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I have an old truck with lots of character!
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My wife and kids made me "trade in" the 96 Tacoma..hard to believe the 2012 Frontier is 7 years old...where does the time go ?
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Time does fly! I bought this 1991 Tracker new! Still got her! It's interesting when cars you bought new qualify for historic license plates!
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amazing how some people just hang on to things..Just as well this cover is in German and i can not read it...probably a husband trying not to worry his wife.
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Use Google Translate.
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I'm afraid !
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The most important thing to me is that the cover tells a good story.
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Some of the most interesting covers I've come across have physical faults, but yet full of history.
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Me Battles, And i would say you know your covers !
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Sometimes it comes down to "to have or not to have". Here's a cover postmarked Stephensburgh, New Jersey. Per the Geological Survey of 1894, the "H" was dropped, with the postmark changing to Stephensburg. And that post office only lasted until 1944. Heck, I don't even have that one in my collection!
So I grab this tattered and written upon cover for a few dollars because I know I may never see another one. The Stephensburgh cancel was in use from 1856 until 1894 for a 38 year run. Stephensburg is one of the many unincorporated townships within Washington Township in Morris County. The population of this area in 1890 was less than 2,400 people.
The postmarks on this cover don't have a year date, but a previous owner identified the stamp as Scott 158 so we're going to go with that. This is the 3 cent value in the series of 1873, and appears to have been in use through 1879 so we'll use that to date our cover within that time frame. That puts it about midway in the cancel type life.
The addressee, Mr James Lamerson appears to have been a "Freeholder of T.T.S." so there may be some research that can be done there. A quick swipe at Google didn't reveal anything.
The cover passed thru Hackettstown, about 7 miles, then onwards to Warren, NJ for a total trip of about 60 miles.
The cover was hastily torn apart to be used further as scrap paper for some addition and subtraction. Today we'd just do that on our iPhone! Back then, it had to be written out with your fountain pen, since ball point pens hadn't been invented yet. It also illustrates that paper was valuable as I have many covers that were used as scrap paper, and in some cases that's what caused it to be saved.
So end conclusion is that there's a whole lotta history in this tattered old cover. I'm glad it has survived!
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Is the name Lamerson or possibly Somerson?
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Ancestry seems to have the name transcribed as both Somerson and Lomerson in the 1930 census, but as Lomerson in the 1920.
He is living in Washington Street, Phillipsburg, Warren County and in both records he is a bank cashier. In 1920 has a mortgage but is owner in the 1930 with a house valued at $18,000. He is married to Mary since about 1890. There are two children in 1920 aged 18 and 10 and his mother is named as Jane born around 1842.
Edit, ps he has a radio in the 1920 census.
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No more !!! I already have well over a year's worth
of stamps backed up in the to be mounted file.
Covers are too absorbing !!!
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Ahhh, to be focused...i have computer paper boxes full of glassines and i cherry pick them again and again and again .
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When i was younger i would reject a cover for a nick or small tear...now i have learned it can give them.. character...like a dent on an old truck !
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18 Mar 2019
12:05:05am
re: Covers , how my opinion has changed.
I have an old truck with lots of character!
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My wife and kids made me "trade in" the 96 Tacoma..hard to believe the 2012 Frontier is 7 years old...where does the time go ?
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Time does fly! I bought this 1991 Tracker new! Still got her! It's interesting when cars you bought new qualify for historic license plates!
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amazing how some people just hang on to things..Just as well this cover is in German and i can not read it...probably a husband trying not to worry his wife.
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Dogs are my favorite people. I hang with this one as often as I can.
18 Mar 2019
09:32:21pm
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Use Google Translate.
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I'm afraid !
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The most important thing to me is that the cover tells a good story.
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Some of the most interesting covers I've come across have physical faults, but yet full of history.
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re: Covers , how my opinion has changed.
Me Battles, And i would say you know your covers !
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re: Covers , how my opinion has changed.
Sometimes it comes down to "to have or not to have". Here's a cover postmarked Stephensburgh, New Jersey. Per the Geological Survey of 1894, the "H" was dropped, with the postmark changing to Stephensburg. And that post office only lasted until 1944. Heck, I don't even have that one in my collection!
So I grab this tattered and written upon cover for a few dollars because I know I may never see another one. The Stephensburgh cancel was in use from 1856 until 1894 for a 38 year run. Stephensburg is one of the many unincorporated townships within Washington Township in Morris County. The population of this area in 1890 was less than 2,400 people.
The postmarks on this cover don't have a year date, but a previous owner identified the stamp as Scott 158 so we're going to go with that. This is the 3 cent value in the series of 1873, and appears to have been in use through 1879 so we'll use that to date our cover within that time frame. That puts it about midway in the cancel type life.
The addressee, Mr James Lamerson appears to have been a "Freeholder of T.T.S." so there may be some research that can be done there. A quick swipe at Google didn't reveal anything.
The cover passed thru Hackettstown, about 7 miles, then onwards to Warren, NJ for a total trip of about 60 miles.
The cover was hastily torn apart to be used further as scrap paper for some addition and subtraction. Today we'd just do that on our iPhone! Back then, it had to be written out with your fountain pen, since ball point pens hadn't been invented yet. It also illustrates that paper was valuable as I have many covers that were used as scrap paper, and in some cases that's what caused it to be saved.
So end conclusion is that there's a whole lotta history in this tattered old cover. I'm glad it has survived!
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re: Covers , how my opinion has changed.
Is the name Lamerson or possibly Somerson?
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re: Covers , how my opinion has changed.
Ancestry seems to have the name transcribed as both Somerson and Lomerson in the 1930 census, but as Lomerson in the 1920.
He is living in Washington Street, Phillipsburg, Warren County and in both records he is a bank cashier. In 1920 has a mortgage but is owner in the 1930 with a house valued at $18,000. He is married to Mary since about 1890. There are two children in 1920 aged 18 and 10 and his mother is named as Jane born around 1842.
Edit, ps he has a radio in the 1920 census.
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30 Mar 2019
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re: Covers , how my opinion has changed.
No more !!! I already have well over a year's worth
of stamps backed up in the to be mounted file.
Covers are too absorbing !!!
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re: Covers , how my opinion has changed.
Ahhh, to be focused...i have computer paper boxes full of glassines and i cherry pick them again and again and again .
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