AROUND THE WORLD IN 21 DAYS

(or The New Jersey Flight of the Graf zeppelin)

by: Brad Arch

The First Round The World Flight of the LZ-127(Graf Zeppelin) started on August 8th, 1929 from Lakehurst, New Jersey? to which mail destined for the flight had to have been sent in advance in order to arrive there before departure, as evidenced by this cover mailed in East Orange on August 6th.

Of the 37,400 pieces of mail carried on the flight and receiving the large red cachet, only 12,000 made the complete trip back to Lakehurst arriving on the 29th of August and receiving the one day only special illustrative machine cancel backstamp on arrival. The rates of postage varied according to the distance traveled and either

cover or post card, and this cover shows the maximum rate applicable per single weight letter.

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CANAL SERVICE

Charles L. Towle

Adapted, with permission, from Chronicle, Vol. 29, No. 2, Whole No. 94, May 1977, U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, Inc.

The two stampless "Railroad Service" covers shown carry close assoc-iation with the operations of early canals. These covers were submit- ted by William Kremper and are typical of the five known covers of this type. We also thank William Coles, owner of one of the other covers, for his assistance.

Figure 1 is an undated cover addressed to Messrs. I. & J. Stovers, Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa. It carries an oval "TRENTON/SEP/13/C.&A. R.R.," retouched slightly for clarity. The C. & A., of course, refers to Camden & Amboy R.R. There is no year date on the cover. It carries directions to the "Ticket Agent at Frenchtown" to forward it, and, in addition, the direction "Canal Service." The second cover (not illustrated) has a similar "TRENTON" oval on the reverse and has similar manuscript address and directions except that it requests "Mr. Janes Dilts, Freight Agent at Frenchtown," to deliver.

Figure 1. Cover with oval TRENTON and "Canal Service."

Figure 2 shows a corner card of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, Penna. R.R. Co., Trenton, N.J., with printed and u derlined "R.R. SERVICE." It is stamped with oval "PENNA. R.R./Nov 2 1878/WARREN ST./TRENTON, N.J." and is addressed to Messrs. Jacob and Isaac Stovers, Frenchtown, N.J., and is marked "Canal Service" in manu-scritp. These very interesting envelopes are among the relatively few

known associated with the history of canal service--in this case the Delaware & Raritan Canal. The Delaware & Raritan Canal Co. was in- coroprated in New Jersey Feb. 4, 1830, and construction began the latter part of 1830, with operations commencing May 1834. The canal ran from the Delaware River at Bordentown, N.J. through Trenton (6 m.), Williamsburg (17 m.), Kingston (20 m.), Griggstown (24 m.), Millstone (31 m.), Bound Brook (36 m.) to the Raritan River at New Brunswick (43 m.). As built, it was 75 ft wide at the water line

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and 7 ft. deep with 14 locks 24 ft. x 112 ft. with a total rise and fall of 116 ft. About 1852 the depth was increased to 8 ft. and the lock length to 220 ft,, while in 1866 an additional lock was built at New Brunswick. Up to 1840 the cost was $2,830,000. In 1872 the D. & R. owned 44 canal boats, which were pulled by horses and mules. The principal commodity transported was anthracite coal with maximum traffic of 2,327,000 tons handled in 1871. Traffic steadily declined until 1932 when operations were discontinued (fbr additiohal disCin-tion of.the'hittory and •activities of the'D. &. C.&A. RR, see "The Postal History of New Brunswick, NJ" E.E. Pricks, Collectors Club Philatelist, May 1980).

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For our discussion of these covers we must note that the Delaware & Raritan Canal also owned a feeder canal 22 m. long, 60 ft. wide, and 6 ft. deep, on the east side of the Delaware River from Trenton north to a place called Raven Rock for purposes of water supply only. We suspect, since these covers were obviously carried free over the

Belvidere-DelawareR.R. and directed to its agent at Frenchtown, that they had to do with the business functions of the United Companies, and that the Stovers boys had some connection with the Delaware River dam, the feeder canal, and the water supply arrangements. Envelopes were probably marked "Canal Service" since each company in the United Companies had separate accounting. Since Trenton to French- town was strictly carriage by railroad, these covers are definitely in the R.R.S. category, but I doubt that "Canal Service" bore any connotation of carriage on canal boats, but was merely to explain free movement over the Belvidere R.R. and assionment of anv costs involved.

Erwinna, Pa. was located across the river from Frenchtown, NJ, and two miles to the south. Canal boats did not operate in the river at this point; envelopes were undoubtedly carried by hand between Frenchtown and Erwinna. There is one other possibility that should be mentioned and that is

that the Stovers may have been employed by the Delaware Division Canal of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. This canal, sometimes called the Delaware & Lehigh , ran on the west side of the Delaware River from Bristol. Pa to Easton, Pa, where it made connection with the Lehigh canal of the same company to Anthracite Region via Mauch Chunk. This canal probably was a traffic feeder to the Delaware & Raritan Canal and the railroad "Free" letters to the Stovers may have been concerning transfer traffic or matters of mutual interest to canal operators. When one of these letters is located with contents, or when one of

our New Jersey specialists identifies the occupation and employment of the Stovers, we will probably know the correct answer, but until then, the most logical conclusion is that "Canal Service" refers to internal business of the Delaware & Raritan Canal Co., handled free over associated railroad lines. Reader comment on this question would be most welcome.

-0- There is one Canal Service item with a very strong Delaware &

Raritan Canal connotation, addressed to James Neilson at New Brunswick. The cover was first illustrated in The Stamp Specialist, Blue Book, 1941, in an article by Seymour Dunbar, "United States Postal History--A Canal Boat Letter Group." Neilson was corporate secretary and treasurer of the D&R Canal. The cover was again illustrated, and discussed, in Fricks' article referenced above; its current location is unknown. As seen from the illustration here, it has a handstamped "9" marking (or inverted "6"?) but no identification of origin point. The only 9-cent rate which springs to mind is the wartime ship fee rate during the War of 1812 (see Chronicle, May 1980); however, the canal was built and in operation long after the period of this rate. The 6-cent rate was the 1816 rate for a single letter not over 30 miles. Since the corporate headquarters for the D&R Canal was in Princeton, at least this makes some sense (of course, the marking could be a fake). We will probably have to wait until the cover resurfaces to know fog certain.

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"Canal Service" to New Brunswick. The 9 rate could be an inverted 6 (the 1816 rate for a single letter not over 30 miles). (The Stamp Specialist)

Another High Value Usage From NJ

In the Summer 1981 issue, we attempted to illustrate two covers from the William K. Herzog collection showing usage of high values of the 1861-67 from New Jersey. Attempted because the resulting poor illustrations did nothing to show what for New Jersey students are quite scarce examples. Below is illustrated a usage of the 15 cent Banknote from Newark to Syria.

NOJEX TO MARK 11TH ANNUAL MEETING OF NJPHS

Next month's NOJEX will mark the 11th annual meeting of NJPHS. It seems only a short time ago that the original 9 members gathered to organize. This year's edition will be held in the Garden State Sports Complex right off the NJ Turnpike near Rutherford, NJ.

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The RURAL FREE DELIVERY & DOANE CANCELS of New Jersey

Coordinated by Brad Arch from information submitted by a large group of interested Society Members: showing Town Name & # and Earliest and Latest known use. All of these type cancels are known with slight variations: as lettering and numeral with or without serifs, with 3, 4 or 5 bars either solid or hollow and on the RFD type 'A' with interchanged text lines, BUT not more than one type has been reported from the same town so these var-iations are not a major criteria. Hoping that this information proves to be usefull to the Membership, I am continuously open to receive additions and corrections to this listing, and also that of the County/Postmaster's which has appeared previously.

RFD type 'A'

ALLENDALE 1 1905 BELLE MEADE 3 1906 1907 BRANCHVILLE ? 1907 BURLINGTON 2 1901 COLUMBUS 2 1904 CRANBURY 2 1903 DELAWARE 1 1901 ELMER 2 1903 ENGLEWOOD 1 1903 ENGLISHTOWN ? 1902 MEDFORD 2 1901 MERCHANTVIITE 1 1907 MERCHANTVILLE 2 1903 MILLSTONE ? 1906 MONROEVILLE 2 1905 MONROEVILLE 5 ?

MOORESTOWN 1 1904 1905 MOORESTOWN 3 1903 MOORESTOWN 5 1905 MOUNT LAUREL 1 1901 PALMYRA 1 1903 PITTSTOWN 1 1902 1907 RIVERTON 1 1901 1903 STEWARTSVILLE ? 1903 SUSSEX 1 1904 1908 VINCENTOWN 2 1903 WASHINGTON 2 1901 WESTWOOD 2 1903 NEW BRUNSWICK 4 1901

RFD type 'B'

ALLENDALE 1 1903 BELMAR 2 1912 MIDLAND PARK ? 1908 OLD BRIDGE 1 1907 1908 RAMSEY 1 1905 THREE BRIDGES 1 190?

R. F. D. No. 1

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DOANE Cancels HUNTSVILLE 1 1905 1909

BA RGA INTOWN 1 1907 JENKINS 1 1912 BASKINGRIDGE ..... . . • .6 1905 1907 JOBSTOWN 4 1904 1908 BEDMINSTER 3 1904 JUTLAND 2 1906 1907 BEENE RVI LLE BELLE MEADE BELLE MEADE

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BEV INS 1909 LAFAYETTE 4 1902 1907 BIRMINGHAM 6 9 LAO COMO 4 1911 BLACKWOOD 5 1902 LAYTON 3 1906 1915 BLAIR 1 1906 1909 LIBERTY CORNER 3 1906 BLAWENBURG 9 1906 LOWER BANK 9 ?

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DAYTON 4 ? NAVESINK 3 1909 DELA IR 3 1905 1908 NEW LISBON 3 1906 1912 DENVILLE . . • ......... 4 1907 1909 NEWPORT '? 1908 DRAKESTOWN 1907 NEW SHARON 1 1904 DUNDEE LAKE 1 1907 1909 NORTH BRANCH 4 1907 DUNNFIELD 1909 NORTHFIELD 2 1911

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S PRI NGTOWN 4 1906 STANTON 2 1907 STEELMANSVILLE 1 1913 SUCCASUNNA 5 1906

TITUSVILLE 5 1908 TOWAC 0 2 1906 TOWNSEND INLET 1 1909 TRENTON JUNCTION 3 1906 1907 TUCKAHOE ? 1908

VAIL 2 1906 1910 VERNON 2 1912 VERNON 1907 4 VIENNA 3 1906 1916

WADING RIVER 2 1906 WANAQUE 4 1906 WA RBASSE ? 1911 WARREN POINT 1 1910 1911 WEST BERLIN 3 1905 1912 WHITEHOUSE 3 1906 1907 WHITING 3 1910 WINSLOW 3 1909 WOODGLEN 2 1905 1906 WRI GHTST OWN 4 1907 1912 YARDVIT TF 3 1907 YORKTOWN 2 1907

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leaf stamped titling. In 1876 the United States consisted of 37 States and 11 Territories. The Monitor Guide was the SOLE source of reference to then existing Post Offices [including Double names] and Railroad Freight Stations in the U.S. and Canada. The Guide is filled with fascinating names and glimpses of the past - Arizona Territory, Indian Territory, Montana Territory, with shipping routes, advertisements as they were, 105 years ago. This Limited Edition to 3,000 copies] is numbered and with an individual certificate. 11 will be a prized addition to any collection. ORDER TODAY - Return the coupon below with your check or M.O. for $16.95 (postpaid). N.J. Residents please add 5% Sales Tax.

Please allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. MAIL COUPON TO

BULLINGER'S GUIDES, INC. P. 0. Box 501 - 63 Woodland Ave.

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PATERSON's Small & Large SHIELD Cancels

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Known used on the 1861 issue adhesive stamps and on the 1864 issue postal stationery, although the only dateable examples that have come to my atten-tion were all used in 1867, with.. the Small Shield used during the first half of the year ( examples from April & May illustrated ), and the Large Shield used during the last half of the year ( examples from July & Sept. illustrated).

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CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC VIA METUCHEN, NJ

Civil War patriotic envelopes used in New Jersey are not all that common as shown by a several year investigation of auction cata-logs and exhibits. The illustrated cover is printed on an off- white paper stock with the cachet in greyish blue. It did not originate in New Jersey but was sent to East Millstone (Somerset Co.), addressed in pencil. Missent to Metuchen, it was struck with that town's circular datestamp and sent on its way. (Krumwiede Collection, Rutgers University)

KLINES MILLS, NJ MANUSCRIPT

Letter from Jacob Kline (county collector and postmaster), June 8, 1836 to Charles Parker, Treasurer of New Jersey. This post office was sicontinued after June 30, 1843.

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LIMITS .

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'11114AILSAVESTIME'MACHINE SLOGAN CANCELLATIONS used from New Jersey

by's Brad Arch

-Compiled with the mutual assistance of, and presented with the permission Thomas Washington, who is the coordinator for this section in the American Air Mail Catalog published by the American Air Mail Society.

Of the 4 major styles covered, the Universal Biplane style was the most widely used nationwide, but only 2 are recorded from New Jersey, both in Newark during 1928-1929. The Universal Monoplane style was the least used nationwide, but here New Jersey accounts for more than half the listings; 2 from East Orange, 7 from Newark & 3 from Paterson all used during 1937-1940, The International Biplane style was the 2nd most used nationwide, but so far none have been recorded used from New Jersey. The International Monoplane style is represented by only 1 use from New Jersey, from Hacken-sack during 1937-1940.

Thus only 4 cities used the slogan, and Newark accounts for 60% of types.

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