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!
