April 21 new issues from Bat’s Private Post, Como Park Post
I’ve spent far too much of the past week and a half wrestling with one lawnmower and pushing another, which has put me behind on some blogging, but let’s take a quick look at new issues from a couple of private local posts.
First is an April 21 release from Bat’s Private Post in Beverly Hills, California. The 83¢ stamp commemorates Pope Francis, who died the same day the stamp was issued.
Back in 2022, Bat’s Private Post issued a commemorative stamp the same day Queen Elizabeth II died. I’m not aware of any other postal operation, official or private, that releases memorial stamps quite so quickly!
Coincidentally, Como Park Post in Saint Paul, Minnesota, released a new stamp the same day as Bat’s Private Post’s Pope Francis stamp. The design of Como Park Post’s stamp was carved by hand.
As you can see, I’ve received a couple of different varieties of the new stamp, one bearing just the numeral “3” and another reading “3 CENT.” Como Park Post operator Tom B. informs me that various types of a die reading “3¢” will also be used, and that the base design will also appear with a 5¢ denomination.