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NEW YORK CITY, NY – There are many different traditions when it comes to celebrating the holidays, but the holiday celebrations depicted on USPS postage stamps are universally adored.
The U.S. Postal Service® celebrates the winter holidays internationally with Global Holiday: Silver Bells Wreath stamps which go on sale nationwide October 23, 2014.
Issued at the $1.15 price, this Global Forever® stamp can be used to mail a one-ounce letter to any country to which First-Class Mail International® service is available. To distinguish it from other Forever® stamps, the shape of this international stamp is round and bears the words "Global Forever.”
Today’s modern day customers know that USPS offers options when buying stamps and mailing packages – instead of only the traditional way, by visiting the post office. Usps.com provides on the go lifestyle customers with the ease and flexibility of doing business with the post office anytime from their computer, smartphone or other mobile device.
And that's not all. With usps.com, customers can find information, conduct transactions, and use postal services of all kinds. With usps.com's Click-N-Ship service, customers can calculate rates, pay for postage and create shipping labels. And with just a few more clicks, they can request that their letter carrier pick up their prepaid packages with the next day's mail delivery - at no extra charge.
Customers can find ZIP Codes - and locate a Post Office or alternate location offering postal products and services. They can change their addresses, arrange to have their mail held, and request redelivery. And they can learn how Direct Mail can help grow their business. Whether it is finding addresses or information, calculating rates or buying stamps – all this and much more are at www.usps.com – the Post Office that never closes.
That's why more than 21 million customers – each month - visit the trusted, world class website, www.usps.com for postal services available and accessible 24/7 and 365 days a year.
Experience usps.com and its full array of quick, easy, and convenient services. With www.usps.com, almost anything you can do at the Post Office can be achieved online – at your ‘always open’ post office.
And, if you would like to visit an ‘other than a Post Office’ location that offers USPS products and services, no problem. The Postal Service has partnered with retail businesses to bring you easy access to postal products and services where you shop, work and live. Locate an official postal partnering Shipping Center or 24-hour Self Service Kiosk or get directions to the nearest stamp retailer at one of thousands of outlets such as supermarkets, drug and convenience stores, and automated teller machines. Find it fast at www.usps.com/locator.
Every day, more than 800,000 people visit the Postal Service's award-winning website, usps.com. They've learned that just about anything obtained from the regular brick and mortar Post Office can be achieved using a home or office computer.
It's all about access and convenience – making it easier than ever for our valued customers to take care of their shipping and mailing needs.
Today’s modern lifestyles can now expect more – especially during the holidays - at usps.com.
View more of the Postal Service’s stamps and stamp products at the quarterly collectors’ catalog, USA Philatelic.
Extensive postal information is always available 24/7 online at www.usps.com.
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