PLAINS, Ga. () — Former President Jimmy Carter will be commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service with a forever stamp. The artwork was released Saturday.

The stamp will be available on Oct. 1 in Atlanta, what would have been the former President’s 101^st birthday. He died Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100.

Representatives of the Friends of Jimmy Carter, the National Park Service and the U.S. Postal Service unveiled the stamp art at the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park in Plains.

Peter Pastre, the Postal Service’s government relations and public policy vice president, said he was honored to participate in Saturday’s reveal. “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. 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.”

Kim Carter Fuller, executive director of the Friends of Jimmy Carter said, “The Carter family and the Friends of Jimmy Carter are honored to be able to take part in revealing the design for President Carter’s Forever stamp. Together we’ve had the distinct privilege of a front row seat to his life and legacy, and today’s reveal gives the world an opportunity to share his legacy with others on a daily basis”.

Carter was inaugurated as the 39th president on Jan. 20, 1977. After leaving the presidency, he became a prominent activist for peace, human rights and social and economic progress around the world.

In 1982, he partnered with Emory University to establish the Carter Center, which advances democracy, monitors elections, mediates disputes and works to prevent tropical diseases in the world’s poorest nations. In recognition of his efforts, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp.