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M EW JERSEy4 NJPH o (n L THE JOURNAL OF .A 1 97 2 THE NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY `1L HISTORY SO ISSN: 1078-1625 Qlukulujulu D000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000 Vol. 29 No. 4 Whole Number 144 November 2001 D000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ooooooooooooooooor New Jersey Postal History's Most Valuable Cover 4 cent Broum briperfornte with Sdeermack 7YJ. ID perfornlions, tied by Suiclennlle, N.J. postmark, the finest of the four known covers, Scott 314A , sold for $110, 000 plus 10% buyer 's premium in Shreves Philatelic Galleries Sale of Dr. Joesph Agris' Gold Medal Collection of United States Coil Issues, September 5, 1997 - CONTENTS - Society Messages and President's Note --------------------------------------------------------------- 120 Presidential Issue Usages in New Jersey, Part I ------------------------------------------------------ 121 Southard Notebooks: Part XII -Mr. Southard: Business as Usual... by Jean R. Walton ------- 134 A Twice-Used Postal Card to Jersey City, New Jersey, and a curious question? ................................................................. ...............by Robert Buckler------- 168 The New Germantown Straight Line Revisited ..........................by Robert G. Rose------ 169 NJPHS Literature Available --------------------------------------------------------------------back cover. NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY, INC. APS Alliliate #95 - P1IS Affiliate # 1. - NJFSC Chapter #44S ISSN: 1078-1625 Annual Membership Subscription $15.00 Web Site: http:/ /members.aol.com:/njpostalhistory/phsin(lex.htm OFFICERS: President and Editor: Robert G. Rose , PO Box 1945. Morristown , NJ 07962-1945 [email protected] Vice President and Editor Emeritus: E.E. Fricks, 26 Windmill Drive, Clementon, NJ 08021 Treasurer: Robert Zanoni, 703 Bridgeboro Street, Riverside, NJ 08075 Recording Secretary: Jean R. Walton, 125 Turtleback Road, Califon, NJ 07830 [email protected] Auction Manager : Peter Lemmo, PO Box 557, Whippany, NJ 07981 Submit Lots Anytime Membership Report New Member: Scott Hansen, 4506 Madison Street. Dearborn Ileii hts, Michigan 48125. Scott collects 19th Centui-v foreign mail and town cancels. Dues Notice Enclosed is the 2002 dues notice. Your membership in the Society is important! Please consider making a tax deductible donation with your dues. Our dues alone do not cover the costs of printing and mailing NJPH four times a year . Please send your check and dues notice to the Society's Treasurer, Robert Zanoni , 703 Bridgeboro Street, Riverside , NJ 08075. Help us avoid the need and expense of sending second notices. {**************************k***-k*****-k******-k***:k**-k*****:t****************************** Membership Directory / Classified Ads After a several-year hiatus, the Society will publish an updated Membership Directory in 2002 which will include collecting interests and e-mail addresses. This should be a valuable aid in communicating with each other and assist in buying and selling from other members. To further our collecting interests, each Society member is entitled to two classified ads which will appear in NJPII in 2002. Please take the time to fill in both forms and return them to: Robert Rose, P.O. Box 1945, Morristowvin, NJ 07962. Do it today! ***********-k************************:F**-kk'k;{'k-k****;{*'k*****-.k*-kkk:{*'k*******'k*'k*******-k***** The Society has received a request for information . Does any member have any knowledge about a Whale Beach Local Post, 100 Paid ; used in Strathmere, NJ on 8/3/59 ? If so , please write to Raffi Abahuni , 27 Prospect Street , Farmingdale , NY 11735. kk*************************************-.k********-k************k*k************************ The NJPH Needs Articles NOW! Society members are urged to contribute articles - they can he anywhere from one- pagers to lengthy research articles, or simply copies of one or two of your favorite covers with a paragraph of text. Remember, one of the greatest contributions a member can make to the Society is sharing his or her philatelic knowledge and research. **************************************************************************************** President's Note Reflecting on the events of 9/ 11, a number of professionals who deal with the human condition have remarked that they have seen people return to, get more deeply involved with, those interests which are close to them, especially hobbies. I know for me, catching up on my philatelic interests over the last couple of months has been helpful in feeling better. How about you? Please take the time to send in your dues and return the forms to be sure you are included in the Membership Directory and in the classified ads. I have also enclosed a prospectus for NOJEX 2002 which will he held over Memorial Day Weekend at the Crown Plaza Meadowlands Ilotel in Secaucus. Our Society will celebrate its 30th Anniversary at the Show and have invited both the Empire State and Pennsylvania Postal Ilistory Societies to compete in it special three-way competition in addition to the usual medals and awards. Whether you have a one-frame or multi-frame exhibit, I urge your participation. More details on NOJEX 2002 will follow ul the Spring. Have a wonderful holiday and a happy and healthy New Year. Robert G. Rose NJPH -120- Novenmbcr 2001 Presidential Issue Usage in New Jersey, Part 1. During the last ten years, the collecting of modern definitive issues on cover has achieved wide-spread acceptance in the philatelic community and amongst exhibitors of postal history in particular. None of the definitive issues has enjoyed the popularity of the United States Presidential Issue which saw service from 1938 well into the late 1950's and early 60's. For most collectors around today, these were the first stamps purchased from the post office for our collections. Indeed, we learned the numerical order of the presidency from the face values used on this colorful set of stamps. Several award winning exhibits of "the prexies" have focused increasing attention on this series which demonstrate an incredible variety of rates, usages and destinations. A number of students have made significant contributions including the monograph by Roland E. Rustad aptly titled, "The Prexies," which was recently published by the United States Stamps Society (formerly the Bureau Issues Association). The prexy issue is currently serialized in the USSS' The United States Specialist. The November 2001 issue addresses the usage of the 500 William Howard Taft stamp, the 29th in a series of prexy articles. The illustrations below depict, from a New Jersey perspective, the prexies' wonderful variety of rates and usages from the 1/21Z through the 10¢ denominations. Part 2 will include the 11C through dollar value usages. STEPHEN G. RicH MIM, P. O. BOX B P41if VERONA, 1' Z " JERSEY c. =^e^NT 3 U to UNITED -4P ' STAM -,%- ST N1SUa wz_ J` CENt .l tktWT * f :':YT i 4 i.r. C.PoSt TTTunter 5 ITn1^ i 1^v i,or:m11: Uonn . CALDWELL NJ 1955 rates with FA1 15d Certified Fee + 3t Postage NJPFI -121- November 2001 2 x d paying the 1c Postcard Rate Wanaque & NY RPO a 3 x zC paying the liC Printed Matter Rate Little Ferry NJ (6rtri 01ally (E LI. Post Office Box 89 Little Ferry, N. J. Re(um Postage Guaranteed 2 CSNT--V r f A G \. STATES . r STATES ► I"m -- j go's a' cm-" tlrttwrr 2000 Trrntnn, Z'. 31. Post Office 2 x Zd = 1C 13ox Holder Postcard Rate Local Red Bank NJ Precancels Trenton NJ NJP11 -1_2- Noveniher 2001 13 x 1^ paying 10d Sp.Delivery & 3C Letter Rate Atlantic City NJ 8 x 1^ paying 8c: Air Mail Rate Summit NJ S. A. INI). SEi<ICA ', GEINTINA CANGALLO 2437 BUENOS AWES , AI<GE';TINA 1Q 3rd Class S.A. Precancel Bulk Rate Millburn NJ 1^ on 1cPostal CArd paying U Printed Matter Rate to Argentina NJPH -123- November- 2001 12C 3rd Class 5^ Insurance Princeton NJ i+o 1 n huI ELMER R LONG CONTENTS MERCHANDISE - 4th CLASS MAIL. POSTMASTER : THIS PARCEL MAN.1 It OPINED FOR. POSTAL INSPECTION IF NE4ISSARY vj. RETURN POSTAGE GUARANtLED FI) .j 4 x 1z¢ = 6^ Airmail Rate to Military Address, & Returned 3 Englewood NJ M4'14L ^'A^'c4 r2- 12^ Printed Matter Rate to Macao, China Scotch Plains NJ A EVENTS N >> SCOTCH PLAINS 2 -PM4 NEW JERSEY APR 5 > Return Portage Guaranteed J' 194 /A . 6- IDv 330,^ 6 POSTMASTER: If addressee has removed and new address I. known . notify .ender on FORM 3547. postage for which is guaranteed. NJ1'H -124- November 2001 2d&3d=5d Latter Rate on Garden of the Prentis House , Williomshurg, UNITED Virginia , on the historic Duke of Gloucester Post Card to t of the small colonial gar STATti Street-typical OOSTAR ccotland Ig= tahwah NJ 7x2+1f;+15t= double weight 15¢ AirMail Letter Rate to England Newark NJ V rytjty oTATES 1^ TAGE 2 cm; 7 Mr. Bradshaw. Bradshaw Model Proc:ucts 2x2Q&15^= 5 & 6 Western Road 19^ Registered Hove, Sussex, England. Rate to Canada 2 CENTS2 UNITED UNITED STATES 'TA"r RK. CEtTS iratt3 .e Box 118 NJPH -125- November 2001 Earold J. Bush .21 N. 7th St; NewarG, N.J. ;L---:;U cii. is Na Itraii;le, James Lack Enzel La --' e Eden^:c'-d Butler, :iew Jersey. ?ztdrn i'c'2" )t R,c^,^s^od c_ PA: WOUP -4 .. ':q L9'Tf0 Exist F05TAif :^• !^ I t ¢^S1A6 2 x 3Q + 3^Comm on UEnv .3 overpaying 1^¢ 3rd Class CENTS 3 0 3 CENTS 3 ,Lj 4 i EMS 3 5 3 CE : L ? & 1% Insurance Fee Newark NJ 5.<r2.0 3t + 17t + U = 3 x 6t= 40 Registered Air Mail Rate to Cuba Butler NJ 5 x 3 Q+ 2 x 5+ 10t = 35t Air Mail Letter Rate to Colombia, & returned Newark NJ 93OPM •1942 . NJPH -126- Novembcr 2001 NAVY 'D ARTMENT "w'Lr U.S.S. NEW J ERSEY BB-62 C/O FLEET POST OFFICE NEW YORK. N.Y. Mrs. L . Sauer. 1342 Springfield Ave Irvington ,ll.N.J. 4c over paying 3t Rate USS NJ Mr. & :rs. 1. C. P;annerow 4t + 25c r.