Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy +the Peanuts Gang Stamps /Covers

In the interests of fair play, I thought I'd post The Red Baron who's kindness to Snoopy is now legendary.

When I was a kid, I could recite the whole Great Pumpkin "learn to read" cassette I had. To this day, I can still say a large chunk of the special when it is on TV!

Bee See, is that a made stamp really? Or a I wanna, wish I coulda done it stamp? I like it!

That is a lovely Manfred von Richthofen cover.

My great-grandfather was named Manfred!


Snoopy just fits right in on the Cayman's mini-sheet.

Sorry Puzzler, it is just a digital fantasy, I doubt Canada Post would allow me to produce it due to copyright issues.

Not much to do with stamps, but as to the Peanuts, I strongly recommend this website with a timeline of significant facts in the development of that comic strip:

http://www.schulzmuseum.org/timeline.html

For those who may have had an objection early on in the creation of stamps depicting such a character as Snoopy -- or even other non-Peanuts comic strip characters in recent years -- you have to admit that it does bring a smile to your face, and in my opinion, that's what stamp collecting should be about!

Thanks wt1 for the link. He was good people, peanuts will be always in our hearts.

I always liked Spike from Needles AZ- found along Route 66.

In 1991, I found myself in Sacramento with a diesel truck that refused to go (cracked fuel injector housings allowing antifreeze into the fuel). While waiting the 3 days for repair, I rented a car and took various day trips to San Francisco and the like. I remembered an old Reader's Digest article about Charles M. Schulz's studio, and was more or less pretty sure it was in Santa Rosa, so off we go to Santa Rosa on a whim (good thing it wasn't Santa Monica, or Santa Clara, or Santa Barbara, or or or ...). Stopped at the first gas station we saw and looked in the phone book - couldn't find much other than a listing for "Snoopy's Cards & Gifts" or some such thing. So, we noted the address and looked at the map on the wall of the gas station and pointed our noses in that direction.

It took a couple of trips back and forth along the road before I noticed a skating rink, and on the assumption that the skating rink was something likely to be tied in with wealthy Minnesotans, we turned in there. Sure enough, at the other end of the parking lot (hidden from the road behind all the trees) was his studio. I've always been a big fan of Peanuts, and although the guy with me was probably bored beyond description, I had a great time going through the exhibits there in the studio and spent a minor fortune in the gift shop. The museum noted above is new since I was there - I make occasional trips to central California (was there again just last October), so I'll have to make the effort to stop out there again someday. I long ago wore out my favourite Joe Cool sweatshirt, it's time for a new one!

Nowadays you just look up the relevant info on your smart phone - in 1991, it was an adventure. ha ha

Recent kiloware purchases have brought me Snoopy / Peanuts stamps from Japan. One stamp was already shown, part of a larger set. Here's a snip from ebay showing all 8 of the different designs. A bit of snooping also turned up some personalized stamps that seem to have been designed by the postal authorities themselves, rather than just fans, from both Hong Kong (at least two different sheets) and Australia.

Ryan

I love these. I used to have that 45 also many years ago.