The United New Jersey Railroad & Canal Company was under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but issued their own bonds. The stamp below almost certainly came from a bond, though the copy below has been removed from its orginal document. The 1902 Poor's Manual of Railroads lists a 50 year mortgage bond that was issued in 1901; this stamp likely came from that bond. The quest begins for a copy of this bond!
Based on the Poor's Manual reference below, the cancels were likely produced in Philadelphia as were the Girard Trust cancels, as Girard Trust was a Philly based company.
1902 Poor's Manual of Railroads. The relevant UNJRR&CCo bond is number five below, issued in 1901 and maturing March 1, 1951:
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