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Last updated on Friday, October 2, 2015
(WASHINGTON, DC.) - October 2 marks the 65th anniversary of the “Peanuts” comic strip and December marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most popular holiday TV classics of all time — “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
To celebrate the holiday season and launch October as National Stamp Collecting Month, the U.S. Postal Service is dedicating the A Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps. The stamps will be available nationwide Thursday. Customers may pre-order the stamps now for delivery shortly after October 1. Peanuts fans are encouraged to share their excitement about the stamps on social media using #CharlieBrownStamps.
The stamp images include: Charlie Brown holding the sapling that eventually becomes his Christmas tree; Charlie Brown and Pigpen with a snowman; Snoopy and children ice skating; the cast of the program gathered around the Christmas tree; Linus kneeling by the sparsely decorated Christmas tree; Charlie Brown checking his mailbox for a Christmas card; Charlie Brown and Linus leaning on a snowy brick wall; Charlie Brown and Linus standing by the Christmas tree; a frustrated Charlie Brown standing in front of Snoopy's doghouse; and, Charlie Brown decorating the tree in front of the prize-winning lights display on Snoopy's doghouse.
Art director Antonio Alcala of Alexandria, VA, designed the stamps.
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