Here's the story of the portrait behind Ruth Bader Ginsburg's postage stamp

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As a Supreme Court justice with a large and devoted fan base, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a cultural and judicial phenomenon.

And now the influential justice will adorn cards, letters and packages: The U.S. Postal Service officially unveiled a new stamp featuring Ginsburg on Monday. The Forever stamps cost 66 cents each — or $13.20 for a sheet of 20.

The stamp's oil-painting portrait is based on a photograph captured by Philip Bermingham, a well-known portrait photographer who also happened to be Ginsburg's neighbor in the Watergate building.

"It is such a powerful photograph," Bermingham, who has photographed royalty and other luminaries, told NPR. "I wish I knew how I could replicate this on every session."