Mick’s Local Post, Bat’s Private Post issue new stamps on final day of 2025
I thought I had finished writing about local post stamps issued in 2025, but a few late entries in that category arrived in my post office box between last Wednesday and yesterday, all four of them issued December 31.
The first stamp is from Mick’s Local Post out of Portland, Oregon. The design features an image of Mick looking out over Lake Erie from the Ohio lakeshore, and it fits rather nicely into my landscapes collection. I’ve already added a space for it to my Canada/United States pages.
Mick’s Local Post Lake Erie stamp
The other three stamps are from Beverly Hills-based Bat’s Private Post. One, an 88¢ stamp, pictures Assata Shakur (1947–2025), a political activist and revolutionary convicted of murdering a New Jersey State Trooper in 1973. Shakur escaped from prison in 1979 and fled to Cuba as a fugitive from the law.
Bat’s Private Post Assata Shakur stamp
Another 88¢ stamp pictures Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025), the English primatologist best known for her research on chimpanzees.
Bat’s Private Post Dr. Jane Goodall stamp
Finally, we have a non-denominated official stamp issued for use by the Bat’s Private Post Currency Board. The die cut stamp pictures Hermes.
Bat’s Private Post Currency Board stamp
According to a release included with the stamp, the Currency Board has created a series of small change “notes” in values ranging from ½¢ to $1 to facilitate mail order transaction payments. The notes can be used to pay for any Bat’s Private Post service.
Como Park Post, Bat’s Private Post end 2025 with new stamps
I’m closing in on clearing the last of my mail received in December from my mail tray, and there are a couple of local post stamps that arrived late in the year.
The first of the stamps came from Como Park Post in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It’s a 3¢ design tied to cover by a December 22, 2025, first day of issue postmark.
Como Park Post 3¢ stamp on first day cover
The second stamp is from Beverly Hills-based Bat’s Private Post. The 66¢ stamp pictures Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California, and commemorates the observatory’s 90th anniversary.
Bat’s Private Post Griffith Park Observatory stamp on postcard
And that’s it for this entry. Hope you’re having a great week!
Philosateleian Post records drop in mail volume in 2025
Following two consecutive years of growth in the number of mail pieces carried, Philosateleian Post in 2025 recorded its lowest total outgoing mail count since 2020, and a 20% reduction compared to the number of pieces carried in 2024.
For all of 2025, Philosateleian Post processed 477 pieces of outbound mail. That included 459 pieces of regular mail, 12 items that were addressed to unknown individuals and returned to sender, and six pieces delivered to incorrect mail receptacles by the United States Postal Service.
In spite of the drop in mail volume, Philosateleian Post did last year record its second-highest single day mail total ever. 42 pieces were mailed on a single day in November 2025.
Please note that this update is intended only for users who have previously switched to The Philosateleian’s annual update track. If you use the standard quarterly update track, printing new pages four times per year, spaces for all 2025 stamps have already been included in quarterly supplements.
Final business reply envelopes from 2025 feature Christmas, balloons
In the process of working my way through a few items from the end of 2025 that are still sitting in my mail tray, I found a couple of business reply envelopes that I have not previously shared here.
The first arrived in a fundraising mailing from Feed the Children, and it bears four preprinted Christmas-themed designs picturing pine cones, mistletoe, and poinsettia leaves. There are two copies of the latter design; all four have simulated perforations.
Feed the Children business reply envelope
The other BRE is from Operation Smile and has three preprinted designs picturing balloons. At first glance, I thought I’d seen this one before, but the designs although picturing balloons are different than the ones used on an envelope I received early last year.
Operation Smile business reply envelope
On a recent journey through some boxes of stamps and covers, I assembled a pile containing more than 300 business reply envelopes with preprinted stamp-sized designs on them. Although they’re something I often receive in the mail and mention here, they’re not something I typically collect, so I’ve listed them in a single lot on eBay. If you’re interested, you can take a look at my eBay listings there.
