USPS's 11th Kwanzaa stamp celebrates fathers and daughters

The Kwanzaa stamp will be issued as a Forever stamp and will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.

On Wednesday, the United States Postal Service released its latest Kwanzaa stamp, this time celebrating the father-daughter relationship.

Kwanzaa is a pan-African holiday created in the United States in 1966 that draws on African traditions and aims to unify African Americans from a wide array of religious and cultural backgrounds. The name comes from the Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits," and it is observed annually from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1.

The Forever stamp is the 11th in an ongoing series that began in 1997 and debuted at the 111th annual conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Norfolk, Virginia.

The new stamp marks a fresh approach and a new color scheme. This year's stamp is lime green, pink and yellow instead of the customary black, red and green. The stamp includes two of the seven Kwanzaa symbols, the gift (zawadi), held by the daughter, and the unity cup (kikombe cha umoja), held by the father.

Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp with original artwork by Cannaday Chapman.

The Kwanzaa stamp will be issued as a Forever stamp and will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.