2020 First-Class Kwanzaa Forever Stamp

2020 Kwanzaa – Holiday Celebration Series

• Honors the African American holiday of Kwanzaa
• Part of the Holiday Celebration Series

Stamp Category:  Commemorative
Series:  Holiday Celebration
Value:  55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  October 13, 2020
First Day City:  Nashville, Tennessee
Quantity Issued:  15,000,000
Printed by:  Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method:  Offset, Microprint
Format:  Panes of 20
Tagging:  Phosphor Tagged Paper

Why the stamp was issued:  To commemorate Kwanzaa and its cultural importance to the African American community.

About the stamp design:  Pictures a woman in profile with her eyes closed and a kinara (candleholder) with seven lit candles (mishumaa saba). The blues and greens are intended to represent inner peace. Original artwork by Andrea Pippins.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held virtually due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The First Day of Issue Cancellation is from Nashville, Tennessee.

About the Holiday Celebration Series:  The USPS introduced the Holiday Celebration series in 1996 with a stamp honoring the Jewish festival, Hanukkah. The series commemorated a different cultural or religious holiday each year such as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid, and others.

History the stamp represents:  Kwanzaa is a newer holiday, started in 1966, that celebrates African culture and history. Kwanzaa is surrounded by tradition and incorporates a lot of symbolism. For instance, the number seven is repeated often within the holiday customs, starting with the seven principals. In the seven-day Kwanzaa celebration, thee are also seven symbols, seven candles used to celebrate, and even seven letters in the name Kwanzaa.

Maggie Macnab, author of Decoding Design, says “Seven is the untouchable, mystical process… and has a feminine orientation: invisible, mysterious, and linked to the unknowable.”

Macnab explains how often seven turns up in everyday life. For example, our telephone numbers are seven digits long. There are seven ancient and modern wonders of the world. There are even seven continents, seas, and colors in a rainbow.

Seven is also an important symbol in many different religions. Perhaps this is why seven is believed to be known as the symbol for perfection and completion in both the physical and spiritual sense. Whether the founder of Kwanzaa, Maulana Karenga, incorporated the number on purpose or not, Kwanzaa is a truly remarkable holiday. Its culture, history, and community really make it special.

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