MUMBAI: MPAA chief Chris Dodd, Sharon Stone and Morgan Freeman formally released a new Gregory Peck commemorative stamp at a first-day-of-issue ceremony.

The "forever" stamp is the latest in the US Postal Service‘s Legends of Hollywood series features a film still of Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Stone acted as master of ceremonies at the event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills. Laura Dern, a friend of the Peck family, and Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines also attended.

Remarked Dodd, "For better or worse, in this case for the better, movies and actors influence perceptions of who we are not only as an industry, but as a nation. Through the characters he brought to life and the ideals he brought to the screen, Gregory Peck connected international audiences to an America whose core values are respected and emulated around the world."