‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ stamps to go on sale

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A new series of Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps are set to go on sale. (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
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December marks 50 years since the first broadcast of A Charlie Brown Christmas (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
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The Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps will always be equal to the value of a current First-Class mail stamp (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
Images from A Charlie Brown Christmas are featured in the 10 new stamps (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
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The stamps will be launched at the Charles M. Schulz Museum (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
“Everyone can relate to Charlie Brown and his quest to find the true meaning of Christmas,” says Jean Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
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A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired Dec. 9, 1965 on CBS (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
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Charlie Brown dislikes the commercialization of Christmas (U.S. Postal Service)
The Christmas special was the first animated show using Peanuts characters (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
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Charlie Brown learns the meaning of Christmas from Linus (Courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
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WASHINGTON – Good grief, has it really been 65 years?

Oct. 2 marks 65 years since the introduction of the “Peanuts” comic strip, and December will be the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of the iconic holiday classic.

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing 10 Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps,  with a variety of images from the Charles M. Schulz television show.

“’A Charlie Brown Christmas’ continues to resonate with fans because everyone can relate to Charlie Brown and his quest to find the true meaning of Christmas,” says Schulz’s widow, Jean, who will participate in the launch at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, in Santa Rosa, California.

Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.

This is not the first time Peanuts has been celebrated on a stamp – an 34-cent stamp featuring Snoopy as the Red Baron was released in 2001.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated special featuring “Peanuts” characters initially aired Dec. 9, 1965, on CBS.

Neal Augenstein

Neal Augenstein has been a general assignment reporter with WTOP since 1997. He says he looks forward to coming to work every day, even though that means waking up at 3:30 a.m.

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