What began 10 months ago as a public-relations nightmare for the Postal Service may have ended last month when a federal judge in Washington ruled that the agency is free to sell 150,000 sheets ...

Critics are blasting new rules for the distribution of more than $10 million – raised through the sale of “Heroes” postage stamps – to families of 9/11 rescuers killed or permanently disabled.

A man walked into a post office and ordered 10,000 second-class stamps as panic buying spreads in the face of looming price rises. He spent £3,600 on the 36p stamps at Hilton Post Office in Derby.