GIFTS GOING OVERSEAS. Even though it's already December, USPS still offers a number of mailing choices — with a range of prices and mailing deadlines — that can deliver those packages overseas in plenty of time for the holidays.

• Global Express Guaranteed, two-to-three days, mail by Dec. 20 for delivery by Christmas. Guaranteed delivery to more than 200 countries, tracking included. Rates for documents start at $24 for one-half pound, $36 for merchandise, one pound.
  
  
• Global Express Mail™, three-to-five days, mail by Dec. 17. Goes to more than 190 countries, with tracking to more than 60 countries. Prices start at $15.50 for one pound.
  
  
• Global Priority Mail, four-to-six days, mail by Dec. 16. Goes to more than 50 major countries, restricted to items weighing less than four pounds. Prices start at $4 for a small Global Priority Mail envelope, $7 for a larger one. Customers can use their own packaging with a Global Priority Mail sticker.
  
  
• Global Airmail Parcel Post, four-to-10 days, mail by Dec. 9 to Central or South America or Africa, or by Dec. 11 to the rest of the world. Service offered to virtually every country. Prices start at $13 for a one-pound parcel.

COMMEMORATIVES COMING. Three new 37-cent commemorative stamps will be introduced in January. On Jan. 7, a stamp honoring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall will be introduced in Washington, DC. The stamp is part of the ongoing Black Heritage series.

The Year of the Ram — part of the Lunar New Year series — will be marked with a ceremony Jan. 13 in Chicago, IL. Author Zora Neale Hurston will be commemorated with a stamp in the Literary Arts series Jan. 24 in Eatonville, FL.

Looking ahead, a souvenir sheet with 10 designs will honor American Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes, Feb. 25 in Los Angeles; the Bicentennial of Ohio Statehood will be marked March 1 in Chillicothe, OH; and the centennial of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge will be celebrated March 14 at Vero Beach, FL.