According to a U.S. Postal Service announcement made on Monday, a new postage stamp featuring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be released in 2023.
Ginsburg’s career as a lifelong judge and “icon of American culture” will be honored by the stamp, which will be included in a 2023 series honoring diverse artists and individuals from American history, the USPS said in a statement.
USPS said that Justice Ginsburg “began her career as an activist lawyer battling gender discrimination and became a distinguished judge whose significant majority decisions promoting equality and powerful dissents on socially contentious cases made her a fervent proponent of equal justice.”
Ginsburg will be seen in an oil painting on the stamp sporting one of her signature lace collars and a black judicial robe. According to USPS, the stamp was created by Ethel Kessler using artwork by Michael J. Deas based on a photograph by Philip Bermingham.
Ginsburg spent 27 years on the Supreme Court until passing away in 2020 at the age of 87. In 1993, President Bill Clinton selected her, and she quickly gained notoriety for her progressive views on topics including the right to an abortion, same-sex marriage, and equal voting rights. She was the American Supreme Court justice who had served the longest at the time of her death.
The USPS has not yet provided an exact release date for the stamp. Right now, First-Class Mail Forever stamps cost $0.60 each. On January 22, 2023, the cost will rise to $0.63, as USPS revealed earlier this month.
Authors Toni Morrison, Ernest J. Gaines, Roy Lichtenstein, and Native American activist Chief Standing Bear are all recognized on stamps from the 2023 series.
According to the release, the government anticipates releasing further 2023 stamp designs in the next weeks and months.
USPS Stamp Services Director William Gick remarked, “These little pieces of art represent our distinctive American culture and give a wide variety for people wishing to collect stamps or send their mail throughout the country or the globe.”