The late President Jimmy Carter will be honored with a commemorative Forever stamp on what would have been his 101st birthday and the portrait used on the stamp was painted by an artist who lived in Connecticut.
The U.S. Postal Service will release the stamp for purchase on Oct. 1 in Atlanta.
The postage stamp features a 1982 portrait of the nation’s 39th president by painter Herbert E. Abrams.
The oil-on-linen painting that is the basis for the stamp was a life study Abrams painted of Carter while he sat for the artist. It was used in preparation for Carter’s official White House portrait that Abrams also painted.
Abrams, who spent part of his life in Connecticut, kept his commission secret as he traveled three times to Georgia to meet with Carter, according to Connecticut Humanities.
