Washington ? President Reagan’s famous smile and blue eyes shine from a new postage stamp issued Wednesday in ceremonies across the country. It’s the latest in an already high stack of honors bestowed on the former president since his death eight months ago.

The new stamp shows Reagan’s smile, tilt of head and twinkle of eye in a way that captures the “warmth, personality and humanity of Ronald Reagan,” James Miller, chairman of the Postal Service board of governors, told a crowd of about 200 at an unveiling ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

The official first-day-of-issue site for the commemorative stamp was at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif.

But, while a single site suffices for most new stamps, official ceremonies were also being held at the California state Capitol in Sacramento and in Dixon, Ill., childhood home of the 40th president, as well as at the Reagan building in Washington.

Stamp dedication events were also taking place in Florida, Missouri, Montana and Texas.

The post office has 170 million of the new 37-cent stamps on hand and is also offering a series of Reagan collectables.

As an ex-president, Reagan became eligible for a commemorative stamp in the year following his death. Postal Service policy restricts stamps honoring people other than presidents to those who have been dead at least 10 years.

U.S. Post Office Sales and Service Associate Jerry Carlton, wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, hands change back to Lon Alexander after Alexander bought a book of Ronald Reagan stamps Wednesday in Clovis, N.M.