NOWELL, RUDOLPH JOSEPH

Copyright 2011-2025 John N. Lupia III

Circa 1948 photograph of Rudolph Joseph Nowell wearing his suit vest and tie standing next to his younger brother John who is working on inventory.

Rudolph Joseph Nowell (1905-1970), was born on December 17, 1905 in Poznan, Poland. His family surname was originally Nowosielska.

He lived with his mother Catherine Nowosielska at 51 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. He graduated from college and worked as an accountant on Wall Street, New York and sold stamps part time from his mother's house. Soon after graduating college he decided to make stamp dealing his full time career circa 1926.

• Block of 12 (Double Error) Se Tenant Pair: This block, from the upper left pane of the printing plate, contains a vertical pair of the 5¢ error stamps at positions 74 and 84, surrounded by normal 2¢ stamps. CV = $1,200 - $3,000. Sale $1,000 write john@numsiamticmall.com

Advertisement in Lehigh Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, December 1932, page 12.

Advertisement in Linn's Weekly Stamp News, Vol. 5, No. 37, July 15, 1933, page 601 address 140 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey

Downtown Stamp Company was an exhibitor in the National Stamp Exhibition of 1934 

Nowell relocated from 140 Halsey Street to 53 Bank Street, Newark, New Jersey.

Renown stamp collector and dealer, Souren Serebrakian (1900-1991), at the Hotel Astor, New York  to Downtown Stamp Co., 53 Bank Street, Newark, New Jersey, postmarked Registered December 7, 1939

On February 19, 1941, Nowell removed from 53 to 95 Bank Street, Newark, New Jersey.

From 1944 until 1992 Downtown Stamp Company moved to 44 Academy Street, Newark, New Jersey

Rudolph J. Nowell REGISTERED AIRMAIL December 23, 1946 Downtown Stamp Company, Newark, New Jersey from stamp dealer, Alfred Cano, Havana, Cuba. Cano's seals o$200

January 3, 1948 Downtown Stamp Co. to August Heque, Dallas, Texas, pane of 6 #55. Certainly, the surname Heque is a misspelling since no such name is found.

Advertisement in Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Vol. 59, No. 3, September 18, 1954

June 10, 1955 Downtown Stamp Company to genealogist, William Eugene Norman, Norfolk, Virginia

Rudolph Joseph Nowell, owner of Downtown Stamp Company, died on May 29, 1970 at Newark, New Jersey. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Arlington, New Jersey.

Bibliography

American Philatelist, Vol. 60 (1946) : 576