The US Postal Service will celebrate the centenary of the birth of cartoonist Charles M. Schultz with ten new, fun-filled stamps.
Schulze has written, sketched, inked, and lettered nearly 18,000 “Peanuts” comic strips.
The last one was published the day after his death in 2000.
“Peanuts” debuted in 1950 and has garnered hundreds of millions of readers worldwide.
The original cast included Charlie Brown and Snoopy, and they were soon joined by Lucy, Linus, and others.
Each character reflects Schulze’s rich imagination and great humanity. At the heart of the “peanuts”, Charlie Brown is often defeated, but he is always resilient.
Schulz’s resonant stories find humor in the painful realities of life including rejection, insecurity, and unrequited love.
In the 1960s, “Peanuts” became a worldwide phenomenon with beloved TV shows, books, Broadway shows, and countless productions.
Over five decades, Schulze steadily wrote, sketched, inked, and wrote every strip of “Peanuts”—about 18,000 of them—the last of which was published the day after his death.
Schulz received many awards during his life. In 2000, he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress.
Stamps include Charlie Brown, Lucy, Franklin, Sally, Pigpen, Linus, Snoopy (with Woodstock), Schroeder, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie.
The first Charles M. Schulz Forever Stamp event is free and open to the public.
Information from AP Newsroom was used in this report.
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