• Antique 1888 Knights Templar Postal Card – New Jersey Grand Commandery Office of Grand Recorder Charles Bechtel
    Up for sale is an exceptional piece of late Victorian New Jersey fraternal and postal history. This is an original 1888 official postal card mailed directly from the state headquarters of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of New Jersey.
    Administrative & Regional Context:
    • The Sender: Issued from the Trenton office of Charles Bechtel, the prominent, long-serving Grand Recorder of the New Jersey Grand Commandery.
    • The Recipient: Addressed directly to A. C. Gordinier in Morristown, New Jersey, a verified historical member of the town's local Odo de St. Amand Commandery No. 12.