Local posts in New Hampshire, Minnesota, & Oregon release new stamps
The local post scene had, to the best of my knowledge, been pretty quiet overall over the past couple of months, but within the past week and a half, I’ve received new issues from three different sources!
The first came from New Hampshire’s Purgatory Post, which on September 19 issued a 14-sola stamp commemorating Pope Leo XIV. Robert Provost was elected pope in May; the Chicago native became the first pope born in the United States.
Purgatory Post Pope Leo XIV stamp
Coincidentally, Minnesota-based Como Park Post issued a new stamp on the same day as Purgatory Post’s latest stamp was released. The 3¢ stamp was printed from a handcarved wooden die.
Como Park Post 3¢ stamp
And just last Wednesday, September 24, Mick’s Local Post in Oregon issued a stamp picturing the Coins-Donuts sign in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which points customers in the direction of Santa Fe Coins & Jewelry and Whoo’s Donuts, respectively. A release enclosed with the stamp I received identifies the sign as a “beloved icon” and “cultural treasure.”
Adanaland releases miniature sheet celebrating Festival of Ornament
When my daughter and I went to check our post office box last week, there were a couple of pieces of “stamp mail,” one of which came from Adanaland’s Alan B. Alan sent along his latest philatelic creation, a miniature sheet of nine stamps celebrating the Adanaland Festival of Ornament.
Adanaland Festival of Ornament miniature sheet
Alan writes that he acquired a box of letterpress type ornaments some time back and decided they would be useful for creating stamps for a fictitious event.
As you can see, although the same symbols are used repeatedly, each stamp in the sheet is unique. It’s an interesting arrangement, and an interesting end product!
We’re finally closing in on the beginning of autumn, and enough United States stamps have been issued over the past few months that it’s time for a stamp album update. The Fall 2025 Supplement (114 KB, 2 files, 4 pages) for The Philosateleian U.S. Stamp Album is now available, and it includes spaces for all United States postage stamps issued from June through July of this year.
It’s hard to believe, but The Philosateleian is coming up on its 20th anniversary next year. I had no idea when I launched my project in 2006 that I would still be creating new album pages this far into the future, but here we are. I truly appreciate the your support and encouraging words throughout the journey.
You can download and print the new pages at your convenience, and as always, thank you for using The Philosateleian!
Shriners Children’s Hospitals use Christmas-themed preprinted designs on BRE
I made my weekly run to check the post office box today, and there was the usual stack of nonprofit mailings containing an array of return address labels, notepads, and calendars.
A mailing from Shriners Children’s Hospitals also included a business reply envelope with three preprinted stamp-sized designs that I had not previously seen. The designs picture Santa Claus, a reindeer with presents on its back, and a car with a Christmas tree strapped to its roof.
Shriners Children’s business reply envelope with preprinted stamp-sized Christmas designs
Shriners Children’s has been using stamp-sized designs of this sort for a while now. They’re colorful, at least, and other than a few nonprofit stamps on the envelopes I received, this was the closest thing to what my daughter and I refer to as “stamp mail” that I received this week!
Canvey Island Local Post celebrates laundry delivery and postmaster’s ancestors
England’s Canvey Island Local Post last month issued a new local post stamp with a close connection to the post’s operator. According to an official announcement, the £1 stamp captioned “Laundry Delivery circa 1930” depicts CILP’s postmaster’s maternal grandmother and great-grandfather with the horse-drawn cart they used to make their deliveries.
The stamp was issued July 25.
Canvey Island Local Post Laundry Delivery stamp
Canvey Island Local Post also produced a first day cover and maxicard for the new stamp.
Of note is the “Travelling Local Post” cancellation near the top of the postcard pictured above. That postmark was introduced July 24, the day before the Laundry Delivery stamp was released, for use on mail that is carried to mainland England instead of being posted normally on Canvey Island itself.
