Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Former President Jimmy Carter will be memorialized this year with a commemorative Forever stamp, issued by the United States Postal Service.
The Jimmy Carter stamp will be released to the public on Oct. 1, the 101st anniversary of Carter's birth, and will feature a 1982 oil painting of the 39th president, who died last December at the age of 100.
"The stamp program celebrates the best in American culture, places and people, and it is difficult to consider a more fitting honoree than former President Jimmy Carter," Peter Pastre, the Postal Service's government relations and public policy vice president, said Saturday during an event in Carter's hometown of Plains, Ga.
"In his support and leadership of his beloved community, state and nation, he lent his quiet, thoughtful and deliberate energy around causes he believed in, and most certainly in his conduct and accomplishments as a former president, Jimmy Carter truly personified the best in America," Pastre added.
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