10 mo 19 1840 Benj. White Cinnaminson 7 mo 27 (1839), 4 mo 28 (1840) Abraham Lippincott Greenwich 5 mo 29 (1843) Francis Bacon. • Columbus 1st mo31 (1844), 3 mo 9 (1844), 4 mo 1 (1844),

1st mo 28 (1845) John W. Wright Medford 7 mo 10 (1849) Charles Peacock Woodbury 10 mo 15 (1849) Leeds Point 6 mo 25 (1851), 6 mo 9 (1852) Japheth Leeds Mount Laurel 8 mo 24 (1854) Rancocas 9 mo 25 (1854) Jacob Leeds

This article, by William C. Coles Jr. is adapted from that published in 1970 in the Postal History Journal.


MORRIS COUNTY MANUSCRIPT MARKINGS

In the November 1978 issue of NJPH, there appeared a listing of manuscript markings. The following represents a listing of the manuscripts of Morris County which I have. Those marked with asterisks are post offices listed in the American Stampless Cover Catalog known to have used this type of marking.

*Bershire Valley June 23, 1845 *Newfoundland August 6, 1846 Boonton July 25, 1846 Parsippany April 18, 1829 *Bottle Hill Pine Brook October 9, ? Chatham January 13, 1844 *Pleasant Grove December 19, 1843 Chester August 9, 1819 Rockaway November 2, 1838 Dover June 5, 1848 Schoolys Mount. August 10, 1827 *Flanders August 21, 1846 Succasuna March 1, 1828

October 2, 1846 Stockholm June 8, 1844 February 21, 1850 Waterville July 14, 1859

German Valley July 8, 1845

*Long Hill April 18, 1853 Mendham May 6, 1808 *Millington Morris Plains May 8, 1877

- Donald Chafetz-

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MINUTES OF MEETING NOJEX, October 28, 1979

The annual meeting of NJPHS was called to order at 2PM with Vice President Gerard Neufeld in the chair. The secretary's report of the Spring meeting were accepted as printed. Joyce Groot reproted a treasury balance of $382.36 which is up ap-proximately $100 over last year at this time. The $100 increase is due to a donation.

Jules Revesz moved that membership fee be increased to $5. per annum beginning in January 1980. After a second by Norman Brassier and discussion, this motion was passed unanimously.

The report of the nominating committee was presented; with no other nominations being presented, Norman Brassier moved, seconded by Jules Revesz, a unanimous ballot be cast for the following:

President Gerard Neufeld Vice President Brad Arch Vice President William C. Coles Jr.

Secretary/Treasurer Joyce Groot

The next Society auction will be held at the Wayne show in January. Brad Arch volunteered to continue as auction manager. The membership decided that the auctions will be held to 150-200 lots each. To ensure that the auction lists reach the membership promptly, the editor was directed to henceforth mail the journal by first class mail.

We have made arrangements to enter Pennsylvania covers in the PPHS auction; any member desiring to submit covers to their auction is requested to send them to Brad Arch.

The annual meeting was concluded with an auction.

Joyce Groot

NJPH Secretary-Treasurer

November 1979 51

POSTAL CARD ERROR FOUND

The new US Olympic pos,tal card is one of fourpurchased recently in a post office in central New Jersey with color misregistrations. They vary in the displacement of blue, green, and yellowto the right of the correctly posi-' tioned red` and grey image by 21/2, 3, 31/2, and 4mm an the four different cards. This suggests that possibly four full sheets of 63 were involved in the slip- page, and there may be 62 more bundles with the color shift in other New Jersey post offices (of course, these other freaks may have been caught by the inspectors, or have been shipped to widely distant locations in the US). Still, it is worth checking New Jersey purchases carefully.

-Theodore W. Bozarth-


NJ::HS Auction - Sunday 13 January 1980 1PN Garden State Stamp Show, Wayne NJ

Conditions : CANCEL/CCVER/STA ► P Bold Fresh VF Clear Sound Fine Fair Worn VG Poor Raggy Dmgd

MS = Manuscript Cancel HC = Hand Cancel (CDS) 4Bar = Four Bar MC Dplx = Duplex HC RFD = Rural Free Delivery MC = Machine Cancel

SC = Stampless Cover (Envelope or Folded Letter)

ENV = Stamped Envelope PC = Postal Card PPC = Picture Post Card CC = Corner Card

To Avoid Ridiculous Bids And To Somewhat Protect The Vendors, The Minimum Acceptable Bid On Any Lot Will Be 50% Of The Estimated Retail Value.

Est.Ret.Value: $ 7 $ 15 $ 20 $ 20 $ 2

1 10 20 7

450. ABSECON 1860's bold/fresh/vf #65 HC 451. AMBOY 1829 bold/fresh/SC red oval HC, 'FAID'HC, ms'10' 452. AMBOY 1834 poor/fresh/SC red oval HC 453. AMBOY 1839 clear/worn/SC red oval HC, ms'10' 454. ASBURY PARK 1883 bold/fresh/f 20greenBN Dplx 455. ASBURY PARK 1894 bold/sound/vf 20smallBN Dplx 456. ASBURY PARK 1898 bold/fresh/vf 2 ,0TransMiss Dplx SeasideHotelCC 457. ATCO 1863-9 bold/sound/f #65 HC Off.Estab.1867,used 1st 2yrs.q 458. ATLANTIC CITY 1860's clear/fresh/vf #65 HC 459. ATLANTIC CITY 1870's clear/fresh/vf 30BN HC neg'A'killer,

Chalfonte House Hotel CC 460. ATLANTIC CITY 1888 clear fresh of 2¢greenBN Dplx ChalfonteCC $ 461. ATLANTIC CITY 1905 bold fresh of MC "The Pennhurst'HotelCC $ 462. ATSION 1916 bold/fresh f PPC 4Bar DPO$ 463. BELVIDERE 1846 clear/sound/SC HC ms'5' 464. BELVIDERE 1850 fair/fresh/SC red HC 'FREE'HC 465. BELLEVILLE clear/fresh/SC red HC '5'in circle HC 466. BEVERLY 1880's clear/fresh/vf 2¢brownBN HC

6 4 2 1

12 15 10 2

20 8 4 8 2 1

20 5 8 3 6 2 2

10 1

10 2 3 2 2

30 8 7 8

467. BLOOMFIELD 1844 bold/fresh/SC red DOC HC ms date, ms'18:' $ 468. BORDENTOWN 1846 clear/fresh/SC HC 'FREE'HC, #10 size 469. BORDENTOWN 1860's bold/sound/f #65 HC 470. BRIDGETON 1837 clear/fresh/SC DC HC, 'PAID'HC, ms'25' 471. BRIDGETON 1870's bold/fresh(torn)/f 30BN HC 472. BRIDGETON 1895 bold/sound/vf 2OBur Dplx 473. BURLINGTON 1827 bold/fresh/SC MS, ms'10' 474. BURLINGTON 1839 clear/sound/SC HC, ms'6', from Sykes 475. BURLINGTON 1847 clear/fresh/SC HC, '5'HC 476. BURLINGTON 1850's fair/fresh/vf #11 HC 477. BURLINGTON 1864 fair/sound/30Env U27 DC HC 478. CAMIX-EN 1884 bold/fresh/dmgd pair 10BN HC 479. CAMFGAW 1933 bold/fresh/vf 4Bar 480. CAPE ISLAND 1850 clear/fresh/SC brownHC, ms'FREE' 481. CLOSTER 1900 clear/fresh/vf 2¢Bur Dplx 482. COLUMBUS 1845 bold/fresh/SC MS 'FREE'HC, BORDENTOWN HC tarnst$ 483. COLUMBUS 1870's bold/sound/vf 30BN blue HC

DPO$ DPO$

488. DIX BRANCH - TRENTCN 1918 bold/sound/vf 3OWarRate HC YMCA DPO$ 489. EGG HARBOR CITY 1868 bold/fresh/vf #65 HC


484. CRANBERRY 1860's clear/sound 485. CRANBURY STATION 1941 clear 486. DELAIR 1899 clear/fresh 487. DENNIS CREEK 1827 bold

vf #65 HC fresh/Env 4Bar

f 2OBur HC, BEVERLY REC'D bkstmp fresh/SC brownMS

$ 490. ELIZABETHTOWN 1843 cleayfresh/SC blueHC, "PAID'HC, ms'10' $ 491. ELWOOD 1869 clear/fresh f #65 HC $ 7 492. (EWINGVILLE) 1870's not readable/fresh/vf 3OBN HC LiveStockCC$ 493. FLEMINGTON 1824 bold/fresh/SC brown oval HC, ms' 10' $ 10 494. FREEHOLD 1844 clear/fresh/SC HC, 'FREE'HC $ 8 495. FREEHOLD 1870's clear/fresh/f 3OBN HC $ 2

49!;. GR;i1:NWICH 1839 bold/fresh/dmgd 2$greenBN HC (2 covers) $ 2 407. HACKET2STOWN 1870's clear/fresh/PC UX5 HC....... $ 1 498. HADDON?IELD 1882 fair/sound/vf 30BN HC, negative °H° killer : 4 499. HADDONFIELD 1885 bold/fresh/vf 20brownBN DC HC 4 500.HADDONFIELD 1895 clear/fresh/vf 20Bur HC negative 'D' killer $ 4 501.HAMBURG 1868 bold/sound/f #65 MS $ 4 502.HAMMONTON 1868 bold/fresh/vf #65

,--0001000004 . 0 ............ 00$ 7 mS 503. HAMMONTON 1870's bold/sound/f 3013N HC 4 2 504. HANOVER 1887 clear/sound/vf pair 10BN HC 6 5 505. HARTFORD 1909 bold/fresh of PPC 4Bar#2........... ..... ....DPO$ 2 506. HERBERTSVILLE 1915 bold sound/vf 10Wash PPC 41sar $ 1 507. HOBOKEN 1894 bold/sound/PC UX10 Dplx with STAR in killer $ 1 508. HOBOKEN 1911 clear/sound/vf UX22 & E8 SD, Dplx..... $ 10 509. JACOBSTOWN 1875 clear/fresh/dmgd 30BN MS.......... $ 2 510. JERSEY CITY bold/fresh/SO red HC. 'PAID'HO, ms'10'..... $ 6 511. LAKEWOOD 1884 bold/fresh/Vf 20brownBN HC, LaurelHouseHotelCC $ 4 512. LAMBERTVILLE 1867 bold/sound/dmgd #65 DC HC............. .. . $ 2 513. LONG BRANCH 1878 bold/fresh/OfficialP0Env magentaHC&STARkillr4i 8 514. MAYS LANDING 1887 bold/fresh/10PC UX9 DC HC..... 0000,4 5 515. MEDFORD 1850's bold/fresh/vg #26 MS.. .... ...... ..... .. $ 3 516.MEDFORD 1870's bold/sound/f 30BN HC.......... . .p 2 517. MENLO PARK 1929 bold/fresh/vf 2$LightBulb MC, comm use FDC $ 2 518. MOORESTOWN 1860's bold/fresh/vf #65 blue DC HO $ 8 519. MOORESTOWN 1903 bold/fresh/20Env RFD#1 HC .$ 10 520. MOORESTOWN 1903 bold/freSh/lOPC RFD#3 HC...... ... ....... .$ 10 521. MOUNT HOLLY 18044 bold/fresh/SC HC 'FREEIHC. 004 ....... 000.0004 4 522. MOUNT HOLLY 1850's fair. sound #26 HC................ . . ..... $ 3 523.MOUNT HOLLY 1864 clear/fresh dmgd #65 DC. HC,'Engraved By'selv 2i 524. MOUNT HOLLY 1870's bold fresh of 3$BN blue HC..,.....6 4 4 525. MULLICA HILL 1879 bold fresh 3$Env U163 HC............ .... . .$ 4 526. MULLICA HILL 1907 bold/fresh/VF 100 HC 'REGISTERED' cover....6 15 527. NEWARK 1821 clear/worn/SC double oval HC, ms '10° ....... .....$ 10 528. NEWARK 1826 bold/fresh/SC red double oval HC, ms'25'.......... 15 529. NEWARK 1858 clear/fresh/f #25 HC year date inverted. $ 22i 530.NEWARK 1862 clear/sound/f #65 DC HC $ li 531 , NEWARK 1864 clear/raggy/f #65 HC 'via Cincinnatti' to WVa $ 1i 532. NEWARK 1860's clear/fresh(stained)/vf 3088 blueNC on yellow $ 5 533. NEWARK 1873 clearresh/vf 30BN#136 HC CC. ..... ...... 45 51- 534. NEWARK 1850 bold /sound/ 30BN f15 8 HO Insurance0CsvioletRAHWAY$ 2 535. NEWARK 1890's 6 diff cancels on UX12, 3MC, 3Dplx $ 3 536. NEW BRUNSWICK 1834 bold/fresh/DC red outline letters NOR HC $ 35 537. NEW-BRUNSWICK 1845 fair/sound/SC HC, ms.6° $ 3 538. NEW-BRUNSWICK N-J 1840's clear/worn/SC HC, HC' 5' $ 8 539. NEW EGYPT 1860's clear/sound/f 2073 BlackJack, shortened

#10 envelope to Jacobstown ?? 0000 000$ 25

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540.NEW EGYPT 1874 bold sound f 303N blue HC $ 3 541.NEWFIELD 1878 bold fresh 1PC UX5 HC....... ..... . ....... .. 000, - di. 1 542. CAKFORD 1869 bold fresh of 165 MS, (PO existed only 1 year)DPO$ 20 543. OCEAN CITY 1911-21 bold/fresh/f Dplx, FlagMC, StraitlineMC

(6 covers) all with C C 3 544. ORANGE 1890 clear/fresy20Env HO 2 545. PALMYRA 1899 bold/worn RegistryBillCard HO. 2 546. PATERSON 1845 bold/fresh/SC redHC, ms' 25' 5 547. PEDRICKTOWN 1916 clear/fresh/vf 10ParcelPost PPC Dplx 3 548. PEMBERTON 1891 bold/sound/vf 10smallBN HC 6 514-9. FSRTH AM 30Y 1860's fair/sound/f #65 HO 6 li 550.PIAINFIELD 1837 bold/fresh/vf 2OFreen3N HC. .. .... 04.00.4004.04 2 551.PLUCKEIN 1670's clear/sound/vg 30BN HC 6 5 552.PRINCETON 1848 clear/fresh/SC green HC, boxed'5'HC 4; 6 553.PRINCETON 1885-6 clear/fresh/vf 2brownr3N HC (2 covers) $ 2


554. .-4,A4AY 1547 clear/worn/SC HC, "PAID"HC 4 5 555. RAHWAY 1948 bold/fresh/SC MC ms'5' Farmers&MercjantsBankStatn$ 5 556. READINGTCN 1883 bold/frosh/30Env U163 Dplx, backstamped:

White House Station, Raritan, Stanton 5 557. RIO GRANDE 1909 bold/sound/20Env 43ar#3 3 558. SALEM 1878 bold/fresh/vf 30BN HC $ 2 559. SALEM 1889 fair/sound/vf 20greenBN HC W.C.T.U. CC $ 2 560. SHILOH 1883 bold/fresh/PC DOC HC $ 5 561. SMITHS LANDING 1869 bold/fresh/f #65 blue MS $ 7 562. SOUTH VINELAND 1895 bold/fresh/PC UX12 HC $ 2 563. STOCKTON 1870's fair/sound/vf 30BN HC (cover torn at top where

opened) H. Deats CC $ 5 564. STOCKTON 1870's poor/worn/dmgd 30BN HC H.Deats CC $ 3 565. (S.'IEDESBORO) 1870's not readable/fresh/vf 30BN HC Gen'lStoreCC 6 566. TOMS RIVER 1895 bold/fresh/PC UX9 HC $ 1 567. TREN. 1831 poor/fresh/SC HC, ms'181-' $ 10 568.TRENTON 1856 fair/sound/f #11 HC letr tells of WiskeyRebelln $ 10 569. TRENTON 1879 clear/sound/PC UX5 HC $ 1 570. TRENTON 1888 Postal Note HC NOT A COVER $ 8 571. TRENTON 1903-5 bold/fresh/vf 201902 MC (10 covers) $ 6 572. TUCKAHOE 1869 clear/fresh/vf 05 HC $ 7 573. TUCKAHOE 1883 bold/fresh/vf 20brwonBN DC HC 4 $ 5 574. VENTOR 1932 bold/fresh/Env MC DPO$ 2 575. VINELAND 1870's clear/sound/f 2031ackJack#135 HC #10Envelope.$ 2 576. 'W' in circle (WILDWOOD REGISTERED) 1931 bold/fresh/vf

170 Wilson HC "REGISTERED" (20th Cent Fancy)....$ 20 577. WOODBURY 1842 bold/sound/SC MS ms'6' $ 16 578. WOODBURY 1879 bold/fresh/10PC .JX5 blueHC $ 1 579. WOODSTCWN 1890's bold/fresh/vf 20Bur080Columbian HC Reg Cvr $ 15 580. WYCKOFF 1885 clear/fresh/10PC DC HC STAR killer $ 1 581. 'New Jersey' 1892-1913 (4 covers) MORRISTOWN HC, FLEMINGTONDplx,

PENNSVILLE HC, CEDARVILLE Dplx $ 4 582. 'New Jersey' 1933-1940 (9 covers) DAYTON 4Bar, CALIFON MC,

SKILLMAN 4Bar, OCEAN VIEW Dplx, BURLINGTON MC, HIGHTSTOWN MC, TRENTON MC, BRIDGETON MC, PENNSGROVE Dplx $ 42

583. 'New Jersey'State Perfins: 17 covers containing 33 stamps(19 diff); 5 covers containing 23 inverted perfins (7 diff) $ 6

Mail Bids will be accepted for this sale, but must be received not later than 9 January 1980 in order to be entered, send to: Srad Arch, P.O. Box A, New Vernon, New Jersey 07976 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

This Sale has been kept much shorter than it could have been by the decision of the members present at the NOJEX business meeting, therefore we already have enough material for the next Auction which was originally planned to be held in conjunction with SOJEX, but we have recently heard unconfirmed rumors that there will NCT be a SOJEX in 1980, if that is the situation we are trying to find another suitable place to hold the sale sometime in the spring, any suggestions? In any case the listing should appear in the January issue of the Journal, even if it means having it be a Mail Bid Only Sale.

Comments on the lotting descriptions are still being received and evaluated, any more comments? Would the inclusion of the County be of any substantial use to the majority? Only about 25,; of the membership are participating in the Sales, Why not the rest? isn't the material in your area of interest?? don't you all at some time have some duplicate material that you would like to dispose of?


Prices Realized: NJPHS NOJEX Auction, 28 October 1979

(Lots not listed were unsold - no bids received)

199 5. 245 15. 272 5i 313 101 343 5. 387 9i 201 25. 246 3f 278 11 314 24 344 1* 388 3i 202 21 248 12* 279 1. 318 15. 345 7. 389 2* 204 10i 252 2t 280 1. 319 15. 349 3. 391 50. 205 5. 253 2t 281 7i 320 26. 351 2. 392 1. 206 7. 25 5. 282 15. 321 30. 352 2. 397 15. 207 18. 25 1. 283. 3. 323 1* 353 17i 398 2 208 25. 257 3 4 284 4.. 326 3. 357 2' 399 3 210 1. 258 10. 286 10. 328 359 4. 403 5t 213 1 259 11i 290 20. 330 10. 360 15i 405 4i 215 9. 260 9. 294 13 331 41 361 1. 4o6 41 216 11* 262 10. 295 3. 332 4-4 362 8. 409 6. 222 lt 263 5, 296 5. 333 8. 369 5. 410 24 224 5. 264 17. 298 26. 335 3i 370 12* 413 3.

429 5. 431 20. 434 5i 435 2 437 13. 439 25. 441 5i 443 5! .444 10. 445 1* 446 1. 447 448 1. 449 4.

226 18. 265 9i 299 20. 336 3 378 1. 414 26. - end - 229 50. 266 21 301. 5. 337 4 380 1 416 ai 232 1. 267 1. 302 4. 338 3. 383 5i 417' gi Total 233 4* 268 1* 303 1. 339. 1. 384 5. . 418 2. Sales: 235 2. 270 21 304 3i 340 2* 385 4i 419 2. 240 20. 271 2. 312 2. 342 15* 386 2. 420 11. $1014 NOTICE : Due to the belated mailing & receipt of the : Journal con-taining the NOJEX Auction listing by many members, the unsold lots will be held intact until 31 December 1979 and are being offered NET PRICED at 50p of the ERV, First Come:* First Served, Subject Unsold, Payment With Order, add $1 per order to cover postage-handling. + + +.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + NOTICE : Arrangements have been made with. the Pennsylvania Postal History Society on a recipricateing basis whereby our members may submit material into their Auctions (Pa covers ONLY) and their members may submit. NJ material into our Auctions. All the transactions must be done through the applicable Auction Managers, so if you have any Pa material that is looking for an outlet, ship it to me with your minimum acceptable net price. I believe their Commission Rate it 15i; plus a small lotting fee which will have to be taken into consideration. They also reserve the right to refuse any material that they feel is not suitable or is grossly overpriced!

Negotiations are in the process for the same type of deal with the New York State Postal History Society, and we are hoping that we can reach a mutually aggreable format. DO NOT send any NY material yet, wait till further information is made known.

MPH 56 November 1979

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