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United States/Covers & Postmarks : Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

 

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Tom in Exton, PA

28 May 2022
12:00:29am

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Above is one of the many covers that came from one of the huge hoards of covers I've been buying and sorting. I found the below letter inside this cover. Can anyone tell me what the rare "Roselle Cover" is? I believe the parties involved in this letter are no longer available for inquiry.

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28 May 2022
06:05:50am
re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

Oooooo - good question! I found a Roselle post office in New Jersey. Maybe someone famous posted from there? Anyone else sleuth anything out? Wait - found this!

“Roselle was the first village in the world to be lighted by Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb. Set up as an experiment to prove that a town could be lighted by electricity from a single generating station, the generator was started on January 19, 1883.”

Sooooo, maybe special covers made up to commemorate the event?

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Calstamp

28 May 2022
08:35:56am
re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???


Possible clue.

Jim Roselle owned/ran Colorano for yrs

Sold to Mystic.

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28 May 2022
08:44:05am
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That is really interesting about Colorano. But aren’t they modern? Maybe 1970s? 1980s?

Isn’t it a hoot and a half trying to solve a mystery like this? One of the great joys of postal history, yes?

I wonder if our cover expert, Roy, has any ideas.

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Calstamp

28 May 2022
09:41:40am
re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???


How about this?

Source: Calvert M Hahn, Intertwining of Philatelic and Social History. Published by The U.S. Philatelic Classic Society.

“Another pioneer collector is George H Watson of Roselle. A partner in the Wall Street firm of Watson Bros. Watson was president of the Postal Card Society and edited the Postal Card newspaper which he founded. He supplied a major card exhibit to the Columbian World’s Fair.”

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Tom in Exton, PA

28 May 2022
09:45:08am
re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

Thanks for participating... gotta love a mystery. And why I love old covers.

Clues include that it was sold for $5-7.50 in 1934.. that was a lot of money back then. I think a new Ford sedan sold for $11! Surprise

Considering that the buyer bought a lot of first day covers... and the reference to "common cacheted covers", cachets weren't all that common in 1934!

I like Calstamp's direction... was this a FDC for a Columbian?

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28 May 2022
10:10:09am
re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

Wow that could explain the very high cost! Great job finding that info. You’re right - that was a huge amount of money during the depression.

Another possibility is Edison autographed covers from Roselle lighting event. I know Edison liked to promote his events in all sorts of ways, BUT that doesn’t really get the value up to Colombian Expo levels.


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Tom in Exton, PA
28 May 2022
12:00:29am


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Above is one of the many covers that came from one of the huge hoards of covers I've been buying and sorting. I found the below letter inside this cover. Can anyone tell me what the rare "Roselle Cover" is? I believe the parties involved in this letter are no longer available for inquiry.

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philatelia

28 May 2022
06:05:50am

re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

Oooooo - good question! I found a Roselle post office in New Jersey. Maybe someone famous posted from there? Anyone else sleuth anything out? Wait - found this!

“Roselle was the first village in the world to be lighted by Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb. Set up as an experiment to prove that a town could be lighted by electricity from a single generating station, the generator was started on January 19, 1883.”

Sooooo, maybe special covers made up to commemorate the event?

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"August 2023 - selling penny start bargain lots on EBay - https://www.ebay.com/str/philatelia"

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Calstamp

28 May 2022
08:35:56am

re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???


Possible clue.

Jim Roselle owned/ran Colorano for yrs

Sold to Mystic.

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philatelia

28 May 2022
08:44:05am

re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

That is really interesting about Colorano. But aren’t they modern? Maybe 1970s? 1980s?

Isn’t it a hoot and a half trying to solve a mystery like this? One of the great joys of postal history, yes?

I wonder if our cover expert, Roy, has any ideas.

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"August 2023 - selling penny start bargain lots on EBay - https://www.ebay.com/str/philatelia"

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Calstamp

28 May 2022
09:41:40am

re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???


How about this?

Source: Calvert M Hahn, Intertwining of Philatelic and Social History. Published by The U.S. Philatelic Classic Society.

“Another pioneer collector is George H Watson of Roselle. A partner in the Wall Street firm of Watson Bros. Watson was president of the Postal Card Society and edited the Postal Card newspaper which he founded. He supplied a major card exhibit to the Columbian World’s Fair.”

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Tom in Exton, PA
28 May 2022
09:45:08am

re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

Thanks for participating... gotta love a mystery. And why I love old covers.

Clues include that it was sold for $5-7.50 in 1934.. that was a lot of money back then. I think a new Ford sedan sold for $11! Surprise

Considering that the buyer bought a lot of first day covers... and the reference to "common cacheted covers", cachets weren't all that common in 1934!

I like Calstamp's direction... was this a FDC for a Columbian?

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philatelia

28 May 2022
10:10:09am

re: Whatza "Roselle Cover" ???

Wow that could explain the very high cost! Great job finding that info. You’re right - that was a huge amount of money during the depression.

Another possibility is Edison autographed covers from Roselle lighting event. I know Edison liked to promote his events in all sorts of ways, BUT that doesn’t really get the value up to Colombian Expo levels.


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