A Charlie Brown Christmas Forever Stamps

Issue-era postage value at release: 66 1-ounce first-class letter rate

Issued:October 1, 2015 C 1 day before the 65^thanniversary of the firstPeanutscomic strip

First Day City: Santa Rosa, CA C at the Charles M. Schulz Museum

Printed by:Banknote Corporation of America for Sennett Security Products

Method:Offset printing in double-sided booklets 20

Shortly after Charles Schulz introduced the comic stripPeanutsin 1950, Charlie Brown emerged as its main character.Mild-natured, insecure, often defeated and yet eternally optimistic, Charlie Brown appealed to everyday folks who had also experienced disappointment.

Schulz had envisioned Charlie Brown as a caricature of the average person.Although he only ages from four to eight years old during the comic strips 50-year run, Charlie Brown is intelligent and philosophical with good leadership skills.His tendency to overthink life leads him to procrastinate. This is compounded by his reluctance to start a new day for fear he will spoil it.Yet Charlie Brown remains hopeful that tomorrow will be a better day, buoyed by the support of his friends.

These themes of insecurity, philosophy, failure, and optimism led to several running jokes over the years.They include Lucy and the football, visits to her psychiatrist booth, deep conversations about life at the wall, and Charlie Browns baseball teams never-ending losing streak.These themes form the heart ofA Charlie Brown Christmas, as he searches for the true meaning of the holiday C and ultimately finds it with the help of the other members of thePeanutsgang.

Each of the Charlie Brown Christmas Stamps features a still taken fromA Charlie Brown Christmas.Art director Antonio Alcal designed the Stamps.