NJPH - New Jersey Postal History Society
NJPH - New Jersey Postal History Society
NJPH - New Jersey Postal History Society
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NEW JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY, INC.<br />
APS Affiliate #95 - PHS Affiliate #1A - NJFSC Chapter #44S ISSN: 1078-1625<br />
Annual Membership Subscriptions $15.00 *** Website: www.NJ<strong>Postal</strong><strong>History</strong>.org/<br />
OFFICERS<br />
President: Robert G. Rose, One Jefferson Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054-2891 President@NJ<strong>Postal</strong><strong>History</strong>.org<br />
VP & Ed. Emeritus: E. E. Fricks, 25 Murray Way, Blackwood, NJ 08012 VicePresident@NJ<strong>Postal</strong><strong>History</strong>.org<br />
Treasurer: Andrew Kupersmit, 143 Woodbridge Ave., Metuchen, NJ 08840 Treasurer@NJ<strong>Postal</strong><strong>History</strong>.org<br />
Secretary: Jean R. Walton, 125 Turtleback Rd., Califon, NJ 07830 Secretary@NJ<strong>Postal</strong><strong>History</strong>.org<br />
Auction Manager: Arne Englund, P.O. Box 57, Port Murray, NJ 07865 auctionmanager@NJ<strong>Postal</strong>Histroy.org<br />
Editor-in-Chief/<strong>NJPH</strong>: Robert G. Rose, One Jefferson Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054-2891 rrose@daypitney.com<br />
Layout Editor: Jean R. Walton, 125 Turtleback Rd., Califon, NJ 07830 Njpostalhistory@aol.com.<br />
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DUES TIME AGAIN!<br />
Enclosed with this issue is a form for dues payment for 2012. We encourage you to mail this<br />
right away, so it is not forgotten. Dues are still $15 a year. Again this year you have the option of paying<br />
your dues online by Paypal (no extra fee), by going to our web site [www.NJ<strong>Postal</strong><strong>History</strong>.org] where<br />
you will find a link for membership renewal. You can also donate to the <strong>Society</strong> at the same time, if you<br />
would like. We are happy to accept your dues and donations in whatever form you find comfortable<br />
paying. We hope not to lose a single member!<br />
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />
The leaves are finally off of the trees after an autumn’s worth of weather that most of us<br />
would like to forget and hope to never see happen again. We were without power for six days<br />
and are still paying for a variety of home repairs as well as the removal of two large downed<br />
trees from the pre-Halloween storm.<br />
This issue of <strong>NJPH</strong> includes several articles by a number of our “regulars.” Doug<br />
D’Avino continues his survey of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> post offices with an illustrated history of the<br />
Smithville office. Don Chafetz presents us with a look at Part V of his award winning collection<br />
of Morris County stampless covers. Richard Micchelli provides details on the Wyman Civil War<br />
patriotic covers, and Gene Fricks contributes a couple of short articles on various machine<br />
cancels and a Roadstown manuscript postmark. I write on the discovery of a rimless Clarksburg<br />
postmark used during the stampless period. The Hometown post office this issue is Amatol, NJ –<br />
thanks to Doug D’Avino. I again thank Jean Walton for all of her work in collecting and editing<br />
this Journal. Kudos to you Jean!<br />
Along with the Journal, I have enclosed a dues notice for 2012 with a form for you to fillin<br />
for two free ads in <strong>NJPH</strong>. To continue to publish a quality, award winning journal in the face<br />
of ever increasing printing costs and postal rate increases, the <strong>Society</strong> needs your financial<br />
support. Membership dues of $15 raises about $1,500, but our annual cost for printing and<br />
mailing <strong>NJPH</strong> four times a year costs in excess of $2,400. Accordingly, I again urge you to<br />
make a tax deductible contribution to your <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
Finally, with the Holiday Season quickly approaching, I wish you and yours the very best!<br />
ROBERT G. ROSE<br />
<strong>NJPH</strong> 182<br />
Vol. 39/No. 4<br />
Nov 2011 Whole No. 184
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