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Membership Report &Award Winners Inside Front CoverSome New Jersey "First Day Of Issue- Covers by: Brad Arch. . ..... .129The ·Stephen" Correspondence to and from Paterson NJ 1841-1861 by: Brad Arch .138Pictorial Cancellation Warning by: James H. Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . .145Delaware, knowlton Towns~ip Post Office by: Michael Miller . . . . . .. .147Some New Jersey Railroad Markings and Forms by: Brad Arch &C.S.Thompson .148New Jersey Civil War Patriotic Covers (continued) by: Brad Arch. .152New Jersey Discontinued Post Offices (continued). . . . . . . .154Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .160

NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Inc.APS Affiliate 195 - PHS Affiliate 11A - NJFSC Chapter 144S

Annual Membership Subscription $15.00ISSN: 1078-1625 •

TRUSTEES:President - Robert Rose, PO Bo~ 1945, Morristown NJ 07962Vice-President· E.E. Fricks, 26 Windmill Drive, Clementon NJ 08021Treasurer - Robert Zanoni, 703 Bridgeboro Street, Riverside NJ 08075Recording Secretary - Jean Walton, 125 Turtlebac Road, Califon NJ 07830Corresponding Secretary - Brad Arch, 144 Hamilton Avenue, Clifton NJ 07011Editor Emeritus - [.E. Fricks, 26 Windmill Drive, Clemen on NJ 08021Editor - Brad Arch. 144 Hamilton Avenue, Clifton NJ 07011Legal Counsel - Robert Rose, PO Box 1945, Morristown NJ 07962Auction Manager - Peter lemmo, PO Box 557, Whippany NJ 07981 - - Submit Lots Anytime* * * * * * • * * " • • " * "' " " • • " " " " " • " " • " • " " " " " " • • • • " • •

Sample Journals @ S3.00 each, postpaid; and Membership Information & Applicationsare available from the Corresponding Secretary as listed above.* * " " * * * " " * " * • " " "' • * * " * • * * * * * * " * * • * " • * • • * * * • •

NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY LITERATURE AVAILABLE FOR lMMEOIATE DELIVERY, postpaid, from:New Jersey Postal History Society, Inc., 144 Hamilton Avenue, Clifton NJ 07011

NJPH Journal INDEX to Whole 11-#100, 1993, 20 pages , ,. 5 3.00NJPH Journal - Back. Issues - available #84 to ~99 & dl0l to date each S 3.00New Jersey OPO's • 1981 Pocket Sized Checklist of Discontinued Post Offices. S 3.00Annual Report of the Railroad & Canal Companies of NJ 1854 - 1982 reprint ... S 4.00Illustrated Directory - HJ 1847 Issue Covers - 1987,44 pages ~ Supplements. S 4.00Catalog of New Jersey Railway Postal Markings - 1984, 136 pages SID.OONew Jersey Civil War Patriotic Covers (NJPH Whole .100) 1992, 100 pages S10.00New Jersey's Forei9n Mail (Colonial to UPU) 1997, 76 pages , ,. 510,00...............................................

MEMBERSHIP REPORTDeceased:Prof. C,S. Thompson - January 13, 1998

* • * * • • " • * " " * " * " * " * • " * " • " " " * " " .. • " " .. .. .. * " • • "' • " "AWARD WINNERS Congratulations!!!!MERPEX - September 4-6, 1998 - Cherry Hill NJTwo Exhibits of New Jersey Material:GOLD - Steven Washburne, "1m From Monmouth County"GOLD - Brad Arch, "New Jersey First Oay Of Issue 1883-1997"Five Exhibits by Members of Non-New Jersey Material:GRAND-GOLD - Ed Moore," The United States & The Graf Zeppelin"GOLD - Ed Moore, "A Century Of Progress Fl igh "GOLD - Paul Schumacher,"The First Century of Vice-Presidents"SILVER Craig Mathewson,"Presbyterian Church In The USA"BRONZE - Brad Arch,"E1izatoria"

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and added expence of having to mail out reminders.Thanks for Your Cooperation

Some NEW JERSEY "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" Co'ers

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TRANQUILITY NJ - October I, 1883 - 2¢ Red-Brown large Banknote Issue

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The 250th Anniversary of Princeton University

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Ceremony Program

WtlcomtViClor M. Zucu:k

PO$tmOlSur, Princeton, N~ Jersey

Puuntation o/ColorsPrinceton L'nivcrsiry ROTC Color Guard

National AnthemPrinceton University Chapd Choir

InvocationRev. Joseph c. Willia.mson

Dcan of Rdigious Life Vld [he Chapd, Princeton Univmiry

Introduction ofGUlS!S

Dorothy L. Btdford 78Executive Director, 250th .>\nnivcrsal')' of Princeton Vnivcairy

&marksR.ymond T. Murphy

District M:ln.t.gcr, United 5t.ifcS POStal Service

Huold T. Shapiro GS'64Pre.sidcm, Princeton University

C. Douglu Lc-wisVice Ch.ur, Citiu:ns' S~p Advisory Comminee:

Ddication oftht Portal CardWilliam P. Bcnncn: '68

ChiefCounsd, Purchasing, United SU{CS POStal Service

Honortd CursuBurton G. Malkiel GS'64

Cha-ir, Steering Commirtcc for the 250m Anniversary

Howud KoslowArtist, Toms R.jVtf, :s~. Jersey

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Prinuton Univuosity

The nlrion's fourth oldest university. Princeton~ chHured in 17462.5 the College of Sew jersey ~for rhe [duanon

of¥outh in rhe learned Ungu~ge5 ~nd in lhe liber21 Aru ~nd S("ience5.~The college ....~ firsr housed in the pusorage of

jon~rh.n Dickinson. puror of the First Pre5bY'feri~n Church in Eliubeth, ~e'\O.·jeney, ~nd the college's first president:

WeI' Dickinson died. it moved (0 SC""OIrk in 1747. "X"irh the suppon of Jomrh.n Be.kher, governor of SC""'jerscy. the

college wu invited to mu:e iu permUten! home in Princeton. Sus~u Hall. symbol of the t:niversir:' ;lnd one of the

counrl"}:'s most historic bu~dings, opened in 1756. Occupied by British troops in 1776, bomb~rded by 2.Hillery during

the Buue of Princeron in 177-, ;lnd home to the Conlimnt2.l Congress for;l few monw in 1783. the early history of

Susau Hall is inextricably bound with the early history of this n;llion. An extnordinuy number of the counrry's

suu:smen, including signers of the Dedar;lrion ofIndependenc:e ;lnd nine delegate5 co the Conuitutional Convention,

were from Ptinceton.

The early 19th century w;u ~ time of trial for the fledgling college, but ~er rhe Civil ~':u II exp;lnded, in physiaJ

siu md the scope of IU F.iculry. under rhe lc;ldership of Ple5idem j;lJJ\es ~lcCosh. By the end of the 19th c:enrury the

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student hody numb.:red 771, and distinguished scholars in every field of !ulO\Oo'!edge h.1d h«n recruited fO its hru.lty.

During its sesquicentennial in 1896, the coUegc officiilly changed its name to Princeton L:ni'·ersir}'. wd then· Professor

Woodrow '\('ilson delivered his eloquent .1ddres.s ~Prince{on in the r-=arion's Service: which urged the University 10

redediute jtself 10 the needs of thC' country.

This ycaI' marks the 250th U1ni\'erslH)' of the g~ting of PrinC('ron's charter. The Uni"ersit}' today is l privllle,

coeducational iOSlilulion with l f.lru.lry of 940 and l student body composed of 4.600 undC'rgradwles Uld 1,800 graduafe

nudC'na. Hallmuks of ia Cllcellena ue its commitment ro undergl'1ldwtC' reaching md irs repuution as l lading re50eUch

institution in both the scie.lccs md the humanities.

Ahantkr Hall

Alcxander Hall. designed by uc:hilect '\('iUi;un A.. Poner in Richudsoniw Romanesque st}'le. is one of the most striking

buildings on the Princeton cunpus. Origin illy intended as.1 hill for commencement. the building was l gin of Hurien

Crocker A.lcxander in honor of her husha.nd, ehules B. AJc=nder, Class of 1870, his father, Henry M. Alcxander, CI.1SS of

1840, and his gl'1lJldfnhet, Archib&ld A.lc:xander, Han. 0,0. J81 O. all Prin«ton trUSfteS. Construction began in 1891. lnd

the Class of 1894 ....-as the first 10 gradwle in the hall.

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Among thr n::rnuluble feuures of this impres,si"e building ue the ricltly om;unen!ed south~t hpde, thr foUl

rounded lOWers QPped by conicaJ roofs, wd the hill's mllJive. ~roded unbublory. which docribes ~ bulging curve on

the north h~~de. Rich.udsoniw RomUlesque motifs m: evident in Poner's use oflight·brown gnnite trimmed in duk

bro....nstone; me enormous, rounded uche.s; the geometric p~mrn undel the aves ~nd lcrOS! the g~ble; me high-pitched,

once red-tiled roof (repl~ced in 1958 by gny S[;IIC); wd me plominent dormers. The: stone: cdings in me twO '·c:.stibules,

with their ribbed v~ults, reflect Pone:r's ~mchmenr 10 gothic design.

In it'! cuf",'cd u,hit~ra1 tonlOUfS, suiuble to it$ function as w ~lcademic thc~ter,~ wd in the iconognphy of i~

Nn;unenution, Alexander Hill is ~ monument to lCl.rning. The southC'a5t Dl?de's brownstone gallery of IlgurC$ (c::xecuted

by J. ~1~y Rhind) proch.ims this theme. The cen!ral. semd figure is Leuning, which is fknke:d by sc:ulptlJ~ repre.scn!·

ing lhe uu, language, theology, Ii...., history, m~them1tics, ~nd me .Kicnces. Inside, ~bove the m.lrble .and grmile ~uge. is 1

ro~e ....;ndo.... designed by J. A. Holzer of the TLft.a.ny Glas~ md Deconting CompUlY. It'! four roundeu tepreSC'n! Scudy.

Genius, K..,o....ledge, Uld FUlle. The thre:e mosaic p~nds behind the rostrum (.Iho the cr~rion of Holzer) depIct Homeric

heroines Uld heroes as weU as s<enes from me Trojm 'X'u The columns supponing the unbul.llory .11ches .1.rt Inscribed

with me nunes of famous figures in the Uti and sciences from Thucydides md Ptole:my to Goeme md Helmholl:Z..

Over the ye-:us Akunder Hill has served nOI only as ~ commencement sile but a1so .I venue: for m1jor L:niversiry

convoations, indud.ing the: in.lugun,rion of "'·oedrOVo· \X"ihon as Pnnc.cron·~ 13th president, md fot public 1e:(tUIes by

well-known public figures. Spa.kers h~ve indudc:d :\ndrC"N Cunegle, 'Xrilliun Jennings Brpn, A.lben Einmin, Will

Rogers, £lemor RooSC"o'ell, r-;ormUl Thomas, AdI:.a.i StC"o'enson, Williun Douglas. C. P. SnO"-', ~1.1d.une Su, Eugene

f\1cCuthr, George 'X'aJhce, D~vid E. Lilienthal, .11ld Art Buchv.-ald. After rmontions in 1984 to improve itS ~coustio,

the building's ~uditorium was dedialed to D~vid B. Richardson, CI1.SS of 1933. The building now serves primmy.lS 1

concur hill, home to m.lny of the L:niveuit)':s performing 1rt.S org.11liutions. In February 1996. Alcunder Hill W1.S me

site of the opening ceremony of Prina:ton's 250m wniversaJ)' celebration.

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William Appl-ton PotUr

William Appleton POtter (1842-1909) ....-:as one of the (oremoS! pf1lcririonct$ of American High Victorian Gothic

uchiteCfurc:, which had its inspiration in the Gothic Re-.'j"aJ movement championed by John Ruskin <lnd itS culmina­

lion in buildings Poner designed in the mid I870s. Potter's oeuvre includes buildings for both ccdesil-Stial and S('eu.lar

institutions. Alc::uIldcr Hill rcp:cscnt.$ a departure from Poncr's previous High Victorian Gothic designs ;lnd rcflccu

the: Richardsoni:l!l Roman~uC' Sfyle popular in .'\.mcriu in the 1880s.

Born in Schcnl:cudy, S'~ York, to Reverend Alonzo :uld Su~ BenediCt Poner, Poner gtadu;w:d from Union

CoUcge in 1864. After a brid HirH as a chemistry inmuetor at the Columbia CoUc:gc School of Mines, Porler joined

the firm of his brother, Ed'WUd Tuckerman Porter, u a.n apprentice. An~r esu,blishing his own pr~ctice in 1869, he

served from 1871 to 187615 coll~ge architect for the CoUeg~ ofS~ J~rsey (no..... Prin~ton University), During this

p~riod he designed CMnc:eUor Green Ubrary (now the University s{1Jd~nl ceO!~r). 01. pOl.miigm of High Victorian

Gothic, This rdadonship with th~ CoU~g~ ofN~ J~rscy 10l..51~ more thm 20 ye:ars. Pon~r a.lso s~rv~d for OJ. short tim~

(1875-76) 15 supervising uchilcet ofth~ U.S. Tre:asul)', From 1882 to 1884 h~ md 01. junior pU'tn~r, )OI.JTles Bro....n

Lord, worked on the design of Union Theological Semi nOll)' in Sew York City. II wa,s during this period thOl.l Poner's

designs began to r~fleet the mong influ~nc~ of Henry Hobson Richardson. one of the most MOW American Mchi·

t~cts of th~ second half of the 19th century, Princeton University's Ale::u.nder Hall was the last and best known of

Poner's RichaIdsonim Romanesque buildings,

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The "STEPHEN" Correspondenceto and fn>o PATERSON NJ - 1841·1861

mostly from EnglandBy; Brad Arch

PATERSON NJ to NYCFebruary 1841

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PICTORIAL CANCELLATION WARNING !

By: James H. Mason

Here are some examples of the U.S.P.S.fuining special pictorial cancellations.Incidentally these particular pictorial cancellations illustrate one lesson we

have learned at Batsto which may benefit other designers of special pictorial post­marks, i.e., putting the Zip Code in large numbers at the bottom of the design, mayresult in the cover returning to the sending P.O., particulary if small peelable'ab~ls are used as self addresses. .

(Ed.Note: The safest way to try and avoid this problem, is to splurge foran extra stamp on an S.A.S.E. to return the cancels to you under protective cover).

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)1)u?" postmaster FlorE'neef\wpers sa)'S to onE' ""omanwho OJM'N her nano"'" post of,fice box to retrieve the d~'"

bills, cOI'TPspondence or gretl'Inl cards.

Kwpers gtff'LS pracucallyevery customer by hi' or herfirst name. With II )E'aTS of ex·perience al the Del3ware POSIornce, she has had ample OJ)

portunlty to meet the reslden~

,he St'ryE's.It was renO'-att"d wet' yean

ago to mw its entrallct handrcappeod acceSSible and rftoud'!IU facade, but thf bulJdlnl"Str\lClUrf 1.S sound, KWPfrs...,

The oldfst rontUluolU!y run­rung post office In the count:)·has no plar.5 of gl\"lng up thatotJE' Galena PostmasurPatrick ~urphy S&ld

H.Ls post office 10 thE' north·Wfst COtll('r of the StaUopent"d In 1859 and ~rved

lead nuners and otllt'r rUI'dents of the ~l5SISSlPPIRI\'ercommunity

Area duldten nicknamed aPlease sefl DELAWARE 18-2

The post office inKnowlton Twp.is the second oldestin the country.By M1CHA£l MIUERThe Ex;ltess-TllT18S

L lttlt tw changtd in therh'er village of Delawaresinu its post office fust

opened Jan. I, 1884.A ferry no IOn&tr noats pe0­

ple and jalaplu across the sulJliver. Coal trainS no longerchug past the Knowlton TO'A7\­'sttiP village on the Jerse)' side.01 the river and its 200 or sofamilies see an en!c-Lncreasi.nanwnbtr 01 can and trucksrumble by 00 Routt 46.

But~r mote than a ('t'ntu­l)'. the ty,-o-story bnck post of·fiet' on 11.$ Qwet fUldencaJlane rerrwns the «ntral ner­\'Ous s)'$um of the \1llage.

Sen to. post omu In Galt'­na, lll., tht Deta....·are Post Of­"nee ....ith the 07833 liP rode ISthP oldest nll\lUlIg post officeU'I the nauon.

The wtuLe-pillared poSTO!'

flee is a plact where the to....'n·sresidenLS ('amt' dauy to geltlIeir m.aJ.l and share a ftlendlywnrd or two With the POSlffi.1..i.­tet.

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black stone collie thaI guardsthe front door ·....dotabeU..

'Wf' havE' ktds pt't him JustIikt' lit, "''lL:> warm and fuuy,"she said

The post orflce lobby IS small.just big ~nough to hold a halfdozen peoplE' on ill ramy day.But trafric In and out IS sH'ady

and Pt"Ople can admirE' old post·cards dt'plcu.ng the to"',Tbhlp

KUipers saJd the post officeuSf'd tooHer ruraS delivery .se\'.

era! urnes Oil da}' whtn trains{rr-quenuy \~..ould rumble pastthe \ll1a~,

'One of my older cus!omet5....-as complaining m town abouthow he used to get mall fourumu II day: she .).ald.

KUipers sull relies on an oldmanual scale to Wt'lg,h packages

and lettfts, though she sus·PKU one dOl)' It .....IU ~ ,-.pla.ct"dby a newer eleclJ"olUc one,

\lonen her grandparenLSwould \1Slt relall\'t'$ In Wash·InglOn, they would mall post·cards back and forth,

'They'd remmd Ulem to brln!!tlte baby's clothes OUl of tltebottom drawer or whatt'\'er:she said. 'Pnor to 1945 most ofthe communicatIOn was donethrough the post offlce:

Telephones too\.: th.. place ofmany pastaS duues Sow, thes~)'lnternetlS nung Iilto'snail mati,' but KUIpers saidsht' doesn't think the po~t oHlce....·111 e\'er go the- ....·ity of pon) ex·press.

," next month's I\nowltonRI\e-rfest. OlE' POSI office WIU of­fpr,j Spt"Clal cancellatIon stampdt'l'lctmg a tram crossmg theconcrete \'I<lduct n('<lr Colum,b,..

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Some NEW JERSEY Railroad Harkings &Foros

by: Brad Arc &C.S.Thompson

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PENNA. R. R. CO. - BIR,~l~GHAM, N.J.

Railroad Station Agent Ticketdater Mar~lng

U ION TRA SP'TN CO. - COOKSTOW, .J.

Railroad Station Agent Tic~etdater Mdr~ing

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Shipper'. "ol",O",!"B _, ..

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UNIFORM STRAIGHT BILL OF LADINGlP'kl-'CI'IIUl IT no IlrrDUT ..n COMMtKC£ COMMt!SIOJll)

,c ORIGINAL~t:l0T NEGOTIABLE A,,,,,. ""'--,--, _.. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SYSTEMTHE PENNSY.LVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

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RECEIVED, IlIbJKt to the dueU'Ieatlonl &nd ~rifPe ill etrut ~o tbe dltl of the t.IU, of til .. Bill of Lldln"'. -

-At _-'K"E'-JN"'II\'t'_.!-TE~RC!!M~IJW""'L'-'.P'-'0CCRUT...J>rt:",W!!A",R",K..."NoL>J,~. --,D",E"C~."'14"."'1:2.9,;,25"-- 192 _..- , ... -From STATE DE pr H~Y1 yA HI A _the Pjlroptrt,. deaeribed belot!". in Ipparent rood order\ ncept u noted loo:mtenu Ind ccndilion of ccnt..nl.l of packa..... unkno..·nl, muked.conlll"led.lIld deetin\!'d .. indieated below, .hicb Ili<1 ccmp&nJ [the wOTd complnJ being undeul.ood tnroughout thlll ('(Inlr.et .~ munil'lg.", perlOn or corporllion in poueui"n of thl propertJ under tne contnet) Igreel to earry l(t itl ulull pl.ee of deli~ery It uid d".linltion.if OIl iu oom fOld or ;I.s o ....n water line. othet'll'i..e to deli\'er to Inother carrier on the rOllte 10 ..id dutinltion. It il mutually agreed, asto eleb earrier of all or any of hid proO"lTI., o.tr all Itr Iny porlion of .. id route to de~tinltion. IIld as t9 each party at Iny time intere~tedin all or Ill' of ..id proputJ. lbal evny "rvi~ to be perfonned h(>TeundH ahlll he aubjeet to In tile eOndltionl not prohibited by I........bather pritlt-.d or ...ntllU\, berein ""ntlined, intludinr the conditlons on blek bereof....hitb .re hereby l(Teed to bJ the .hlpper Ind 'ceepledror bilMall ."d btl ..,.iJllI. •

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Conaiped ~-:"'M':'R.!.~J.!.-"No'""Q"'L,,1"V,,'.:-!L~E~"-.~\--------- __--------------

DlllItilIation_=E~L,,1::Z"A::8::E"TH"'-TO':W""N'-- · Stlte of_..c:Pc:A'- COuT'lt., of_L~Ac.:;r&'_A_Sc_T-E'-R--. PRR ' • I

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Chari" Ad• ."eed:,I

•••,......_ t OESCfU,Tl0fll Of A'U1ClEl. S'EC1Al~~~"~'AIIO nCEI'nOIl' I ·.tIGHT ICUSSOft! CHECK .If Ihill Ihipment i~ to be

1r-.:,;;;::;;A=':'C'.......~1'!:.,.P:l~""0!~':''l:I~.,,~~~~'''!;'~''''~.~ ...'.;;<~''~.~':..~.~<;'''~.~' l-;.~.~':'..,~'~.~':U:.~.+-d:::~ll\fred to the eon ~ i g ro c e:;r- ~ ...eeouT1le on Ihe 0:0<>'

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1______ Th(' earrier Ih_ll ""t makeI - ---,----. dc]j~erJofthl"hlpmcnt.. lth·____' ~ ,~. ' . !- OIU paJlT>O!nl of rr~igllt and

, ,- .. 1 I ~ all o.!her I.",rul eharle~ (,s...__________________________~ uelwm 7 of corodll""...,./

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_~I_-_ PENNA. SYSTEM FREIGHT STATION - _'_~-~'-:j;:;;'~'~+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;__1_ PORT NEWARK NJ ' Clock Marking ,-'.<;"c, .. ' • ,~~I 1'-' I ~ '~'"'1.~1"~.:~==""_ ' _I ="'¥ffiSlIUn..JJ Etlllli :1 <', ~'I:;J: ,ne:';,:;;,,::

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NOTl:.- Where the nte ia d..pendent 011 ..Iue, ahippen are required to _lite 'P"'Cilieally in .riting th..l(Teed oT declared value oe the properlJ. ._ . .

TlM ......M<I or. d..dared valua Jib. proper1Tl. L"ubJ .pe,cific:aJI, ....1..:1 b1lbe .h.ippe; to b. I)ot uce,..;!iJI...~ ..- ,1- per-

STATE OF PENt$YLVANIA .",__-:__-'-;=__'-_--,"".,,-'-=.'---5A,..,-.

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TUCKER ON RAIL ROAO LINE, Office of GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, UCKERTON NJ

Z t1-t..RlO;'l·R"'IL~OAD LIN ~,I,) oro-,elO" e. I

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" OK " Killer on 3( green large banknote

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~ 3 $/ ;/;''?r-t/t/~v/v~/ /

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TUCKERTON R.R. cds on 3c green large ban~note

contents of this cover appear on next page

150

{i}"llrr;" Jfrrioht a1111 1)a~~I'"a"r 1)rparilllcnl,

TUCKERTON RAILROAD.

contents of the April TUCKER ON R.R. covershown on the previous page

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CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVERS (continued)

by: Brad Arch

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TRENTON NJ

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GRIGGSTOWN NJ

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hP:Ic.u' FUll, SMOOT Hr.oJl '1"9' SroT."

"JOaN A 011.

TRENTON NJ

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MI LFORO NJ

18 Paterson Street,

New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. ].~" '~-'

New JerseyDiscontinued Post Offices

;-COMMERCIAL DEPT.,-

MAURER STATION - Middle,ex County - 1920-1938

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P. O. cst. Feb. I, 18g~.letters first 'Dostmtirkt;r:_ F.b~&ry 25, 18?2.Uec3.liI1) Independerlt 8 ~i. i. i 1.);1

0f Perth Amboy, n. ,T.,December I, 1920.

Laot day of orlglnu1 n~eJanuary 31, 1938,

t'kIGIlJAL POST!'.,,I

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FEB'')';'"')

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New JerseyDiscontinued Post Offices

HOWELL WORKS - Monmouth County - 1831-1858

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LEEDSVILLE - Monmouth County - 1833-1878

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New JerseyDiscontinued Post Offices

ORAKESTOWN - Morris County - 1837-1911

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New JerseyDiscontinued Post Offices

OS80RNVILLE - Ocean County - 1879-1960

STAfFOROVILLE - Ocean County - 1872-1954

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New JerseyDiscontinued Post Offices

UPPER MACOPIH - Passaic County - 1872-1936

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New JerseyDiscontinued Post Offices

SHARPTOWN - S,lem County - 1811-1933

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CLASSIFIED ADS:WANTED: Burlington County, any era ­LEBAN GLASS WORKS, LONG BEACH, MOUNTRELIEF, ORIENTAL, PAISLEY, ROLLESTONE,SOUTH PARK. Purchase?; Copies. Jack Edge,532 8road Street, 8everly NJ 08010

WANTED: Covers, Postcards - MONTAGUE,HAINESVILLE, LAYTON, BEVANS, WALLPACKCENTER, FLATBROOKVILLE, MILLBROOK, CALNO,PAHAQUARRY, BROTZMANVILLE, DUNNFIELD,DELAWARE GAP; Warren &Sussex Countiespre 1920. Photocopies or Approvals,Priced. Arne Englund, 1320 Plymouth Court.Raleigh NC 27610.... "' "' .UXCI WANTED - 4C Airmail Pos 41 Card,contemporary commercial usages (1949 ­July 1958) with added adhesives: SpecialDelivery. Registered, Certified, ForeignRate's/Fee's. No FOC's, FFe's. Brad Arch,144 Hamilton Avenue, Clifton NJ 07011

Always Buying anything from OCEANPORT(MON) and anything from Portugal andColonies to New Jersey. Steve Washburne,PO Box 43146, Philadelphia PA 19129....................... ""

WANTED: Camden &C4pe May County pos alhistory stampless thru 1930 period. SMalltowns especially wanted. Prompt pay~ent

always. References available upon request.Phi 11 ip J. Marks, PO Box 1154,Merchantville NJ 08109* " " * • " • " " * • • * * * * " " • " "WANTED: PARSIPPANY, WHIPPANY and otherMorris Coun y postal history items.Describe or send photocopies, priced orfor my generous offer. NJPHS(198D), APS(Life). Peter Lemmo, PO Box 557,Whip~any NJ 07981" . " . " " " " " " " " . . " " "" "".WANTED: Anything postmarked by FISH HOUSEpost office (Canden County); also wantcorner card covers from Camden County).Paul W. Schopp. 223 Elm Avenue,Riverton NJ 08077

" " * • " " " " " • " " " • " " " " " " "WAHTED: NJ Manuscript Cancels on foldedletlers or e,rly st,~ped covers. Sendphotocopies &prices to: Mike YannottaPO Box 1605, Per h Amboy NJ 08862

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WANTED: J R.P.O., D.P.O. , early NJcancels; fancy adv. covers. All NJpostcards, photo cards, large or smalllots. Topicals, signed artists. MonmoutHistory; Morris Canal. Maurice Cuocc1,716-8 Zlotkin Circle, Freehold NJ 07728

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and Foreignlots offered

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