Morristown, NJ - New Jersey Postal History Society

CAMDEN’S INVERTED DATE CIRCLE HANDSTAMPS ~ Gene Fricks
Note wear on this 25mm circle date stamp on this 1874 cover.
An interesting aspect of this that suggests the inverted date circle was deliberate is a run
of covers with the 1873 Bank Note issue with the new conventional handstamp where the entire
marking is inverted. This gives an optical effect that is similar to the older marking.
On 1873 Bank Note Issues
However, soon we see the marking applied in an upright position. A new clerk might be
at work, the “inverted” clerk might have tired of the game, or the postmaster might have finally
reprimanded him for “flying upside down.”
NJPH Vol. 31/No. 4
November 2003 152
Whole No. 152