2022 USPS Kwanzaa Forever Stamps 100Pcs/Pack

In 2022 the Postal Service issued its ninth stamp in celebration of Kwanzaa, a holiday with origins in ancient and modern first-harvest festivities from across the African continent. Kwanzaa incorporates and reimagines many communal traditions as a contemporary celebration and reaffirmation of African-American culture.

The stamp design depicts a girl and a boy dressed in robes akin to spiritual garments, with a kinara (candleholder) and seven lit candles (mishumaa saba) in front of them. The kinara is the focal point around which friends and family gather and place meaningful objects. In 2022 Kwanzaa begins on December 26 and ends on January 1.

Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp with original artwork by Erin Robinson.