(JTA) The United States Postal Service has released a new series of Forever stamps honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late Jewish Supreme Court justice who died in 2020.
The stamp, which became available for purchase on October 2, shows Ginsburg wearing her black judge’s robe and signature white collar. It was announced last year as part of the postal service’s 2023 lineup of new stamps.
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The United States Postal Service released a new stamp honoring Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Oct. 2, 2023. Courtesy/USPSThe stamp’s release comes three years and two weeks after Ginsburg’s death at 87, after 27 years on the Supreme Court.
“Honor an icon of American culture with this new Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp,” the USPS says on its website.
The RBG stamp costs $.66 but will hold its value over time as part of the Forever series. The portrait was drawn by Michael Deas, who has painted dozens of stamps, under the direction of the USPS’ Jewish art director, Ethel Kessler. The stamp will be celebrated at an official unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Postal Service’s special edition stamps commemorating notable Americans have included many Jews, including the physicist Richard Feynman in 2005, cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg in 1995 and, in 1991, comedian Fanny Brice, the inspiration for the musical “Funny Girl.” The series in which Brice appeared was drawn by the Jewish illustrator Al Hirschfeld. Last year, the service released a special-edition stamp featuring the Jewish poet Shel Silverstein.
The USPS has also offered a range of Hanukkah stamps and is planning a new one, its ninth since 1966, for later this year. The new stamp was drawn by Jeanette Kuvin Oren, a Jewish artist who also designs ritual objects for home and synagogue use.
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