Ronald Reagan Stamp Commemorating 100th Anniversary of His Birth

On December 13, 2010, the United States Postal Service unveiled a centennial postage stamp at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA in honor of Ronald Reagan's birthday in Tampico, IL on February 6, 1911.  It is the third time President Reagan has been honored with a stamp by the USPS. 

The stamp is to be released four days after what would have been Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday.  Reports are that this will be a special stamp with the 44 cent value replaced with the word "Forever" meaning that the stamp will always maintain first class delivery status regardless of future postal rate increases.  This would be fitting for Reagan's handwritten letters to citizens which have been profiled in Dear Americans -- Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan was based on over 3,500 handwritten letters from the President to every day Americans.  A volume of handwritten correspondence unequaled and all delivered with first class postage!

The stamp was made from a portrait based on a 1985 photograph of Reagan at his "Ranch in the Sky".

To watch the official presentation of the stamp, go to the official YouTube channel of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation here.