Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

PARK CITY, Utah — The newest stamps have arrived for the holiday season. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has unveiled its 2024 Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and winter season Forever stamps. The four ...

(KGTV) — A rumor going around claims the U.S. Postal Service is not issuing any new Christmas stamps this year, but does have new stamps celebrating Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. But that is ...

As a youngster, Los Angeles-area artist Michelle Muñoz loved communicating with her cousins via cards and letters sent through the mail before the family members adapted to social media. The ...

Although Christmas is four months away, the U.S. Postal Service wants you to know it already has a holiday stamp ready for letter senders. The national mail agency has created a limited-edition ...

With an even 100 shopping days left before Christmas — and a week of summer still ahead — the U.S. Postal Service is getting a jump on the holiday shopping season with the unveiling of its holiday ...

The "War on Christmas" continues through postage stamps, if claims sent to us by our Snopes readers are to be believed. We recently received a claim that the U.S. Postal Service is not issuing new ...

We would think the tradition of U.S. holiday postage stamps would be centuries old but that is not the case. The U.S. Post Office Department issued its first Christmas stamp in Pittsburgh, Penn., on ...

The festive season is upon us, and along with merriment comes the annual exchange of holiday greetings and gifts. Even though virtual cards are popular, many still prefer to send a more personal ...

Do you use postage stamps? I have a very current story to tell, even though I’m embarrassed to tell it. On Instagram and Facebook, I saw Christmas postage stamps on sale. Instead of 66 cents each, ...