AUSTIN, Texas — There is a new, familiar face on postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service released a commemorative Forever stamp Wednesday featuring former President George H.W. Bush in honor of what would have been the 41st president’s 95th birthday.

“It’s especially fitting to honor President Bush with his own stamp because he truly understood the power of a handwritten letter,” said Robert Duncan, chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, at a Wednesday dedication celebration for the new stamp in College Station.

Duncan, asking for audience participation at the celebration held at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, asked how many people in attendance had received a handwritten letter from the former president. Dozens of hands shot up.