A Charlie Brown Christmas stamps

Value:�66垄 1-ounce first-class letter rate

Issued:��October 1, 2015 �� 1 day before the 65^th�anniversary of the first�Peanuts�comic strip

First Day City:� Santa Rosa, CA �� 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 strip�Peanuts�in 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 strip��s 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 Brown��s baseball team��s never-ending losing streak.��These themes form the heart of�A Charlie Brown Christmas, as he searches for the true meaning of the holiday �� and ultimately finds it with the help of the other members of the�Peanuts�gang.

Each of the Charlie Brown Christmas stamps features a still taken from�A Charlie Brown Christmas.��Art director Antonio Alcal谩 designed the stamps.