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A good time to stock up on seasonal stamps

The Postal Service has something for everyone during the holidays

The new Holiday Joy and Christmas Madonna and Child stamps are among the seasonal offerings available from USPS this year.
The new Holiday Joy and Christmas Madonna and Child stamps are among the seasonal offerings available from USPS this year.

The Postal Service offers a variety of seasonal stamps for this year’s holidays. Here’s a look at 12 of them available at usps.com and many Post Offices:

Christmas Madonna and Child. This 2024 stamp features an oil painting from the workshop of the 17th century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Salvi, known as “Sassoferrato.”

HolidayJoy. These four 2024 stamps show folk-art inspired images of colorful flowers and Christmas ornaments.

Hanukkah. This 2024 stamp features an image of a hanukkiah, the nine-branch candelabra used during the holiday.

Kwanzaa. This 2024 stamp shows a male drummer and two female dancers and highlights the colors of the Pan-African flag.

Winter Whimsy. These 2024 stamps showcase four different white, lacy, symmetrical graphic forms inspired by snowflakes.

Winter Woodland Animals. These four stamps from 2023 feature deer, rabbits, owls and foxes.

Snow Globes. These four 2023 stamps depict icons of the holiday season among flakes of snow, under a dome of glass.

Hanukkah. The 2023 version of this annual stamp features an abstract image of a hanukkiah.

Kwanzaa. An image of a girl and boy facing a kinara — a seven-stem candelabra that represents the holiday’s seven founding principles — graces the 2023 version of this annual stamp.

Virgin and Child. This stamp from 2022 features a painting of the Virgin Mary gazing downward at the infant Christ by an unidentified Florentine artist known as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation.

Holiday Elves. This block of four stamps from 2022 depicts Santa’s helpers cheerfully working on an assembly line containing toys and candy.

Poinsettia. This global Forever stamp from 2018 features a photo of a poinsettia that is taken from above and shows green leaves, red bracts and yellow flowers.

Additionally, a variety of stamp-related postal products are available at usps.com.