The Postal Service will release a Forever stamp to honor the late President Jimmy Carter on what would have been the peanut farmer’s 101st birthday. On Oct. 1, the USPS stamp featuring a 1982 portrait oil painting of the former president will be available for purchase.

“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,” said Peter Pastre, the USPS vice president of government relations and public policy, in a press release.

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Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, was the longest living president at age 100. Carter’s funeral was held at the Washington National Cathedral in January, with all five living presidents in attendance.

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The USPS announced the release of Carter’s commemorative stamp from the late president’s alma mater, Plains High School, in Plains, Georgia, at the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. The 1982 oil portrait of Carter featured on the stamp was originally painted on a linen canvas by Herbert E. Adams ahead of Carter’s White House portrait.

USPS Art Director Ethel Kessler designed the commemorative stamp.